Intrepid Travel's annual Not Hot List for 2025 highlights 10 lesser-known destinations, aiming to combat overtourism by encouraging travellers to explore unique experiences in communities that would benefit from increased visitors.
The list includes alternative regions in popular countries like Morocco, where visitors often miss the Anti-Atlas Mountains, and emerging destinations like Pakistan and Greenland, where neighbouring countries have commanded most of the spotlight.
The full list includes:
- Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
- (Qeqertarsuaq) Disko Island, Greenland
- Cape York, Australia
- Adirondacks, New York
- Sainshand, Mongolia
- Rupununi Savannah, Guyana
- Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco
- Accra, Ghana
- Maldonado, Uruguay
- Oslo, Norway
"Our annual Not Hot List strives to bring travelers off the tourist track and inspire them to consider lesser-known destinations, while helping to spread the benefits of tourism to places where it can have an outsized positive impact on communities and local economies,” says Erica Kritikides GM of Global Product for Intrepid Travel.
“Developing tourism in concert and consultation with host communities is the best way to combat the negative effects of overtourism,” Kritikides adds.
To learn more about each of these destinations, download Intrepid’s 2025 Not Hot List here: https://reports.intrepidtravel.com/Global/Intrepid-Not-Hot-2025.pdf
