The travel giant's "Best in Travel 2016" is a roundup of top as well as emerging destinations and experiences.

The collection "highlights not the places travelers are headed to next year, but the places our team determined they should visit," says Tom Hall, Lonely Planet's editorial director.

Next year's must-visit country is Botswana, which the team at Lonely Planet calls "wild Africa at its best."

Lonely Planet also has a whole bunch of thematic lists, including Best Mustache Destinations (Portland, Oregon, is No.2), Best Places for Silence (California's Esalen Institute is No .3) and Best Places to Elope (Lake Tahoe and nearby Reno, Nevada, are No.8).

In addition to being published in the Best in Travel 2016 book, the Top 10 picks will be available online at lonelyplanet.com/best-in-travel and in the inaugural issue of Lonely Planet's new U.S. magazine "Lonely Planet," which hits newsstands November 3.

Lonely Planet's Top 10 countries for 2016

1. Botswana

2. Japan

3. USA

4. Palau

5. Latvia

6. Australia

7. Poland

8. Uruguay

9. Greenland

10. Fiji

 

Top 10 Regions

1. Transylvania, Romania

2. West Iceland

3. Valle de Vinales, Cuba

4. Friuli's wine regions, Italy

5. Waiheke Island, New Zealand

6. The Auvergne, France

7. Hawaii

8. Bavaria, Germany

9. Costa Verde, Brazil

10. St. Helena, British Territories

 

Top 10 Cities

1. Kotor, Montenegro

2. Quito, Ecuador

3. Dublin, Ireland

4. George Town, Malaysia

5. Rotterdam, Netherlands

6. Mumbai, India

7. Fremantle, Australia

8. Manchester, UK

9. Nashville, Tennessee

10. Rome

 

Top 10 Best Value Destinations

1. Estonia

2. Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, Vietnam

3. East Africa

4. New Mexico

5. Bosnia and Herzegovina

6. Galicia, Spain

7. Quebec City, Canada

8. Costa Rica's Caribbean Coast

9. Timor-Leste

10. Western Australia