40 best holiday destinations to travel to in 2018 for British travellers

Forget Fiji, Maldives, and Switzerland; Akureyri, sits on the north coast under snowcapped peaks at the head of Iceland’s longest fjord, has been recognized as the worl’d best holiday destination, according to Guardian’s list of top 40 global holiday destinations – where to go on holiday in 2018 for British travellers. While Georgia’s Tbilisi and Palermo in Italy placed second and third, respectively.

The 2018 rankings placed Leeuwarden-Friesland, the Netherlands in fourth ahead of Russia into fifth; while Greece ranked sixth, and Flanders, Belgium seventh.

Overall, among the top 10 best holiday destinations to travel to in 2018 for British travellers, the eighth, ninth, and tenth positions are held by Paris, Malta’s Valletta, and Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Top 40 global holiday destinations: where to go on holiday in 2018 for UK travellers.

1. Akureyri, Iceland
2. Tbilisi, Georgia
3. Palermo, Italy
4. Leeuwarden-Friesland, the Netherlands
5. Russia
6. Greece
7. Flanders, Belgium
8. Paris, France
9. Valletta, Malta
10. Amsterdam, the Netherlands
11. Corsica
12. Bratislava, Slovakia
13. Valencia, Spain
14. Cairo, Egypt
15. Fez, Morocco
16. South Africa
17. Uganda
18. Seychelles
19. Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom
20. Norfolk, United Kingdom
21. Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
22. Newcastle-Gateshead, United Kingdom
23. Dundee, United Kingdom
24. Liverpool, United Kingdom
25. Laos
26. Pyeongchang, South Korea
27. Rishikesh, India
28. Mongolia
29. Taipei, Taiwan
30. Toronto, Canada

    
    

31. New Orleans, United States
32. Civil rights route (The American South), United States
33. Harlem, New York, United States
34. Caribbean
    
35. Chile
36. Buenos Aires, Argentina
37. Peru
38. Nicaragua
39. Queensland, Australia
40. Perth, Australia