Maastricht or Aberdeen? The unlikely destinations tipped for a tourism boom

Move aside, Paris and Venice. It’s time to consider Aberdeen or Maastricht for your next city break.

At least, that’s according to new data revealed by Airbnb in its top trending destinations for 2020 report.

Using internal data, the accommodation booking site has revealed which destinations are seeing the biggest year-on-year rise in inquiries – and some of the results are surprising.

The rise of some of the destinations is self-explanatory, like Tokyo (+103 per cent), which has been hosting Rugby World Cup matches and has the Olympics next year, although others like Romania (+298 per cent) and Vanuatu (+140 per cent) are harder to understand.

Here we take a look at some of the more surprising…