Uzbekistan was included to this list. The edition said that Uzbekistan is one of richest cultural centers. Positioned at the crest of two rivers, the fascinating republic was a key link on the Silk Road. It is home to some of the oldest fabled towns in the world: Samarkand, with exquisite Islamic architecture, and Bukhara and Khiva, with dominant fortresses.

The edition said that the old ambiance of the Silk Road lives on in tea-houses and oriental bazaars, where traditional textiles gathers in a sense of the olden era. Capital Tashkent is a modern city steeped in history. The countryside scenes embody natural beauty with mountains, verdant valleys and the arid Aral Sea basin out west.

The list also includes Lake Malawi, between Malawi and Mozambique, Pacific Islands and Micronesia, Churchill (Arctic Canada), Texas, Hyderabad and Gujarat (India), Rwanda, Nicaragua, Madagascar, Taiwan, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Colombia, Serbia and Iran.