Authors: Lonely Planet Staff

The Lonely Planet Bluelist 2007 captures the best in travel - a collection of trends, destinations, journeys and experiences for the year ahead.

Drawing on the knowledge, passion and miles travelled by the Lonely Planet community of authors, staff and travellers, and covering every country in the world, this year's edition is a selection of the best places to go and things to do all around the world right now.

• Discover the 11 most popular travel destinations as nominated by Lonely Planet's global travel community
• Sound out the booming dunes of the Gobi Desert, or take a balloon ride over the pyramids- be inspired, be surprised, by 400 unique travel experiences
• Explore the darker side of travel with a special feature on dark tourism, from celebrity death to disaster aid
• Visit the GoList - 30 emerging destinations to put at the top of your travel agenda
• Complete profiles of every country in the world
• World map plus six regional maps