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Lake Toba in New York Times' 52 Places To Go 2024

Indonesia has a lot of great destinations with international recognition. One of them, Lake Toba in North Sumatera, is now recommended by the New York Times in the 52 Places To Go in 2024.

Issued in early January, the list has many tourism destinations of the world, curated by the experts. The curation considers sustainable travel and cultural events. 

Toba was number 24 on the list. The lake surrounded by eight regencies of North Sumatra is a superpriority destination of the Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry.

The amazing Lake Toba's caldera became UNESCO's world tourism site in 2020.

According to research, Lake Toba's caldera resulted from three eruptions that began around 800.000 - 900.000 years ago. The final eruption 74,000 years ago formed the current caldera.

In Lake Toba, tourists can enjoy both nature and the culture. Around Lake Toba, there are some traditional villages with people still carrying out the customs. In these villages, you can see the traditional house and how the beautiful handmade cloth of Batak people - Ulos - is woven.

Besides Lake Toba, there were also so many places recommended by the New York Times for this year.

Adventurers might like the undersea world Hurghada, Egypt, but those who prefer serenity can go to Salar de Uyuni, the largest salt flat in the world.

VOInews, Jakarta - Bali is always the world's favorite. Recently, Bali was awarded as the best destinations for honeymoon, Tripadvisor's version.

Tripadvisor's Travelers' Choice Awards Best of the Best 2024 awarded Bali as the best honeymoon destination in the world. The award was based on travelers' reviews.

On the list, Bali stood above other tropical or beach destinations. Hoi An of Vietnam and Maldives were respectively 2nd and 3rd best for honeymoon.

In the Honey Moon Destinations - World category, Bali was dubbed as a "living postcard". Bali has beaches with fine white sand, stone temples, and the so-called "artistic capital" of Ubud. Tripadvisor also mentioned that Bali is great for ports of call tours, rafting, spas, and cultural tours.

Reviewing Bali, a traveler wrote "Amazing place to stay, totally recommend it, the service was on top, food and the installation of the hotel is unique." While another review simply said "Great trip, beautiful views!"

In the Travelers' Choice Awards Best of the Best 2024, Bali stood behind Dubai as the World's Top Destination. However, none of Bali's beaches made it into Top 10 Best Beaches list.

Tripadvisor recently published the Travelers' Choice Awards Best of the Best 2024. The award included hotels, restaurants, and activities based on top reviews on its website. Less than 1% of Tripadvisor's 8 million spots could make it into the Best of the Best.