Top Places to Travel in 2022
From Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, all the way down to Finland and Iceland, it is time to get Nordic for your travels in 2022. If you are looking for nature and historic highlights, Britain and Ireland should top your list of 2022 travel destinations. With friendly locals who greet you at each stop, Britain and Ireland is going to be one of the most heart-stirring places to travel in 2022. We are never going to take holidays for granted ever again, so 2022 is a great time to really kick things off with a few major bucket-list destinations — Australia and New Zealand, for example.
Since we missed over a year of travel, there are a lot more people willing to spend on a travel destination in 2022. Global vacation travel guide company Trafalgar, for example, reports that the Summer of 2022 will be big, with travelers already packing their holiday calendars mostly into May/June of 2022. According to the World Travel and Tourism Council, the travel numbers are going to hit their pre-pandemic levels in 2022. The CEO of Expedia predicted this summer would be their busiest travel season yet, with airlines facing unprecedented demand. Responsible travel will be one of the biggest trends of 2022 travel, with Kenya and Tanzania topping the list.
From distant locations to domestic destinations, heres a look at where travel operators are planning for 2022. As travel begins to open up again in 2022, however, we reached out again to tour operators to see where they planned to go this year. Not only did they share their upcoming adventures, they let us know about travel trends coming in for 2022. This year, to celebrate womens history month in March, I reached out to a handful of womens travel experts and influencers to learn about where on their radar around the world for 2022.
As always, our goal is to highlight places that provide compelling reasons for architecture and design lovers to visit throughout the rest of 2022, from big museum openings to emerging trends to watch. As you begin making your 2021 travel plans, we have pulled together some months-by-month inspiration, giving you just a little taste of some of the best places we think to check out around the U.S. this year. Inspired by those trends, along with the events that are coming up that are expected this summer, I put together a list of some of the top destinations, both domestic and international, that should be considered for your travels this summer of 2022. According to our latest State of Travel Survey, Italy is the #1 international destination that our readers are looking forward to visiting in 2022.
Now, when looking forward at what 2022 has to offer, it is clear our travel priorities have changed. Even if you choose not to make plans for a trip now, think of this your definitive bucket list of destinations for 2022 – and beyond. No matter how you decide to spend your time in Liverpool, you will be happy that you have moved Liverpool up the list of places to visit in 2022.
This luxury city-state truly has everything, and it is no surprise that it is set to become the go-to destination for the year 2022. Plus, Singapore has had some of the most efficient responses to the pandemic, making it a safer choice for travel in 2022.
You can visit Nevada City for a weekend or week, and you will never run out of things to do, making it an awesome option for 2022 travel. This isolated region has remained largely a tourism secret, making it one of the best travel destinations for 2022, far away from Californias most touristed centers. Using its cosmopolitan capital as a base, adventure-seekers can travel about 90 minutes to the Ugam-Chatkal National Park to hike, mountain climb, river raft, or ski, and the recently expanded high-speed train network now carries travelers as far away as the UNESCO world heritage site of Khiva.
Now, the island of Langkawi is opening up through the tourism bubble, and with the rest of the islands in Alaska expected to follow in 2022, travelers are once again free to enjoy Malaysias bounty. Travelers can get in on flights that require vaccinations from the U.S. via Singapore Airlines; the worlds best aviation company, which has been around for 26 years, launched Vaccinated Travel Alley flights in the country this fall, with United planning to follow suit in January 2022. As border restrictions are relaxed and vaccinations continue to be introduced, travel is becoming a very real possibility in 2022.
After two years of shutdowns, cancelled cruises, and sweeping restrictions on travel, 2022 is a year where we are hoping to go back outside, be able to uninhibited (albeit with vaccines and COVID testing), revisit favorite destinations, and check off more on our bucket list. Whatever you do during your visit, heading to Buenos Aires in 2022 will give you a chance to experience Buenos Aires (and Argentina) like you may never be able to again — and be a positive part of a tourism-recovery story for a place that needs one. Tom Armstrong of tour company Tauck Tours says that 2022 offers an amazing opportunity for a bit more of a braver traveller to experience Europes wonders before crowds come back en masse.
The last two experiences align with another trend in travel in 2022, according to Intrepid Travel: The Great Outdoors. The company predicts that in 2022, travel within the country will continue to become more prevalent across regions, while different COVID variants will continue to create international travel uncertainties, as we saw most recently with the Omicron variants that caused rapid border shutdowns and new travel restrictions. For the Summer 2022 travel dates from June through August, Orlando is the most searched destination.
In fact, Conde Nast Travel also chose Birmingham as one of the best places to travel in 2022 — we cannot agree more. Many of us are lucky to be travelling at all in 2021, even if that means packing a car and driving several hours away – far less flying, for example, to Perth, which was top of its list for 2020, before we knew what was coming. The government promised it would be open by January 2022, and those early travelers who do go will probably discover some of this tranquil Mexican states most pristine beaches are its very own private refuge.

