The 10 Coolest Places To Visit In 2015 by Forbes Magazine

Hobart, Tasmania

The world is enormous. And getting bigger. Every serious traveler I know says their wish list grows longer, not shorter, every time they visit a new corner of the world.

So how to prioritize? What’s newly safe or newly uncovered? What’s right at that sweet spot between sleepy backwater and developed destination? What are new takes on places we thought we knew? What must we see right now, before it changes forever?

I put those questions to Owen Gaddis, a luxury travel manager at the super-high-end experiential travel-planning company Absolute Travel. He knows what he’s talking about, having adventured through glaciers in Chamonix, deserts in Oman, rain forests in Nicaragua and rugged coastal areas in Western Africa—and retained a soft spot for nice linens, plush robes and a great bottle of burgundy. Like all the planners at Absolute, Gaddis has extensive global connections, firsthand knowledge of destinations he books, and a mandate to learn just as much about his clients’ interests and customize trips accordingly.

Here’s his hot list for next year.

• Iceland
• Adventurous Morocco
• Vietnam Now: Seaplanes, Vespas and a New Aman Resort
• America’s Serengeti: The American Prairie Reserve
• Tantalizing Tasmania
• Colombia
• Japan: Past and Present
• Argentine Patagonia
• Nepal, Above and Beyond
• Sri Lanka for Wildlife

via The Forbes by Ann Abel (all details)