The hottest new travel destinations for 2017

By Ben Groundwater
Updated September 24 2016 - 10:08pm, first published 9:54pm
Palm trees and tropical blue lagoons are quintessentially Polynesian. Photo: iStock
Palm trees and tropical blue lagoons are quintessentially Polynesian. Photo: iStock
Where to go in 2017: Thailand. Photo: iStock
Where to go in 2017: Thailand. Photo: iStock
Purple reign: Field of lavender in Provence.  Photo: iStock
Purple reign: Field of lavender in Provence. Photo: iStock
Thabori monastery on a hill with rainbow behind in Tbilisi, Georgia country. Photo: iStock
Thabori monastery on a hill with rainbow behind in Tbilisi, Georgia country. Photo: iStock

Traveller columnist Ben Groundwater has spent much of 2016 scouring the globe for the hottest destinations. "My favourite trip so far has been a food tour of Israel and the Palestinian Territories," he says. "It was great to see a part of the world I'd heard so much about with my own eyes. Oh, and to eat its food."

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