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A vacation without the crowds, peaceful and far from the stresses of daily life? You'll have the opportunity to explore famous destinations if you travel during the off-peak season.
Why not travel off-season?
Except for those who have to depend on their children's vacation schedule, groups such as retirees, students, and childless couples can take advantage of off-peak travel seasons.
This is the time for travelers to enjoy many advantages such as high-quality, inexpensive prices, avoiding crowds at tourist spots, avoiding long waits at eateries, and receiving warmer welcomes from locals.
Moreover, traveling during the off-peak season, travelers can easily access attractive promotional programs.
Usually, when the main tourist season ends, accommodations in prime locations, such as those close to the beach, near shopping centers, or entertainment venues, are at least half price. Tourism services like boat trips, souvenirs, and even restaurants are also much cheaper.
During this time, travelers can receive attentive service from hotel staff, restaurants, etc.
Among the famous off-season tourist destinations, you can choose:
*During the off-peak season, from April to October, Australia enters the dry season. You can visit famous attractions like the Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef, to enjoy the tranquility here.
From April to June, visit Ningaloo on the west coast of Australia, where you will be amazed by the majestic dance of the whales, observing these animals up close...
*Hawaii has two peak tourist seasons: mid-winter (when visitors from cold regions escape the freezing winter) and mid-summer (when families with young children take summer vacations). During these times, Hawaii is both crowded and expensive.
With a pleasant year-round climate, this volcanic archipelago seems to never be without visitors. Perhaps it's only during the rainy storm season from July to November that the number of tourists to Hawaii is usually less.
*Most airlines often offer discounted tickets to tourist islands in the autumn months in Greece.
In September and October, the weather in Cyclades or Mykonos is ideal for those who enjoy surfing or hiking to explore the hills of Andros or the vast olive groves on the islands.
You will leisurely immerse yourself in the romantic landscape of the coves (where the sea penetrates the rocks) with emerald reflections on the pristine white sandy beaches on Crete without worrying about crowds...
The serene life in the legendary towns here like Heraklion, Chania, and Rethymno in autumn will surely bring different emotions compared to the hustle and bustle of summer in the stream of bustling tourists!
*To avoid crowds, you should visit Dubrovnik, the heritage city of Croatia and one of the most beautiful cities in the world, from October to March.
This is the best time for you to leisurely explore the architectures with many special historical imprints and enjoy services at the cheapest prices.
If you stay in Dubrovnik in early autumn, you will be surprised by five-star services at one-star prices!
*The rainy season occurs from December to February in the Iguazu Falls complex stretching 3 km between Brazil and Argentina can be daunting for many. But this is when the complex of 275 waterfalls, 80m high, shows its most magnificent image with a roaring and whitewashing water flow of 6,300m³/second across the area.
If you visit Iguazu during the peak tourist season (dry season from April to June), you may see the grandeur of the waterfalls diminish as the water flow decreases significantly.
If the Argentine side offers different changing views up close, the Brazilian side is a panoramic painting that highlights the grandeur of Iguazu. The inconvenience at this time is that you will need to wear raincoats often!
*The water city of Venice in Italy is cold and damp in winter. However, you have many opportunities to admire the attractions here as they are sparsely visited by tourists. The low-flying fog along the canals, the deserted narrow alleys revealing the shiny cobblestone ground... make Venice even more poetic.
And especially, this is also the time you can experience walking on water with oversized boots in St. Mark's Square in the center of Venice...
* More than 3 million visitors come to Yellowstone National Park (USA) in the summer, but this world-famous park only welcomes 140,000 visitors in winter.
From December to March, some roads in the park have to be closed and the temperature drops to minus 20 degrees Celsius.
However, winter in Yellowstone is still charming. Not only are the top attractions like geysers, thermal pools... no longer crowded with tourists, but you can also easily admire many unique species such as elk, bison... on the glistening ice layer 1.5 km away.
One of the outstanding tourism services during this time is that local guides will take you tracking gray wolves based on the footprints they leave in the snow...
According to Tuoi Tre Newspaper
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Reference: Travel guide from Mytour
MytourJune 24, 2015
