{"id":11448,"date":"2025-12-10T00:49:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T00:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/newsroom\/expedia-wrapped-2025-most-searched-destinations-2\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T04:07:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T04:07:27","slug":"expedia-wrapped-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/newsroom\/expedia-wrapped-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Expedia Wrapped 2025: Most Searched Destinations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Most searched global destination:\u00a0<\/strong>New York (+10% YoY)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Continental Travel Chart:\u00a0<\/strong>2025&#8217;s most searched destinations around the globe:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Africa:\u00a0<\/strong>Marrakesh\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Asia:<\/strong>\u00a0Tokyo\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul 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