Best travel destinations - 2018

How many tanned deserves this beautiful? Portugal is "the" tourist destination to visit in 2018. The election of the Best Destinations Travel to go next year reaches its fifth edition recognizing the planned and consistent effort that the country of the Iberian Peninsula has been making to reposition itself in the market of the tourism over the last ten years. With 14 votes, he was isolated in the lead. Russia, which will host the World Cup in June and July, had 13 votes and came in second. Canada (12 votes), Peru (10) and Jericoacoara (9) respectively occupy the third to fifth places. In the sixth place the ties began: Japan, Lençóis Maranhenses and Paris had 8 votes each; Melbourne, Mexico, Norway, Los Angeles and Iceland, in seventh place, totaled 7 votes each. Croatia in eighth, with 6 votes, and Paraty, in ninth, with 5 close the ranking. The pre-selection retained the format: an initial list of 29 applicants, selected by Travel journalists based on data that affect travelers' perceptions and interests, and thus have an impact on the tourism market. Major events, improvements related to infrastructure, investments in promotion and presence in social networks were considered information. The final list has grown, as have the number of jurors. In this special, you will discover not the top ten, but the 18 best destinations for 2018, chosen by a body of 18 jurors.

Cost lower than other European destinations, same language, many direct flights. These are all good justifications for the increase in the interest of Brazilian travelers in Portugal in recent years. But they are outdated.

There is a bigger reason for you to put the country on your wish list for 2018: today there is no cooler place in Europe. This wave that Portugal is surfing, and that will continue next year in the opinion of 14 of our jurors, began to form about ten years ago, when the country's tourism authorities formatted a broad project to change its image abroad : from the "terrinha" of the ancestors to destiny fashion. Thanks to this and the significant improvements in tourist infrastructure, Portugal has begun to attract a trend-hungry crowd of tourists.

Even celebrities gave in to the country's charm: singer Madonna moved to Lisbon and is renovating a house in Sintra; the German actor Michael Fassbender has a house in the neighborhood of Alfama; the Italian actress Monica Bellucci bought an apartment in the same building of the French shoe designer Christian Louboutin, at the gates of St. George's Castle. Lisbon is the young and creative destination of the time in Europe.

It became a pole of attraction of technological developments thanks to the still low cost of living and the creation of hubs of startups, such as the one that will be inaugurated soon in the port district of Beato. In 2018, the Portuguese capital will host the Web Summit, the world technology forum, for the third time in a row.

Bars in roofs of buildings, hotels and modern hostels installed in historic palaces, the huge gastronomic complex of the Avilez neighborhood and the brand new Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (Maat) add to this vibrant aura. Porto, for its part, won for the third time in 2017 the title of best European destination in popular vote promoted by European Consumers Choice, an organization dedicated to design and lifestyle.

After the 7 to 1 in Brazilian territory, the Glass of Russia arrives as a kind of redemption. With the draw of the keys to the games, it has already been defined where Brazil will enter the field, at least in the first phase - for those who plan to follow the matches, it is time to plan the script.

According to the Skyscanner flight search engine, the search for the country leaving Brazil during the event period increased by 318% after the groups were defined on December 1st. Visiting Russia is somewhat challenging for the solo traveler: few people speak English, and it is also difficult to find translated plates.

But Russia is undoubtedly worth a visit even if you do not care for football. Going through its monuments is a history lesson, and in its more than 17 million square kilometers, landscapes and customs transform. An important tip: do not ask the police for information. There are several claim histories for tourists.

This 2017 was a festive year for Canada, which completed 150 years of existence as a unified nation. And for tourists interested in it, since the country, after much promise and postponement, finally failed to require visas from a large number of Brazilians, which means saving about R $ 200 in travel and less bureaucracy.

Coupled with the fact that fate continues to be the favorite of Brazilians for exchange, for the 13th consecutive year according to the Brazilian Association Specialized in International Education (Belta).

All this shows that Canada will continue on the crest of the wave in 2018 - it was in 3rd place with 12 votes in the annual election of best destinations of the Journey.