Blue Ridge Mountains top HomeToGo’s list of trending summer destinations

Press release from HomeToGo:

HomeToGo, the world’s largest vacation rental search engine, has disclosed its top trending destinations for summer 2019. Featuring locations from five continents around the globe, the ranking shows that American travelers are increasingly drawn to long-haul adventure travel when it comes to summer vacations.

Six of the top 12 trending destinations for summer 2019 are located in Europe, while three are located in North America — including the Blue Ridge Mountains, with traffic up 839% year-on-year. Asia, Africa, and South America each have one destination on the shortlist. In order to calculate the year-on-year increase in searches, HomeToGo examined its own metasearch data, comparing searches from the first five months of 2019 to the same period in 2018. The results show that the top 12 trending destinations for 2019 are:

	Destination	Country	Year-on-Year Increase in Searches
1	Blue Ridge Mountains	USA	839%
2	Lanzarote	Spain	469%
3	Halkidiki	Greece	460%
4	Rimouski	Canada	455%
5	Budva	Montenegro	369%
6	Durban	South Africa	280%
7	Boracay	The Philippines	244%
8	Lyon	France	211%
9	Alaska	USA	210%
10	Hvar	Croatia	199%
11	Riga	Latvia	167%
12	Santa Marta	Colombia	152%

For more information and photosof this year’s top 12 trending destinations for summer 2019, please visit the results page: https://www.hometogo.com/inspiration/adventure-travel/#trending-destinations

“It is exciting to see how American travelers are becoming increasingly adventurous on a year-on-year basis, and are willing to trade well-known closer-to-home favorites, like Mexico, in favor of lesser-known destinations like Colombia, Montenegro, and The Philippines,” said Head of Inbound Marketing, Joanna Booth. “We are delighted to introduce these trending destinations and provide inspiration for travelers ahead of summer 2019.”