Tasmania’s capital, Hobart , has made travel company Expedia’s list of top ten trending travel destinations for 2026. This land of sail boats, great seafood and wine, heritage buildings – and one of the world’s most renowned art museums, MONA – has had a big uptick in interest from both Australian and international travellers, which helped the city make the list.

This year’s Expedia Destinations of the Year list results are based on flight and accommodation search data on Expedia’s app and website – and turns out, searches for Hobart travel options have jumped by 25 per cent from 2024 to 2025.

Hobart is the only Australian city to make the trending destinations list – others on the list are Big Sky in Montana in the US, Okinawa in Japan, Sardinia in Italy, Phu Quoc in Vietnam and Ucl

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