Lonely Planet’s top destinations for 2014

Lonely Planet reveals its top travel destinations for 2014. In its Best in Travel guide published Tuesday, the famed travel guide rated destinations based on their “topicality, excitement and that special x-factor.” The 2014 FIFA World Cup host tops the list, with Lonely Planet heaping praises on Brazil’s coasts, verdant-green mountains and colonial villages. Antarctica and Scotland round up the top 3 destinations. In cities, Paris tops the list, while Sikkim in India is voted the best region for 2014. The Philippines gets a nod too – Palawan makes it to the list of best value travel destinations, thanks to its jungle rivers, limestone cliffs and beaches.

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