Tiny island in the pacific is the most searched ‘wish list’ destination
It seems we’ve got islands on our mind, but not always in our travel plans with new global data revealing which destinations people are Googling the most without necessarily making the trip.
A study by AllClear Travel Insurance has compared more than 37 million global holiday searches with official tourist arrivals for 162 destinations to determine the spots with the most interest per 100 visitors.
“We all have that one destination we’ve wanted to go to for years and for lots of people it stays on the wish list,” Letitia Smith, Head of Communications at AllClear said. Here are the top 10 ‘wish list’ destinations for 2026:
10. Palau
Kicking off the top 10, Palau has been gaining in interest thanks to the launch of new direct flights. iStock
9. New Caledonia
New Caledonia had 58,421 visitors in 2025, landing in ninth place. Getty Images/iStockphoto
8. Niue
Niue in eighth is a small island nation in the South Pacific Ocean. It’s known for its limestone cliffs and coral-reef dive sites. iStock
7. Seychelles
One of the pricer holiday destinations on the list, the Seychelles comes in at number seven receiving on average 80 searches per 100 visits. Getty Images/iStockphoto
6. Barbados
On the more popular scale, Caribbean island Barbados comes in at number six with over half a million searches on average. Getty
5. Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is an archipelagic country in the South Pacific consisting of six major islands and over 1,000 smaller islands. It had 110 searches in the year per 100 visitors. iStock
4. Montserrat
Montserrat (4th), known as the “Emerald Isle of the Caribbean” thanks to its Irish heritage, welcomed just 8,287 overnight visitors in 2025. iStock
3. Bermuda
In third place is Bermuda, a British Overseas Territory around two hours from New York by plane, which attracts nearly 270,000 holiday searches a year against fewer than 200,000 air arrivals Getty Images
2. Kiribati
Kiribati, another Pacific island nation, comes in second. It is spread across more than 30 coral atolls and welcomes only around 9,500 tourists a year. Justin McManus
1. Tuvalu
Tuvalu in Polynesia in the South Pacific spans just 10 square miles of atolls and reef islands and welcomed just 3,136 visitors in 2023. Over the past year, it has racked up more than 10,000 Google searches from holidaymakers planning itineraries and looking for things to do. iStock
