A Destination of the month is a showcase article for a major travel destination, selected monthly by Wikivoyage's users. See Previously Off the beaten path for more offbeat destinations, Previous Featured travel topics for phrasebooks, itineraries and travel topics, and Destination of the month candidates to nominate and discuss future Destinations of the Month. Previously featured destinations were:
Map of Previous Destinations of the month
Previous Destinations of the Month
2024
2023 December
66.50279 25.728479 7 Rovaniemi , Lapland , Finland November
-53.1625 -70.908056 8 Punta Arenas , Chile October
39.93576 32.83869 9 Ankara , Central Anatolia , Turkey September
55.861111 -4.25 10 Glasgow , Scotland , United Kingdom August
45.758889 4.841389 11 Lyon , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes , France July
-6.17 106.82 12 Central Jakarta , Jakarta Capital Region , Indonesia June
51.800556 10.617222 13 Brocken , Saxony-Anhalt , Germany May
54.687222 25.28 14 Vilnius , Vilnius County, Lithuania April
37.572916 126.979378 15 Jongno , Seoul , South Korea March
54.5 -124.5 16 British Columbia , Canada February
-44.616667 167.866667 17 Milford Sound , Southland , New Zealand January
13.738801 100.512178 18 Yaowarat and Phahurat , Bangkok , Thailand
2022
2021 December
-33.867778 151.21 31 Sydney , New South Wales , Australia November
31.1975 29.8925 32 Alexandria , Egypt October
39.92718 116.41006 33 Central Dongcheng , Beijing , China September
46.051389 14.506111 34 Ljubljana , Slovenia August
45.516667 -122.666667 35 Portland , Oregon , United States July
51.9 -8.473056 36 Cork , Ireland June
49.895556 -97.138611 37 Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada May
35.1725 33.365 38 Nicosia , Cyprus April
-7.752 110.49122 39 Prambanan , Indonesia March
17.060556 -96.725278 40 Oaxaca , Mexico February
6.916667 79.833333 41 Colombo , Sri Lanka January
1.455556 103.761111 42 Johor Bahru , Malaysia
2020 December
-45.874167 170.503611 43 Dunedin , Otago , New Zealand November
-16.398764 -71.536883 44 Arequipa , Peru October
32.08 34.78 45 Tel Aviv , Israel September
51.208889 3.224167 46 Bruges , Belgium August
53.95 -1.083333 47 York , United Kingdom July
43.256667 -79.869167 48 Hamilton , Ontario , Canada June
59.913333 10.738889 49 Oslo , Norway May
53.55 10 50 Hamburg , Germany April
35.776667 -5.803889 51 Tangier , Morocco March
-20.385278 -43.503611 52 Ouro Preto , Brazil February
12.245 109.191667 53 Nha Trang , Vietnam January
10.283333 123.9 54 Metro Cebu , Philippines
2019 December
-34.9275 138.6 55 Adelaide , South Australia , Australia November
22.27694 113.56778 56 Zhuhai , China October
20.915278 -100.743889 57 San Miguel de Allende , Mexico September
33.5175 -86.809444 58 Birmingham , Alabama , United States August
43.856389 18.413056 59 Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina July
52.516667 13.383333 60 Berlin , Germany June
33.59 130.401667 61 Fukuoka , Japan May
54.9 23.933333 62 Kaunas , Lithuania April
41.01 28.960278 63 Istanbul , Turkey March
13.362222 103.859722 64 Siem Reap , Cambodia February
47.374444 8.541111 65 Zurich , Switzerland January
3.857778 11.518056 66 Yaoundé , Cameroon
2018 December
39.739167 -104.984722 67 Denver , Colorado , United States November
-34.471389 -57.844167 68 Colonia , Uruguay October
35.85 129.216667 69 Gyeongju , South Korea September
40.835833 14.248611 70 Naples , Italy August
49.316667 -123.066667 71 North Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada July
52.35 -3.633333 72 Wales , United Kingdom June
42.360278 -71.057778 73 Boston , United States May
Downtown Shanghai , China April
59.849761 17.638947 74 Uppsala , Sweden March
39.47 -0.376389 75 Valencia , Spain February
13.750833 100.541389 76 Pratunam , Bangkok , Thailand January
-43.530889 172.6365 77 Christchurch , New Zealand
2017 December
-25.695278 -54.436667 78 Iguaçu Falls , Argentina /Brazil November
-6.175 106.8275 79 Jakarta , Indonesia October
36.162222 -86.774444 80 Nashville , Tennessee , United States September
45.466944 9.19 81 Milan , Italy August
56.156389 10.209722 82 Aarhus , Denmark July
47.921357 106.905515 83 Ulaanbaatar , Mongolia June
56.9475 24.106944 84 Riga , Latvia May
39.286389 -76.615 85 Baltimore , United States April
20.97 -89.62 86 Mérida , Mexico March
16.069444 108.209722 87 Da Nang , Vietnam February
-42.883333 147.316667 88 Hobart , Tasmania , Australia January
4.6 101.07 89 Ipoh , Malaysia
2016 December
-33.4375 -70.65 90 Santiago , Chile November
22.19 113.538056 91 Macau October
36.800833 10.18 92 Tunis , Tunisia September
48.859947 2.342059 93 1st arrondissement , Paris , France August
55.956247 -3.198928 94 New Town , Edinburgh , United Kingdom July
44.647778 -63.571389 95 Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada June
59.329444 18.068611 96 Stockholm , Sweden May
47.60621 -122.33207 97 Seattle , United States April
10.423611 -75.525278 98 Cartagena , Colombia March
35.011611 135.768111 99 Kyoto , Japan February
14.5575 -90.733333 99 Antigua Guatemala , Guatemala January
51.1781 -115.572 99 Banff , Alberta , Canada
2015 December
9.310278 123.308056 99 Dumaguete , Philippines November
26.916667 75.866667 99 Jaipur , India October
-3.7275 -38.5275 99 Fortaleza , Brazil September
48.1375 11.575 99 Munich , Germany August
53.466667 -2.233333 99 Manchester , United Kingdom July
51.75 19.466667 99 Łódź , Poland June
42.886389 -78.878056 99 Buffalo , New York , United States May
48.208333 16.3725 99 Vienna , Austria April
31.3 120.619444 99 Suzhou , China March
13.758889 100.497222 99 Khao San Road , Bangkok , Thailand February
-4.05 39.666667 99 Mombasa , Kenya January
-34.866667 -56.166667 99 Montevideo , Uruguay
2014 December
5.4145 100.3292 99 George Town , Malaysia November
23.613889 58.592222 99 Muscat , Oman October
24.86 67.01 99 Karachi , Pakistan September
51.05 -114.066667 99 Calgary , Alberta , Canada August
59.437222 24.745 99 Tallinn , Estonia July
51.515556 -0.093056 99 City of London , United Kingdom June
40.728333 -73.994167 99 Manhattan , New York City , United States May
16.456111 107.576389 99 Hue , Vietnam April
24.479722 118.081944 99 Xiamen , China March
-25.322076 130.985732 99 Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park , Northern Territory , Australia February
25.3 51.533333 99 Doha , Qatar January
19.075833 72.8775 99 Mumbai , India
2013 December
-16.925556 145.775278 99 Cairns , Australia November
37.8 -122.25 99 Oakland , California , United States October
25.043333 102.706111 99 Kunming , China September
43.074722 -89.384167 99 Madison , Wisconsin , United States August
35.181389 136.906389 99 Nagoya , Japan July
43.262222 -2.953333 99 Bilbao , Spain June
40.441667 -80 99 Pittsburgh , United States May
51.92 4.48 99 Rotterdam , Netherlands April
20.676667 -103.3475 99 Guadalajara , Mexico March
-35.293056 149.126944 99 Canberra , Australia February
-8.335 115.088056 99 Bali , Indonesia January
28.3722 -81.5494 99 Walt Disney World , Florida , United States
Unofficial Destinations of the Month Featured on Wikitravel before Wikivoyage was adopted as a Wikimedia project.
2012 October
Reykjavík , Iceland November
Dar es Salaam , Tanzania December
Yangon , Myanmar July & August
London , United Kingdom September
San Francisco , United States April
Kingston upon Hull , United Kingdom May
Borobudur , Indonesia -7.60793 110.20384 99 Borobudur June
Ann Arbor , Michigan , United States January
Luang Prabang , Laos February
Celle , Germany March
Hanoi , Vietnam
2011 October
Kanazawa , Japan 36.561056 136.6565 99 Kanazawa November
Kuching , Malaysia December
Bath , United Kingdom July
Frankfurt , Germany August
Nusa Lembongan , Indonesia September
Mykonos , Greece April
Bacolod , Philippines May
Elsinore , Denmark June
Walt Disney World , Florida , United States January
Kochi , India February
Ubud , Indonesia March
Bristol , United Kingdom
2010 October
Tashkent , Uzbekistan November
Death Valley National Park , California and Nevada , United States December
Vientiane , Laos July
Rochester , New York , United States August
Newcastle upon Tyne , United Kingdom September
Gili Islands , Indonesia -8.35 116.06 99 Gili Islands April
Washington, D.C. , United States May
Figueres , Spain June
Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve , China January
Nara , Japan 34.685 135.804778 99 Nara February
Medellin , Colombia March
Bali , Indonesia
2009 October
Hamamatsu , Japan 34.710889 137.726194 1 Hamamatsu November
Marrakesh , Morocco 31.62947 -7.98108 2 Marrakesh December
Copenhagen , Denmark 55.676111 12.568889 3 Copenhagen July
Bayreuth , Germany 49.948056 11.578333 4 Bayreuth August
Okayama , Japan 34.655111 133.919583 5 Okayama September
Birmingham , United Kingdom 52.48 -1.9025 6 Birmingham April
Boracay , Philippines 11.975 121.9225 7 Boracay May
Northern Territory , Australia -20 133 8 Northern Territory June
Vladimir , Russia 56.128611 40.405833 9 Vladimir January
Phnom Penh , Cambodia 11.569583 104.921028 10 Phnom Penh February
San Francisco , United States 37.7775 -122.416389 11 San Francisco March
Basel , Switzerland 47.560556 7.590556 12 Basel
2008 October
San Diego , United States November
Riyadh , Saudi Arabia December
Harbin , China July
Mount Fuji , Japan 35.360556 138.7275 99 Mount Fuji August
Bandung , Indonesia -6.902186 107.618756 99 Bandung September
Ottawa , Ontario , Canada April
Matsuyama , Japan 33.839167 132.765639 99 Matsuyama May
Bergen , Norway June
Chicago , United States January
Dubai , United Arab Emirates February
Chiang Mai , Thailand March
Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam
2007 October
Albuquerque , New Mexico , United States November
Hiroshima , Japan 34.38525 132.455306 99 Hiroshima December
Angkor Archaeological Park , Cambodia July
Swansea , United Kingdom August
Zion National Park , Utah , United States September
Victoria , British Columbia , Canada April
Yosemite National Park , California , United States May
Cambridge , United Kingdom June
Shimla , India January
Taipei , Taiwan February
Pattaya , Thailand March
Guangzhou , China
2006 October
Yogyakarta , Indonesia -7.800457 110.39128 99 Yogyakarta November
Singapore December
La Paz , Bolivia July
Santa Fe , New Mexico , United States August
Budapest , Hungary September
Cincinnati , United States April
Chattanooga , Tennessee , United States May
Oxford , United Kingdom June
Hanover , Germany January
Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia February
Hangzhou , China March
Yonaguni , Japan 24.467972 123.0045 99 Yonaguni
2005 October
Lausanne , Switzerland November
Falkland Islands December
Edinburgh , United Kingdom July
Winchester , United Kingdom August
Helsinki , Finland September
Cape Town , South Africa April
Hong Kong May
Expo 2005 , Aichi , Japan June
Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada January
Bangkok , Thailand February
New Orleans , United States March
Melbourne , Australia
2004