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Best in Travel 2021: the winners of the Readers’ Choice Awards
Daniel Fahey
22 January 2021
Toronto, Wakayama and Istria destinations selected by Lonely Planet readers in the annual Best in Travel campaign © Getty Images
Last year we asked you, the Lonely Planet community, to nominate the destinations that you believed were using travel as a force for good in the areas of sustainability, community and diversity. You did not disappoint. 
Here are the winners of the Readers’ Choice Awards for Best in Travel 2021 — as selected by you.
Diversity winner: Toronto, Canada
There it is, carved into Toronto s coat of arms like a sailor’s tattoo: “Diversity Our Strength”. By the oft-unattainable standards of a city’s tagline, Toronto’s stands true: the Ontario capital is home to 250 ethnicities, who speak more than 170 languages, creating an invigorating verve in its enthic enclaves — there are two Little Italys h ....

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