Ukraine has been found in the list of the TOP 3 most attractive tourist destinations in the world for 2012, according to Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2012 ranking, UKRINFORM reported citing the Lonely Planet's official website.
Lonely planet describes Ukraine as "the great unknown of Europe" and the host of the upcoming 2012 UEFA European Football Championship: "It's through the power of soccer that Ukraine is poised to showcase its charms to unprecedented numbers of visitors. It will co-host Euro 2012 (the European football championships) and the four match venues have been cunningly selected to encourage further travel by visiting football fans".
Lonely Planet experts also added: "so Lviv becomes the jumping-off point for Carpathian exploration, while Kyiv, which stages the final [EURO 2012], will become base for forays to the Black Sea coast and, yep, the grim tourist attraction that is Chornobyl".
Apart from Ukraine, according to the British experts from Lonely Planet, tourists in 2012 should also visit Uganda, Myanmar (Burma), Jordan, Denmark, Bhutan, Cuba, New Caledonia, Taiwan, Switzerland.
Lonely Planet collated hundreds of ideas from everyone at Lonely Planet, including our extended family of travellers, bloggers and tweeters to work out the very best. This list of the top 10 countries for 2012 - in ranked order - was voted for by a panel of inhouse travel experts, based on topicality, excitement, value and that special X-factor.
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