Where are you traveling in 2014? How about one of these?

The World

I am a big travel buff and as the new year started, I got to thinking about all the trips that I wanted to take this year.

I had a great time visiting India and Hungary last year and I wanted to go to some cool places this year as well.

So, I started looking around at all sorts of lists that come out this time of the year – the top 10 of all things travel – and found one from Lonely Planet. It has the list of top 10 cities to visit in 2014.

Considering it had Chicago, Riga, and Auckland – three places that I have been eyeing to go to, for a long time – I liked it immediately and at the same time it sparked the designer in me and gave me an idea to make a visualization out of the list.

Have you traveled to one of these cities? What tips do you have … great sights, good restaurants? Let me know in the comments below.

Are you with The World?

The story you just read is available to read for free because thousands of listeners and readers like you generously support our nonprofit newsroom. Every day, the reporters and producers at The World are hard at work bringing you human-centered news from across the globe. But we can’t do it without you: We need your support to ensure we can continue this work for another year.

When you make a gift of $10 or more a month, we’ll invite you to a virtual behind-the-scenes tour of our newsroom to thank you for being with The World.