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How many places will be worth visiting in 2016?
Posted by: John Rambow, Tuesday, Jan 13, 2009, 5:24 PM

Hawaii is still worth visiting in 2009
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Hawaii is still worth visiting in 2009 (Courtesy blairherzog/myBudgetTravel)
Last Sunday the New York Times came out with its 44 Places to See in 2009. It's an entertaining list—though not as good as ours— but it also got us a little worried. Last year, about this time, the good folks at the Times came up with a full 53 places to visit, which incidentally included the Hamptons of Germany and a point on the Axis of Evil. (Did you go to either? Shoulda gone.)

But 2009's it-list has just 44 places, and that represents a 17% decline. Assuming that this rate of decline holds, and I have no idea why it wouldn't, there will be fewer than a dozen places worth visiting by 2016. That means a whole lot of people trying to check into the same hotel, palace, or yurt, depending on where we're all headed. Yet another reason to hop on a plane today.

Reader Comments

Hmm, this should really be filed under "jab, jab". Regardless, I appreciate the calculations and you have further motivated me to travel as soon as possible.

Garrett

Posted By Garrett on January 14, 2009, 11:35 AM

I don't typically look to the NYT travel section for actionable recommendations (though I did use a piece they ran on the Yucatan a few years back).

In this economy, the people I know are all traveling less, and seldom to places as far as Qatar or Bhutan. Which is unfortunate. But because of the economy, there is a groundswell of interest in local travel, and maybe that's not such a bad thing.

Posted By Lauren from Northwest Cheapsleeps on January 15, 2009, 3:17 PM

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