What are you doing New Year’s Eve? It is one of the most exciting nights of the year and you deserve to celebrate in style. As we say goodbye to the year coming to a close, we hope for a happy and healthy year ahead, and this celebration should be an experience to remember!
This year, why not travel somewhere new to welcome the new year?
New year’s eve around the world can vary a lot, and having new experiences is a great way to spend your New Year’s Eve celebration!
Join a New Year’s Eve party and start the year on a happy note.
Here are the top famous cities for New Year’s Eve:
Immerse in a festive new year celebration at Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam
Although Vietnam’s biggest New Year’s party is during the Tết holiday in the first lunar month, Ho Chi Minh City’s new year eve celebrations are also quite spectacular. The city lights up with fireworks, there are street performances and vibrant rooftop parties making Vietnam a must-visit for new year celebrations.
For a unique experience, you can book a river cruise and welcome the new year with fireworks while sailing across the beautiful Saigon River during midnight.
Enjoy a traditional new year’s eve at Denpasar in Bali
Clubs and bars not really your style? At Puputan Badung Park in Denpasar, you can welcome the New Year in traditional Balinese fashion and join in with this fun New Year’s Eve celebration!
Experience unique traditions with cultural parades, traditional prayers, fireworks and delicious Balinese food.
Party hard at Tokyo in Japan
Enjoy night-long parties in Tokyo this New Year’s Eve! As one of the best places for New Year’s Eve, this city is a shopper’s paradise, and there’s plenty to keep you occupied during your trip.
Visit nearby Yokohama to see the fireworks, or observe a Japanese tradition to see in the new year. To bridge one year and the next, a Buddhist ceremony is performed in which the temple’s bells are rung 108 times. At many temples, the bell is rung 107 times leading up to the very end of the year, and once just as the new year begins.
Revel at the Times Square in New York, USA
When thinking of where to go for New Year’s, I’m sure the classic New Year’s Eve ball drop in New York springs to mind! In one of the most famous cities for New Year’s Eve, you will enjoy world-class performers, amazing neon lights, and an incredible atmosphere in Times Square.
Join over a million people celebrating in the streets and contribute to the Wishing Wall, where people write down their New Year’s resolutions. For an even more unique experience, take a boat ride on New York Harbour for a jaw-dropping view of the fireworks.
Live shows and vibrant music await at Bangkok in Thailand
This is one of the best places to go for New Year’s Eve! Join the celebration in Central World Square to be entertained by a spectacular light show, live music, and big screens showing celebrations all around the world.
Hundreds of thousands of people gather here, where at the stroke of midnight beautiful fireworks illuminate the riverside. Carry on the party at a nightclub and dance the night away!
Enjoy a beachy new year’s celebration in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Where is the largest New Year’s Eve celebration held? Rio de Janeiro is certainly at the top of the list! Join two million partiers on Copacabana Beach: a 2.5-mile stretch of sand where all the action happens, with live entertainment and an impressive 20-minute fireworks display.
Celebrate in style at one of the biggest parties of the year: don your white clothing (with touches of red for romance and good luck) and prepare to be sprayed with Champagne! The music will be blasting and people will be partying all night long.
At Goa in India, fireworks and dance parties will bedazzle you!
It’s hard to beat dancing on the beach, and there is nowhere better for a New Year’s Eve party than in Goa! Celebrate with fireworks and dance your way into the new year. You’ll find the biggest parties around Anjuna, where world-class DJs play to huge crowds long into the night.
If smaller parties are more your style, head to Palolem, where beach bars provide a night of trance tunes, free-flowing cocktails and fireworks at midnight.
Where the party does not stop: Moscow, Russia
As one of the most famous cities for New Year’s Eve, Moscow is also my personal favourite! I’m half Russian, and New Year’s Eve is a big deal – as the biggest public holiday in Russia, New Year’s Eve is the time to party hard.
Head to Red Square to see the biggest fireworks display and join one of the many parties in this busy city for a night you’ll never forget.
For those wondering what to do on New Year’s Eve, a trip to any of the destinations on our list will have you bringing in the new year with a bang! Start planning your trip now and let the good times roll.
