There are loads of websites online which can tell you what they consider to be the top ten holiday destinations. However, with these sites it is usually ones that they are trying to get you to arrange your next holiday to. But when it comes to really discover where the top ten holiday destinations are in any given year the best place to start your search is using the World Tourism Organization website.
Each year they release information regarding which countries had the most visitors in a year compared to others. Also they provide information which clearly shows those countries which have seen a marked increase in the number of visitors from abroad visiting them. They also help to break down this list into the various continents showing which countries within Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas were the most popular.
For example with Europe the most popular country visited by tourists from around the globe is Italy, followed closely by them visiting France, Spain, UK and Germany. In fact currently around 18% of all holidaymakers travel to Europe each year for a vacation. The reason for this being is that many like to learn more about the architecture, culture and history of the many towns and cities within them.
When it comes to Africa the most popular destination for travellers from around the world is Egypt. However, now countries such as South Africa, Rwanda, Tunisia and Morocco are certainly becoming ever more popular as well. All of these countries offer a wide array of activities and wonderful places for the travellers to visit.
Of course this year 2008 certainly one place which has been attracting many tourists to its shores is of course China. Mainly because this is the year where both the Olympics and Para Olympics would be taking place. But along with China other destinations in Asia that are seeing an increase in visitors are Japan and Thailand. All of which although popular with visitors from around the world have still been able to retain much of their own identity and have not been influenced too much by our Western ways.
Along with searching the World Tourism Organization website for what holiday destinations are the most popular take a look at other websites such as the Independent Tour Operators one. They offer a list of the top ten destinations for 2008 and their list seems to be dominated by Western European countries currently. So what are proving to the most popular ten holiday destinations in 2008 according to Independent Tour Operators?
Tresco, Isles of Scilly - This is situated of the west coast of England and is going to be a favorite because of the new built luxury development of holiday homes on it.
Naples, Italy - There is not only many of the historic landmarks of the city which have recently been restored for you to spend time viewing, but it has some really wonderful shops and restaurants also. Plus you are within easy reach of such attractions as Pompeii, Mount Vesuvius and the Amalfi Coast.
City Breaks, France - Since the setting up of Eurostar getting to anyone of this countries wonderful cities not just Paris has become much quicker and easier. Although many may not believe it but you will receive a truly warm welcome when you visit any part of France.
Angkor Wat, Cambodia - This is a truly magnificent place where at the moment being able to visit the World Heritage Site here is free currently. Although one can explore the upper levels of the temples here there are certain areas which have now been restricted and visitors are no longer able to gain access to.
Western Iceland - This is a place where if you are looking for seclusion when on holiday is ideal. Throughout your time the chances of you being disturbed are almost zero so being able to relax and unwind won't be a problem.
Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico - This is a place where many different cultures come together and where it seems that you could almost be in Egypt because of the pyramids here. Also when it comes to food you will be spoilt for choice as all cuisine here has been influenced by the Spanish, French and Lebanese.
Cook Islands, South Pacific - This is the perfect location if you are looking for some winter sun. Currently this place seems to be proving popular with holiday makers from the UK as the pound is very strong against the New Zealand dollar.
Monte Carlo - For many English people renewed there has been renewed interest in this city because of Lewis Hamilton winning the Formula 1 Grand Prix. However, the price of staying here is certainly not cheap and costs can rise considerably during the week when the Grand Prix does take place each year.
Zambia Family Safaris - The reason that Zambia is gaining in popularity even though many people still travel to Kenya, Tanzania and Botswana for safaris is the cost. Not only is Zambia less expensive than the other destinations we have mentioned but the accommodation is suitable for families being large tribe sized homes. Plus the variety of wildlife to be seen is just as wide as in the other countries where safaris are popular.
Togo & Benin, West Africa - If you are looking for somewhere which offers a completely different kind of view of Africa then these are two destinations worth considering. Plus currently the number of visitors making this one of the top ten holiday destinations is currently not that many so it still remains pretty much like it has for many centuries before.
A wise woman once said, "He who knows everything knows nothing." 2 billion Christians, 1 billion Muslims and 18 million Jews believe that their Holy Bibles, including the books of the Prophets are the word of God of Mount Sinai, but if you told any one of them that you were a Prophet, they would put you into a mental institution. This is because the human mind thinks that time is linear and "How can an angel tell the future to a person if the event hasn't happened yet? It's impossible." In order for prophecy to exist the future must have already happened and any psychiatrist will tell you that this is impossible.
Apparently no one mentioned this to Nostradamus in the 1500's. So far Nostradamus has correctly predicted the first anti Christ Napoleon Bonaparte and the second anti Christ Adolf Hitler. According to Nostradamus the third and final anti Christ will be named something like "Mabus".
Open your mind. When the mind hears something which seems like absolute baloney it shuts off and doesn't listen. The way to open your mind is to say to yourself when the person is talking to you, "This is right, this is true", over and over. Because Nostradamus predicted in code the coming of "Napaulon Roy" and "Hister" hundreds of years after his death, time cannot be linear. The future must already have happened in order for a spirit to tell Nostradamus the future. One way to understand this is to picture time as an infinity symbol, or an hourglass or the number "8" laid on its side. It's like trying to find "Waldo" or "Nemo".
On May Day, May 1, 2007, the day of the celebration of the Virgin Mary, The Temple of Love - The World Peace Religion announced that Nostradamus' third anti Christ was the ultra hard line daily advisor and puppet master of the President of Iran, Iranian Ayatollah Mesbah (pronounced Maybah, like Nostradamus' Mabus, like Hister is to Hitler) Yazdi. Iranian Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi's declared intention is to follow the word of God of Mount Sinai as told to the angel Gabriel and then to the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) outlined in the Koran and the Hadith and "Make War on the Christians, Jews and infidels and be rewarded with eternal paradise in Heaven with God of Mount Sinai, crystal clean lakes and springs, endless wine with no side effects, 72 virgins and 80,000 servants per martyr and believer." (Koran Sura Chapter 9:5, 29-30 and Chapter 56, "Mecca"). Could you throw in a dozen bagels mit cream cheese?
Imagine some Bedouin in the Arabian desert today telling his friends that an angel had just told him that if they converted to his new religion and killed all of the Albanians that God would give them all hot tubs. How many followers would he have, other than Tom Cruise and John Travolta?
Nostradamus' third anti Christ Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi declared that using nuclear bombs is perfectly fine according to Muslim law in order to conquer the world for God of Mount Sinai aka Allah, God the Father, Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit, Elohim, Yehovah, Adonai. He believes that by triggering the Apocalypse it will bring about the advent of the two Muslim messiahs Jesus Christ and the Mahdi, to conquer the world for Islam and bring everlasting world peace.
Every nuclear scientist knows that nuclear world war 3 and its aftermath nuclear winter then ultraviolet summer will have no survivors and Nostradmus' third anti Christ thinks that by triggering nuclear world war 3 the Muslims will survive and own the world. Thanks to George Bush's attempt to conquer the Middle East's oil, and conquer the world for Christianity, if the United States were to leave Iraq now, two thirds of the world's oil would fall into the hands of Nostradamus' Third Anti Christ. With this money, the Anti Christ would have no problem purchasing more nuclear reactors from Russia like the one in Bushehr, Iran, and shiploads of nuclear weapons from North Korea. He could pay every Shiite huge salaries to conquer Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States. An even worse scenario for the United States would be if all of the Muslim countries united and turned on the United States.
In his third anti Christ prophecy Michael Nostradamus said that the anti Christ Mabus and the Apocalypse would be heralded by a comet. Nostradmaus said in his book of prophecies:
"Mabus will soon die, then will come, a horrible undoing of people and animals, At once one will see vengeance, one hundred powers, thirst, famine, when the comet will pass." (Century 2, Quatrain 62) "The anti-Christ very soon annihilates the three, twenty-seven years his war will last. The unbelievers are dead, captive, exiled; with blood, human bodies, water and red hail covering the earth." (Century 8, Quatrain 77).
Do you feel like you are having flashbacks from a bad acid trip with threats of being bombarded by the media with years more of Bill and Hillary Clinton in the White House and O.J. Simpson dominating the news? George Bush is trying to trigger the Apocalypse and capture the world for Christianity so that he can meet Jesus Christ in Jerusalem - talk about social climbers. How could 3 billion people be so brainwashed that they believe that nuclear world war 3 is the road to everlasting peace on earth when every scientist knows that it's the road to the extinction of life on earth forever? The question is not "Did we evolve?" but "Will we evolve into a peaceful species to adapt to our change in circumstances, 50,000 100 megaton nuclear bombs on earth today?" The two at Hiroshima and Nagasaki were firecrackers, 50 kilotons. Think kilobytes versus megabytes. The world is about to blow up and everyone is frantic over their SERP.
On Saturday night a meteorite crashed into Peru next to Lake Titicaca with an orange streak and a loud bang. The hole filled with water and is giving off smelly noxious odours which are causing the villagers of Carancas, Peru to suffer from nausea and headaches. So far there has been no sighting of Superman.
WWI was triggered by one bullet in Yugoslovia, the shot heard round the world starring Paris Hilton and Tom Cruise. The new President of France is the new Tony Blair. This week his foreign minister, like every American presidential candidate spoke of nuking Iran, Nostradamus' third anti Christ. Russia, which has been speaking about aiming their nuclear missiles at Europe because of George Bush's nuclear tipped cruise missiles in the Czech Republic and Poland, today warned the United States not to attack Iran. China also warned George Bush not to attack Iran.
Iran is the backyard of Russia and China. We are all pawns in a high stakes poker game with two thirds of the world's oil up for grabs. When the United States hits Iran, and all Hell breaks loose in the Middle East, Russia and China will unite as they did in beating the United States in Vietnam, and Russia and China will grab all of the Middle East's oil. In order to do this Russia will shoot thousands of their new zig zagging 100 megaton nuclear rockets, which separate into 8 nuclear missiles in midair over the North Pole and take out the United States of America.
Before the Apocalypse happens however, the Christian people of America and the Muslim world which also follows both the Old and the New Testament are entitled to know, as does every Bible Scholar on earth today, that the New Testament was first written in Greek by Greeks, the snake goat lion Beast, Devil, Anti Christ of Revelations is a plagiarism of the mythical Greek Chimera, and Jesus of Revelations flying down from Heaven on his flying horse to slay the anti Christ is a plagiarism of the Greek Myth of Prince Bellerophon on his flying horse Pegasus slaying the Chimera. Human beings are now triggering nuclear WWIII, the Apocalypse, to bring about the arrival of ancient Greek cartoon characters like Elmo to save the world for them. All human beings have to do to bring everlasting world peace to earth is for 200 people at the United Nations to agree today to permanently stop fighting. It's that simple. It's called evolution.