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Tasmania tops the 10 best
Times Online
They include a giant chunk of China that’s home to 44m people, and a castaway bay in Tasmania with a population of just 300. The northernmost town on earth, and the furthest-flung islands on the planet. This Wednesday, the guidebook giant Lonely Planet publishes its annual “Blue List” – its bible of hot destinations for 2009 – and the authors have cast a wide and adventurous net. Follow their advice, and your travelling year could feature polar-bear-spotting in Svalbard, volcano-hiking in Hawaii and sea-kayaking in Chile. Read more here