NEW YORK - Here are some of the hot spots, trends and statistics for travel in the new year.
U.S. TOUR OPERATORS ASSOCIATION: For the fifth straight year, Italy placed first as the most popular international destination for vacation packages and tours, according to an annual informal poll of USTOA member companies. Croatia, followed by China, were the hottest up-and-coming countries for tours and packages.
YAHOO! TRAVEL: Yahoo! [YHOO] Travel’s biggest domestic “Movers & Shakers” - destinations that got the biggest increase in page views in Yahoo! Travel Guides - were Lancaster, Pa.; Ocean City, N.J.; South Lake Tahoe, Calif.; Wildwood, N.J.; Helen, Ga.; and Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
