Where to go in 2016: Top 16 up-and-coming destinations
By Anisha Shah, for CNN
Updated 0322 GMT (1122 HKT) December 23, 2015
(CNN)The best stories arise from the road less traveled.
As new routes launch, developing nations welcome tourism and closed-off regions emerge.
So what's hot in 2016?
We asked an expert panel of pros who thrive and survive on travel to new frontiers.
Whether it's staring into the eyes of a wild mountain gorilla in Uganda, snorkeling amidst stingless jellyfish in Palau or drinking yak butter tea with nomads in a ger in the Gobi,we're spoiled for choice with these 16 emerging destinations for 2016.
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