Across Pacific Magazine

The Best Place to Visit on Earth Is...

Australia

The land Down Under is the one place on Earth most people want to visit next, according to the annual
[2006] Lonely Planet Travelers' Pulse Survey of 20,000 respondents from 167 countries. Rounding out the top five are Chile, Brazil, New Zealand, and India.

In the same poll a year ago, Thailand was the favorite destination for a future vacation, followed by Italy and Australia.

This year, Australia also topped the list of favorite destinations that travelers had previously visited, followed by Italy, Thailand, New Zealand, and France.

Favorite World Regions:
Europe: 28 percent
Asia: 24 percent
South/Central America: 16 percent
Australia and the Pacific: 15 percent


Other fun facts to know and tell:

94 percent of respondents said travel is very or extremely important to them.

Even though half of the respondents had already visited 11 or more countries, fully 48 percent said they still wanted to pursue further travel experiences.

40 percent said they wanted to give something back to the communities they visited, including volunteer work and working with local communities.

65 percent said that independent travel had a major impact on their respect for other cultures.

44 percent said travel strongly impacted the development of their personal values and ethics.






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