National Geographic has published a list of 25 places that every tourist should visit in 2025. It includes savannahs, wild forests, colonial architecture, and even ethnic attractions. Find out where you will definitely want to go in 2025 in Visit Ukraine's article

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National Geographic has identified 25 locations that every tourist must visit in 2025. These include islands, cities and capitals, forests and savannas, archipelagos and entire countries. The list has a clear gradation, so Visit Ukraine experts have identified 5 winners and their attractive aspects. Read more in a special material.

TOP 5 locations that will top your must visit for 2025

1. The island of Antigua in the Caribbean Sea (Guatemala ) attracts not only with its warm sea, blue lagoons and scorching sun. What can you do in Antigua? Visit 365 different beaches, one of which is among the top ten best beaches in the world, play cricket (the most popular sport), go by sea to Redonda, which is both an island and a national park, walk across Devil's Bridge and taste the sweetest pineapple in the world - black pineapple.

2. Ocala National Forest in Florida (USA). The coniferous forest covers a huge area north of Orlando and is the second largest national park in the state. There are about 600 lakes here. We recommend making a route through Juniper Springs, Salt Springs, Alexander Springs and Silver Glen Springs. Here you can plunge into the depths of the reservoir and see the incredible and virtually unexplored world of American lakes. By the way, be careful while walking, because local alligators consider themselves the real masters of the lakes (although they are quite rare).

3. Bangkok in Thailand offers tourists many incredible sights:

- The Grand (Royal) Palace, where you can see incredible decorations and frescoes, scenes from the life of King Rama I;

- The Temple of the Dawn, where services and ceremonies are still held, and where majestic relics of Buddhism are kept;

- Jim Thompson House Museum - an employee of the American secret services who revived the Thai silk industry;

- Vimanmek - the world's largest wooden structure built without a single nail, made of pink yew.

4. Raja Ampat is located in the heart of the coral triangle and offers extraordinary adventures for diving enthusiasts. Plunging into the underwater kingdom, you can see hundreds of species of fish, mollusks and corals, giant turtles and manta rays. And if you travel to one of the neighbouring islands, Komodo, you can see the descendants of real dinosaurs - varanians up to 3 metres long and weighing up to 150 kilometres.

5. The capital of Jalisco state, Guadalajara, is actually the cultural centre of Mexico. The city with its incredible colonial architecture is considered the ‘pearl of the West’, and a huge number of luxurious parks and squares gave it another name - ‘the city of roses’. Guadalajara is considered to be the birthplace of world-famous tequila and salsa, mariachi music and chariad, which is a national entertainment. Here you can enjoy the following locations:

- the Baroque Palacio del Gobierno;

- the Basilica of Our Lady of Zapopan, whose architecture is made in three styles - Gothic, Moorish and Neoclassical;

- The colonial-style Regional Museum, which houses 14 extremely popular exhibitions depicting the state of Jalisco in different eras;

- Colomos Park - an oasis of untouched nature in the city centre, which the authorities preserved to demonstrate the flora and fauna of the region before development.

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6. The dormitory monasteries in Marseille (Italy) are one of the first in the former Gaul, built according to the design of the monk Cassian the Roman.

7. The port city of Los Angeles in California (USA) is a city of lights, contemporary art museums and the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

8. Greenland is the largest island in the world and the only island in Denmark with absolute self-government.

9. Kanazawa in Japan is a city of classical architecture, picturesque gardens and the history of samurai for centuries.

10. The Eastern & Oriental Express in Malaysia is a unique luxury train on the route Singapore - Taman Negara - Penang - Singapore, which perfectly captures the spirit of the era.

11. Brasov in Romania is the second largest industrial centre in the country, where ‘roads go here’ - literally, because Brasov was formed as a transport hub for roads leading through the mountain passes of the Carpathians.

12. The Cerrado in Brazil is the most biologically rich savannah in the world, according to the World Wildlife Fund.

13. Northland in New Zealand is the ‘land of the north’ because it is the northern region of the North Island - an incredible find for those who want to practice their Maori language and sign language.

14. Senegal is a former French colony in West Africa: an incredible mix of French and African cultures.

15. Haida Gwaii in British Columbia - an archipelago of islands off the coast of the Canadian province of British Columbia impresses with picturesque and magical views of the Hecate Strait (as the name of the strait itself suggests).

16. Barbados is an island in the Atlantic Sea that is considered the easternmost of the Central American islands and the closest to South America.

17. Suru Valley in India - the unspoilt nature near the city of Sanku allows you to meet bulls, yaks and other animals during your trip.

18. Boise is the capital and most densely populated city of Idaho, which is ranked 99th in the United States by population.

19. Abu Dhabi - the capital of the United Arab Emirates and the Emirate of Abu Dhabi is located on the Persian Gulf and attracts with its extraordinary brightness and intensity of life.

20. The Murray River in Australia is the largest river on the continent.

21. KwaZulu-Natal is a province in South Africa and the largest port in the region - the name became known worldwide as a result of armed clashes between the Boers and the British in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

22. The Stockholm Archipelago in Sweden is the largest archipelago in Sweden and one of the largest in the Baltic Sea.

23. Cork in Ireland is the ‘city of bridges’ and the cultural capital of the homeland of Scandinavian fairy tales and legends.

24. The Outer Hebrides in Scotland are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean off the western coast of Scotland.

25. Tunisia is the northernmost country in Africa and part of the natural border between the Western and Eastern Mediterranean.

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