Travel and Tourism sites are some of the funnest and visualizing stunning websites to design. It gives both the city, state or location a chance to visually paint a story to captivate users, which is why referencing these sites for inspiration and ideas is so helpful. Below is our list for the top 10 best travel & tourism website designs in 2020.
When choosing the top sites to list for 2020 we looked at each design element and what its intended purpose was. We feel that every travel and tourism website should be exceptional in the below categories:
- Immersive user experience
- High Quality Photography
- Maps & Guides
- Relevant tips, weather information, packing information
- Highlight of arts, culture and community of location
1. 66Nord.com
66Nord is a travel company that designs trips from all over the world for its clientele. They spared no expense on their beautifully designed website, everything from their menu design to their booking process is thoughtfully constructed.
What we love about the design
- The tour browsing carousel
- World map interactive element
2. Visit Seattle
Visit Seattle is the travel and tourism webiste for the city of Seattle, Washington and is a great example of solid web design that lasts for years. The site launched 5 years ago and still holds strong today on many of the top travel and tourism website lists in addition to being a Webby Award Honoree.
What we love about the Visit Seattle web design
- Very creative mega menu design
- Highlights hotels and other local businesses
- Big bold design that is easy to navigate and digest
3. Montreal Tourism Website
mtl.org is the travel and tourism website for the city of Montreal, Canada, with bold red colors and a big design full of videos and great imagery this site serves for some great web design inspiration in 2020. The website is built on Drupal and highlights local attractions, food and hotels along with a lot of helpfull resources for getting around Montreal. The logo is a asymmetrical design with a forward slash that is used in various parts of the website in its interactive elements.
What we love about the Montreal tourism website
- Integration of logo into other elements of the site
- Great use of video throughout the site
- “My Experience” section that allows you to save local attractions
4. Timbuktu Travel Website
Timbuktu is a travel company specializing in African trips and safaris. The website has a very simple design but dont let that fool you, this website has a lot of amazing features such as a trip builder tool that walks you through your preferences to point you to your top destination along with very detailed trip pages that include maps, trip itineraries and beautiful photos.
What we love about Timbuktu Travels Design
- Detailed travel pages
- Simple design
- Beautiful imagery
5. Visit Nepal 2020
Visit Nepal 2020 is a beautifully themed website with very consistent design patterns. The website sports a cloud type theme with tribal patterns subtly added behind images and titles. The site highlights festivals, event and sustainability along with lots of stunning images.
What we love about Visit Nepal 2020 Design
- Cloud section separators
- Brilliant color scheme
- Very cohesive design
6. Travel Chili
The Travel Chili site looks just a bit dated in 2020 but it still holds up as one of the best travel tourism websites around, with great use implementing a map of chili throughout different aspects of the site and a huge amount of resources. The site has one of the largest mega menus on our list with a full interactive map of Chili allowing you to choose what region you want to visit.
What we love about the Travel Chili Design
- Interactive map in menu
- Great use of map throughout transitions
- Tons of information
7. Atlas Obscura
Atlas Obscura has made several top lists for being a great list, that’s why no list highlighting top travel and tourism websites would be complete without it even going into the year 2020. The website focuses on being a tour-guide to the world’s most wondrous places and does a great job at giving trip and experience details such as activity level and amount of people needed.
What we like about Atlas Obscura
- Design still holds up in 2020
- Lots of detailed information
- Great use of patterns throughout the site
8. Visit Scottland
Visit Scottland is the travel and tourism website for the country of Scottland, its a simple and clean website design that utilizes purple and a lot of imagery. The website always users to search destinations, accommodations along with a bunch of tourist attractions.
What we like about the Visit Scottland Website
- Creative color pallet
- Solid design elements
- Great photography
