Top 10 travel destinations for 2015: From Haiti and Alaska to Namibia and Iceland

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Five years ago next month, on 12 January, catastrophe struck this already beleaguered nation –the poorest in the Americas.

A magnitude 7 earthquake rocked Haiti to its core, with aftershocks rippling out for a further fortnight, killing up to 220,000 people and injuring hundreds of thousands more. While the recovery has been slow and is by no means complete, tourism is starting to return to this fragile fragment of the Caribbean.

Several tour operators have introduced, or reintroduced, small- group tours to the world's largest Creole country, among them G Adventures (0344 272 2060; gadventures.co.uk ) and Exodus (0845 867 1776; exodus.co.uk ).

Haiti now has European tourism representation (experiencehaiti.org ), whose ambassador, Jean-Marc Flambert says, "There's a real curiosity about travelling to Haiti; think of Latin America with an African twist. Adventure travel is the perfect way to see it."

So what's there to see? Classic Caribbean beaches (minus the scores of sun-loungers), dazzling birdlife, untouristy rum distilleries, vodou folklore, the remains of the early 19th-century Sans Souci Palace and staggering Unesco World Heritage site of Citadelle Laferrière – the largest fortress in the Americas. A 10-day Highlights of Haiti trip with G Adventures costs from £1,599pp excluding international flights, with five departures in 2015, starting 21 February.

Top 10 destinations for 2015