Today, Lonely Planet, the global travel authority, reveals its top destinations to visit next year with the release of Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2025. The hotlist of trending destinations, which is also available in a best-selling book, features 30 must-visit destinations from around the globe. In addition to the print edition, Lonely Planet will unveil a captivating suite of digital and social media content, presented in partnership with new eSIM service Saily. Travelers can stay connected and secure while in destination with Saily, with mobile data coverage in nearly all locations on Lonely Planet’s winning list.

This year, Lonely Planet is celebrating its 50th birthday and the publisher, that has been helping travellers discover the world since 1973, is radically redesigning its iconic and much-loved, blue-spine guide books.

Lonely Planet has partnered with global travel search provider Skyscanner to launch a new flights-comparison engine. This is the first time that Lonely Planet, the world’s leading travel media company, has hosted an own-branded flight search engine.

Lonely Planet is launching a brand new online channel featuring the best travel videos from around the world.

Independent travellers from across the UK have rated Australia as the destination they would most like to visit next, the annual Lonely Planet Travellers’ Pulse Survey revealed today.