There’s nothing that gets us excited for summer like a tip off on some of the coolest alternative travel destinations.

Don’t get us wrong, cosmopolitan capitals like Paris and Rome will always have a place in our hearts, but there’s something super thrilling about being the first of your friends to find a new holiday hot spot.

Well, it looks like Hostelworld has heard our prayers, and has done some digging on which off-the-beaten-track destinations have been getting more attention recently, looking at which remote towns and cities across the globe have seen a rise in British tourism.

Looking at the difference between 2017 bookings and 2018 bookings, the site has seen growth in some cases as much as 2016%, giving a strong indicator at which places are due to be the next big thing in travel.

Coming in at the top is Coron in the Philippines, a breathtakingly beautiful island surrounded by turquoise waters, with impossibly white, sandy beaches. Although tourists usually head for the nearby, similarly paradisiac, Boracay, due to a six-month restoration last year, Coron stepped into the limelight.

These are the long-haul alternative holiday destinations tipped to be big this year