Top Ten Destinations from iExplore
JANUARY 10, 2006. iExplore has published a list of its top ten world travel destinations as determined by the vacation purchases of its adventure and experiential travelers.
2005 ---|-- 2004
Rank ---|-- Rank
1 -- EGYPT (2)
2 -- PERU (1)
3 -- GALAPAGOS (4)
4 -- CHINA (3)
5 -- INDIA (5)
6 -- SOUTH AFRICA (13)
7 -- FRANCE (10)
8 -- ITALY (7)
9 -- NEW ZEALAND (18)
10 - ALASKA (6)
iExplore founder and CEO, George Deeb, said, "There was no material shift in our best selling destinations in 2005, with our top five destinations largely unchanged. That said, both South Africa and New Zealand saw strong growth to move into our annual top ten list for the first time ever."
Other destinations showing strong growth in 2005 included Morocco (number 12), Argentina (number 14) and Jordan number 16). Bumped from last year's top ten were Chile (number 20) and Costa Rica (number 40).
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