「Best in Travel 2020」: Which Chinese Province Made the Cut

Lonely Planet, the travel hobbyists’ Bible, has formally announced its official 「Best in Travel」 destination rankings for 2020.

And, hey! Standing proud, in place number 6, chosen above world travel hotspots such as Spain, Argentina, Croatia and the Brazilian Amazon – is none other than China’s own Guizhou Province.

But perhaps this result has you and some others feeling a little puzzled…

Of all the places in China, there’s got to be plenty of places more dazzling, more enchanting, more awe-inspiring and more magnificent than that place. Right?

Why Guizhou? Where even is Guizhou? What’s so good about this place?

But perhaps this result has you and some others feeling a little puzzled…

Of all the places in China, there’s got to be plenty of places more dazzling, more enchanting, more awe-inspiring and more magnificent than that place. Right?

Why Guizhou? Where even is Guizhou? What’s so good about this place?

Huangguoshu Waterfall Park： China’s biggest waterfalls and ground-zero for the epic first filming of <Journey to the West>

The Zhijin Caves

Known as the “Pure Land created by Nature”, Mount Fanjing

Waters like Jiuzhaigou”-- The Libo ‘Small Seven Arches’ Scenic Area

- Ethnic Minority Village and towns

As a territory riddled with sudden mountain peaks and deep valleys, in the past Guizhou been a difficult area of the country to traverse. Thus, the region has been and remains less developed for cities and tourism than other areas, meaning less of the associated noise, and better preservation of regional customs and culture.

In recent years, bridges hoisted high between mountains and roads that run through valley chasms have opened this old land up to the new world – new ground to explore!