{"id":2194,"date":"2019-01-17T12:00:54","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T17:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ustoa.com\/blog\/?p=2194"},"modified":"2024-02-22T15:44:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T20:44:28","slug":"top-destinations-to-visit-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustoa.com\/blog\/top-destinations-to-visit-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Destinations to Visit in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Drum roll please&#8230;the hottest destination of 2019&#8230;is Italy!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ustoa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/VENICEITALY-credit-Insight-Vacations-resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2208\" alt=\"VENICE,ITALY - credit Insight Vacations-resized\" src=\"https:\/\/ustoa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/VENICEITALY-credit-Insight-Vacations-resized-1024x512.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ustoa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/VENICEITALY-credit-Insight-Vacations-resized-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ustoa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/VENICEITALY-credit-Insight-Vacations-resized-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ustoa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/VENICEITALY-credit-Insight-Vacations-resized-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ustoa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/VENICEITALY-credit-Insight-Vacations-resized.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><em>Credit: Insight Vacations<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s according to a recent survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) for the tour operator members of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ustoa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA)<\/a>. With Italy leading the pack, the top 10 \u201chot\u201d destinations for this year include Iceland, which ranked second, followed by Japan, Vietnam, Australia, France, Spain, Colombia, Cambodia and Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>USTOA tour operator members also identified their top 10 off-the-beaten path or emerging destinations that they see gaining popularity in 2019: Iceland ranked first, Cambodia ranked second, followed by Croatia, Colombia, Vietnam, Portugal, Bhutan, Bolivia, Myanmar, and Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ustoa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Iceland-Goway-Travel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2214\" alt=\"Gullfoss (Falls)\" src=\"https:\/\/ustoa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Iceland-Goway-Travel-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><em>Credit: Goway Travel<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Who is Traveling This Year?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>When asked about the guests traveling, respondents said that about half (48%) of their customer base are 51 to 70 years of age. The next largest category was age 36 to 50 years representing 20% of customers&#8230;a growing segment of travelers.<\/p>\n<p><b>Your 2019 Itinerary<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s interesting to see five destinations \u2013 Iceland, Cambodia, Colombia, Vietnam and Portugal \u2013 appear on both the hot destinations and emerging destinations lists,\u201d added Terry Dale, president and CEO of USTOA. \u201cThis tells us that off-the-beaten path travel experiences continue to grow in popularity amongst travelers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The demand for experiential, immersive travel programs continues to remain high. Roughly 82% of members offer art and culture travel experiences. The art and culture category is also the highest ranked experiential program for travelers in 2017, based on volume of sales. Two thirds of membership offer honeymoon and romance programs, 63% of members offer adventure programs, and more than half (56%) offer multi-generational family programs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/ustoa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/91620740_Cambodia-2012-ABD-Cover_sized-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2222\" alt=\"91620740_Cambodia 2012 ABD Cover_sized 2\" src=\"https:\/\/ustoa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/91620740_Cambodia-2012-ABD-Cover_sized-2.jpg\" width=\"5219\" height=\"3473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ustoa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/91620740_Cambodia-2012-ABD-Cover_sized-2.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/ustoa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/91620740_Cambodia-2012-ABD-Cover_sized-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ustoa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/91620740_Cambodia-2012-ABD-Cover_sized-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ustoa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/91620740_Cambodia-2012-ABD-Cover_sized-2-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ustoa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/91620740_Cambodia-2012-ABD-Cover_sized-2-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ustoa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/91620740_Cambodia-2012-ABD-Cover_sized-2-2048x1363.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5219px) 100vw, 5219px\" \/><\/a>Credit: Adventures by Disney<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><\/em><b>How\u2019s Business?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>According to the study, USTOA tour operator members projected to close out 2018 with sales reaching $18.7 billion dollars, representing 9.8 million individual travelers. Even more individuals are expected to travel in the upcoming year, with one hundred percent of USTOA tour operator membership anticipating growth in sales for 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Travel opportunities to all these destinations \u2013 and more \u2013 can be found at USTOA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/ustoa.com\/dream-vacation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dream Vacation Itinerary Finder<\/a>. For help planning your dream vacation, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ustoa.com\/travel-agent-directory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.ustoa.com\/travel-agent-directory<\/a> and find a USTOA certified travel agent near you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Drum roll please&#8230;the hottest destination of 2019&#8230;is Italy! Credit: Insight Vacations That\u2019s according to a recent survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) for the tour operator members of the\u00a0United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA). With Italy leading the pack, the top 10 \u201chot\u201d destinations for this year include Iceland, which ranked second, followed by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2224,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[129],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-blogs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Top Destinations to Visit in 2019 - USTOA Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In an annual travel trend and forecast survey, USTOA tour operator members rank the top destinations to visit this year...check out what\u2019s hot for 2019.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ustoa.com\/blog\/top-destinations-to-visit-2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Top Destinations to Visit in 2019 - 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