Chile named as best country to travel in 2018
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Chile has been named in Lonely Planet’s latest edition Best in Travel 2018 book as the number one country to visit in 2018, closely followed by South Korea, and Portugal. This is boost for Chile, whose Foreign Direct Investment fell to its lowest level in 2016 since 2009 according to a report published by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) , the country received $12.225 billion, 40 per cent decrease from 2015.
The best cities for 2018 have been named as Seville in Spain, followed by Detroit, Canberra and Hamburg. Belfast and Causeway Coast are named as best region and the UK is the seventh best-value country.
The book of the world’s largest travel guide book publisher, also picks out the coastal city of Valparaiso as a big plus for Chile, with its art-filled street, romance-inducing promenades and cafes. Chile also boasts the wilds of Patagonia in the south and the Atacama desert in the north where there have an acceleration of astro-tourism with new star gazing hotels and educational tours to observatories.
South Korea, is a “compact playground of Asian modernity” with “mountainous delights and steamy urban life.
London and Paris miss out from the top ten global destinations list of 2017.
- CHILE
- SOUTH KOREA
- PORTUGAL
- DJIBOUTI
- NEW ZEALAND
- MALTA
- GEORGIA
- MAURITIUS
- CHINA
- SOUTH AFRICA
Dream Holidays on Ice
Flying to the Pole :Fly from Punta Arenas, Chile to the Union Glacier Camp for a four day stay. On one of those four days guests can fly to the pole, a six hour journey then spend several hours there before returning . $49, 750 next departure December 12th 2017.
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