(CNN) – I got my suitcase and passport – I’ve released a list of the most amazing places in the world to visit in 2025.
From El Salvador to Jaipur to Zimbabwe, the editors of the New York-based news magazine have selected notable destinations and thrilling new experiences travelers need to know.
Now in its seventh year, the list highlights everything from resorts to cruises, museums, restaurants and national parks.
The US destinations where the cuts were created include the newly renovated Waldorf Astoria New York. The 94-year-old Manhattan facility features 357 redesigned guest suites for travelers.
In Georgia, Macon’s Okumargi Mound is a prehistoric Native American site and has been a National Historical Park since 2019. Currently, they are preparing to become the state’s first national park.
In the Caribbean, luxury brand sandals opened their first resorts in St. Vincent and Grenadine in Baccomment last March.
In South America, the Majestic Magdalena River in Columbia runs almost 1,000 miles in other regions thanks to AMA Waterways, but you can quickly explore on a river cruise. Time highlights a 7 night itinerary between Cartagena and Barranquilla and is currently accepting reservations.
The “Ghost” whisky distillery has been revived in Scotland. Most notably Port Ellen on Isley Island, which reopened last year after more than 40 years of closure. Now it offers a high-end visitor experience with elegant tea along with the expected whiskey drums.
In Paris, the newly restored Cathedral of Notre Dame screams. Time states: But when it finally reopened in Twilight in 2024, it stood as a wonder of faithful and worshipful authenticity. ”
Denmark is represented by the newly opened small seaside resorts in Roddenhodge and Skarev in South Jatland. “The Modernist home is 226 square feet, but each can accommodate a family of four, and can include a private terrace and a barbecue,” Time says.
Namibian Namibrand Nature Reserve was named last year Africa’s first wilderness quiet park. The vast 200,000 hectares of desert have been an international dark sky reserve since 2012, making it an incredible destination to escape the noise and bust of modern life.
In Musanze, Rwanda, a culinary innovation village by Meza Malonga, Rwanda offers tours of the African continent through food. Congo-born Diel Malonga visited 48 countries to create a specific fusion of afro-fusion cuisine, telling CNN in 2023 that he hopes to trigger a culinary revolution on his home continent.
Nintendo’s first museum opened in October last year at a former factory complex of Japanese companies in Uzi, about an hour south of Kyoto. Time states: “There’s no need to know Shino from Mario in Zelda. I’m grateful to the Nintendo Museum, but anyone who spent their childhood glued to a Nintendo Switch or a vintage Game Boy could have been transported.”
Once a popular stop-off on hippie trails in the 1960s and 70s, Pakistan has reappeared as a hiking destination. The Nangma Valley is called the national answer to Yosemite, but there is no crowd of visitors.
There are several train journeys highlighted in Time’s list, but one of the most spectacular is Ghan, a luxurious 75-hour train that passes through the Australian Outback. Air-conditioned carriages are the ideal cheat for viewing this extreme landscape, day and night.
See the remaining listings for 2025 on the Time website.
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Like what you just read? From new airports in Pakistan to new airports with no planes or passengers to triangular aircraft that can change the way we fly, here are the latest travel news.
The future of air travel
Are you tired of flying on the same old pointy plane?
It holds firmly for the innovative “blendwing” planes of Jetslo, a California company that just announced a partnership with Delta to help develop the demonstration aircraft.
The manufacturer of the quirky Nacho-shaped plane says it can carry up to 50% more fuel economy than today’s commercial aircraft and can carry more than 250 passengers.
The aircraft is suitable for both national and international flight routes and Jetsro planning for commercial operation by 2030.
The Jetzero demonstration aircraft is expected to reach the air by 2027, but while you wait, you can read more about this unusual style of aircraft at last year’s Jetzero Story.
Other Aviation Innovation News reveals that Chaise Longue’s controversial double-level plane seat design has sparked fierce debate every time CNN travel covers, but the Aerospace Giant Airbus thinks there might be something. The two companies are partnering to explore “some early stage concepts.”
And in the feat of speed, America’s first civil supersonic jet demonstration aircraft broke a healthy barrier for the first time earlier this year.
Now, incredible photos from NASA captured the shock wave as the booming XB-1 aircraft exceeded the speed of sound, which was the Mach 1, to show airflow using special Schlen imaging. The boom hopes to fly passengers by 2029.
For passenger aircraft already in operation, if you have configured to change the world’s air map, check out the Airbus A321XLR. A single-aisle long-haul plane with improved fuel economy could open flooding on transatlantic flights.
Airport openings and expansions
Pakistan’s shiny new $240 million Balochistan airport has everything you need for a non-aircraft aviation hub. The 400,000 passenger capacity airport is not a major need for Gwadar, a coastal city with a population of 90,000 without clean water and not connected to the national grid. Here’s how this situation occurred:
Gwadar Airport is funded by China and is not the only big airport that Asian superpowers have invested in. The world’s largest artificial island airport is being built off the northeast coast. Here’s what you need to know about Dalian Jinzhou Bay International:
Finally, Europe’s largest airport is set up to be even bigger. This is because the UK is lit up greenery on the construction of the third runway at London Heathrow, the troubling project first announced more than 20 years ago.
Roller coaster explosion
After 19 years of working at Six Flags Adventure Park in New Jersey, New Jersey, once the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world, he went on his final kinetic adventure. The appeal has collapsed to create space for new vehicles coming in 2026.
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