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Where to go in 2016: Top 16 up-and-coming destinations
By Anisha Shah, for CNN
Updated 0322 GMT (1122 HKT) December 23, 2015
(CNN)The best stories arise from the road less traveled.
As new routes launch, developing nations welcome tourism and closed-off regions emerge.
So what's hot in 2016?
We asked an expert panel of pros who thrive and survive on travel to new frontiers.
Whether it's staring into the eyes of a wild mountain gorilla in Uganda, snorkeling amidst stingless jellyfish in Palau or drinking yak butter tea with nomads in a ger in the Gobi,we're spoiled for choice with these 16 emerging destinations for 2016.
Mongolia
Sandwiched between Russia and China, the land that birthed Genghis Khan, the Silk Road and the giant sand dunes of the magical Gobi Desert is one of the most sparsely populated nations in the world.
Mongolia's mystique lies in its primal lifestyle.
Nomadic herders move to the beat of the seasons, raising yaks and camels and pitching up in gers across endless green steppe.
What's new?
The government plans to pave roads connecting all provinces to capital Ulaanbaatar by 2020.
The city is a modern paradox. Designer suits brush shoulders with sandal-clad shepherds.
"Although being 'sent to Outer Mongolia' has been an oft-echoed parental threat to children, Mongolia is yet to hit mainstream," says Tom Bodkin, CEO of Secret Compass.
"Travel feels authentic, gritty and real for true isolation."
When to go: May to September. Naadam, the national festival of "three games of men" -- wrestling, horse-racing and archery -- takes place in mid-July.
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/22/travel/emerging-destinations-2016/index.html
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