Photos:: Travel hot spots for 2015

Numerous Star Wars scenes were filmed in Ong Jmel, Tunisia. An international gathering of fans of the franchise met in the country in May.  (Fethi Belaid / AFP/Getty Images)

Chapman’s Peak Drive, winding south from Cape Town, is one of the world’s most famous coastal routes.  (Kari Howard / Los Angeles Times)

Balinese dancers perform as they take part in a cultural parade in Bali in November.  (Made Nagi / EPA)

Taipei’s skyline.  (Sean Pavone Photo / Getty Images/iStockphoto)

A calm sunrise on Grand Traverse Bay.  (Deb Perry / Getty Images)

A hiker on an Inca road on the trail to Choquequirao.  (Alex Robinson / Getty Images)

Torres del Paine National Park encompasses mountains, glaciers, lakes and rivers in southern Chilean Patagonia.  (Marion Faria / Getty Images)

The Octagon is the domed central space in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, a 19th century glass covered retail arcade, a landmark of Milan.  (Krzysztof Dydynski / Getty Images)

The Virunga Mountains in Rwanda are home to wild gorillas.  (Andy Rouse / Getty Images)

A full moon is seen behind the Marina district towers in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.  (Kamran Jebreili / Associated Press)

Nicaragua’s Cathedral of Granada is a bright yellow neoclassical church originally built in 1583, destroyed in the 19th century, and rebuilt in the early 20th century.  (Rosemary McClure / Los Angeles Times)

Downtown Los Angeles with the Staples Center in the foreground.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

The Metropolitan Orthodox Cathedral in Timisoara, Romania.  (Vadim Ghirda / Associated Press)

Men walk on the beach after surfing at Capo di Feno on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica.  (Pascal Pochard-Casabianca / AFP/Getty Images)

Visitors walk on an aerial map of modern Bruges at the Stam Museum in Bruges, Belgium.   (Emmanuel Dunand / AFP/Getty Images)