Priceline.com has released its 5th annual list of top destinations (or can be places to avoid for people who do not like the crowd) for ringing in the New Year.

For the 4th consecutive year, Las Vegas is once again the #1 destination for New Year’s revelers.

To compile its list, priceline.com looked at a sampling of more than 30,000 Name Your Own Price hotel room booking requests made by Priceline.com customers for the New Year’s holiday. Because the survey is based on actual booking requests, and not on consumer preference polls or votes, Priceline.com believes its annual survey is one of the more accurate predictors of New Year’s travel trends. Also, by focusing on hotels instead of airline tickets, the Priceline.com survey is able to include the travel intentions of consumers who will drive to their destination.

Priceline.com’s Top 50 New Year’s Eve Destinations

#1 Las Vegas, Strip Vicinity South
#2 New York City, Chelsea Area
#3 New York City, Times Square/Theater District
#4 New Orleans, Downtown/Convention Center
#5 Chicago, Millennium Park/Loop/Grant Park Area
#6 New York City, Empire State Building Area
#7 Orange County, Disneyland Area
#8 Orlando, Universal Studios/Sea World
#9 San Francisco, Union Square West/Nob Hill
#10 New Orleans, French Quarter
#11 Miami, Miami Beach
#12 Orlando, Disney World Vicinity
#13 Miami, South Beach
#14 Las Vegas, Strip Vicinity North
#15 Key West
#16 Fort Lauderdale, Beach Area
#17 Toronto, Downtown
#18 New York City, Madison Square Garden/Convention Area
#19 Sydney, City Centre
#20 Chicago, North Michigan Ave./River North Area
#21 Maui, Wailea/Makena
#22 New York City, Midtown East
#23 Atlanta, Downtown
#24 Boston, Copley Square/Theater District
#25 Oahu, Waikiki Beach Area
#26 Cancun, Cozumel/Cancun Downtown & Beaches
#27 Nashville, Downtown/Vanderbilt/Metrocenter
#28 New York City, Central Park South
#29 San Francisco, Union Square East
#30 Los Angeles, Central L.A./Hollywood
#31 Seattle, Downtown/Pike Place
#32 Fort Lauderdale, Airport North Area
#33 Los Angeles, San Gabriel Valley/Pasadena
#34 St Catharines/Niagara, Niagara Falls
#35 San Antonio, Downtown/Riverwalk
#36 Miami, Coral Gables/Coconut Grove
#37 Miami, Aventura
#38 Aruba
#39 Orlando, Sand Lake Corporate Park Area
#40 San Francisco, Financial District/Embarcadero
#41 Montreal
#42 Oahu, Waikiki Marina Area
#43 Los Angeles, Central L.A./Beverly Hills/West Hollywood
#44 Chicago, Lincoln Park
#45 San Diego, Downtown/Harbor Island
#46 Paris, Eiffel Tower/Grenelle/Montparnasse
#47 Denver, Downtown
#48 New York City, Downtown/Soho/Financial District
#49 Philadelphia, Downtown
#50 Tampa, Airport & Westshore Area

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