[Swing Bali]Jared Rice/Unsplash * TRAVEL SEARCH ENGINE KAYAK RELEASED A LIST OF THE TOP TRENDING DESTINATIONS FOR 2018. * THE LIST FEATURES CITIES AROUND THE WORLD WHICH HAVE SEEN THE LARGEST YEAR-OVER-YEAR INCREASE IN SEARCH TRAFFIC FROM MARCH 3RD, 2017, TO FEBRUARY 28TH, 2018. * EUROPEAN CITIES TOOK SEVEN OUT OF THE TOP 10 SPOTS. * MAUI, HAWAII, IS THE NUMBER ONE TRENDING DESTINATION, WITH A 51% INCREASE IN SEARCHES. ------------------------- Last year, Asian destinations dominated the list of the most-visited cities in the world. Looking ahead though, travelers seem to be setting their sights on Europe. That's according to data from travel search engine Kayak, which just released their 2018 travel hacker guide, featuring the top trending destinations of this year. In order to create this list, Kayak looked at the top 100 most searched for travel dates between March 3, 2017, and February 28th, 2018, and identified the cities around the world with the greatest year-over-year increase in search. For all the destinations that made the list, Kayak also featured the median hotel price there, as well as the median airfare to that city from the US and Canada based on travel dates that fall into the same one-year period mentioned above. We then used this data to identify the cheapest month to visit each place. Keep scrolling to see where travelers are itching to go in 2018. 10. ROME, ITALY — FEBRUARY IS THE CHEAPEST TIME TO GO ventdusud/iStock 17% INCREASE IN SEARCHES Median airfare in February: $486 Median hotel rate in February: $122 Cheapest time to book: four months before departure _NOTE: ONLY HOTELS WITH THREE STARS AND ABOVE ARE INCLUDED IN THIS DATA._ 9. PARIS, FRANCE — JANUARY IS THE CHEAPEST TIME TO GO MarinaDa/Shutterstock 18% INCREASE IN SEARCHES Median airfare in January: $474 Median hotel rate in January: $154 Cheapest time to book: six months before departure 8. ATHENS, GREECE — FEBRUARY IS THE CHEAPEST TIME TO GO Anastasios71/Shutterstock 20% INCREASE IN SEARCHES Median airfare in February: $657 Median hotel rate in February: $92 Cheapest time to book: five months before departure SEE THE REST OF THE STORY AT BUSINESS INSIDER
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