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National Geographic Traveler magazine announced its annual Best of the World list, which highlights 20 must-see places to visit in 2016, as chosen by the Traveler editors. The magazine’s cover image was photographed by Victor Lima, a Brazilian amateur photographer, who submitted the photo as part of an assignment on Your Shot, National Geographic’s photo community. Lima’s striking image of a waterfall in Goiás, Brazil, was chosen by Traveler editors out of more than 34,000 submissions.
Lima’s cover photo and the Best of the World list are featured in the December 2015/January 2016 issue of Traveler magazine, available on newsstands Dec. 1, and online at natgeotravel.com/best-trips-2016.
The destinations featured in the 2016 Best of the World list are (in alphabetical order):
• Bermuda
• Capability Brown’s Gardens, Britain
• Côte d’Or, Burgundy, France
• Danube River
• Eastern Bhutan
• Glasgow, Scotland
• Greenland
• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
• Hokkaido, Japan
• Masurian Lakes, Poland
• New York City
• Okavango Delta, Botswana
• Philippines
• Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
• San Diego/Tijuana
• Seychelles
• South Georgia Island
• Tangier and Smith Islands, Chesapeake Bay
• Uruguay
• Winnipeg, Canada
National Geographic Travel is also partnering with Pinterest to invite readers to share where they dream of traveling next. Through Dec. 18, 2015, readers may create boards with the hashtag #NatGeoWanderListContest, pinning images of places they think people should visit in 2016 and submitting the board online athttp://travel.nationalgeographic.com/nat-geo-2016-travel-wander-list-pinterest-contest/. Boards will be judged based on theme alignment, creativity and originality, with winners announced in January 2016. Prizes, including a camera, will be awarded to creators of the top three boards.
