A family tree used to be something that existed on a huge piece of paper or in Grandma’s mind, but these days, DNA tourism (also called ancestry tourism and heritage travel) is a way to discover your genetic roots. Simple lineage tests are predicted to be leading the way for a new generation of travellers keen to connect with their past.

We’ve heard of guacamologists, but bathologists? Oh yes, it’s a thing. If you’re after a curated bath experience with your hotel stay, you’ll be spoilt for choice. Book into the Sofitel Queenstown or the Ritz-Carlton in Singapore where bath butlers are on tap.

Getting away from it all and stargazing in some of the world’s most spectacular places sounds pretty good to us. With places like Great Barrier Island in New Zealand named as a dark sky sanctuary, Aussies don’t have to travel far to wish upon a star.

It’s not about the hot list anymore, it’s all about the not hot list. Are you after the romance of the Italian canals? Skip the crowds and forget Venice, try Treviso instead. Or if you want to explore an ancient city, skip Angkor Wat and head to Bukhara in Uzbekistan.

Think you can’t save wild animals with your phone? Well, you can. By turning off the geotagging function on your phone when you’re on safari or any other adventures that involve endangered animals, you’re helping to scupper would-be poaches who use photos shared on social media with geotagged locations to track down animals.

It’s time to bring your VIP (Very Important Pet) on holiday with you, as hotels in Australia start to welcome fur babies onto their premises. At Element in Melbourne pampered pooches get their very own doggy mini-bar and dog-gustation menu.

With ‘flygskam’ part of our vocabulary now (it’s the Swedish word for “flight shame”), lots of us are opting not to fly. But there are still plenty of ways to travel in a carbon-sensitive way, and lots of travellers are hopping onboard trains as a way to do their bit for the climate.

Sometimes it’s hard to make a decision about where and when you should travel, so why not make your own personal astro-cartography map? You use your birth date, time and place to find destinations that are your perfect match.

Bundle up the kids and the oldies and get ready for an adventure. While multigenerational travel isn’t a new trend, it’s not just a simple camping trip anymore. Grandparents are taking their kids and grandkids on luxury cruises around the world. Did we mention we’re up for adoption?

From dedicated vegan food tours to vegan vacations, plant-based travel has never been so popular. With more and more people going meat free, destinations that cater to vegans are going to boom in 2020.

Space really is the last travel frontier and for those people who are brave (and rich) enough to try it, it probably won’t be long until they’re being tucked into their beds in the universe’s first space hotel.

Doing good while you travel goes way beyond voluntourism. Whether you want to join a cooking class in Bangkok that supports vulnerable youth or gather plastic rubbish around Lan Ha Bay in Vietnam that will be turned into eco bricks, there are loads of opportunities to use your travel time and dollars for worthy causes.

We don’t just want to eat ‘curry’ in India, we want to eat khaman (steamed chickpea cake) in Gujarat and kair sangri (ker berries and desert sangri beans) in Rajasthan. Food adventures that focus on unique, regional dishes are what keeps hungry travellers on the move in 2020 and beyond.

They may be little, but micro hotels are set to make a big impact. From Japan to the US, micro hotels, which have rooms about half the size of a regular hotel room, are taking off. So, if you fancy embracing your inner Harry Potter and squeezing into a room no bigger than a broom closet, a micro hotel may just be the right fit.

Keen runner, swimmer or cyclist? Rather than competing in Sydney’s City2Surf or Victoria’s Pier to Pub, set your sights higher. International competitors are signing up for races all over the world. From the midnight sun half marathon in Iceland to the TenFoot Swim in Wales, you get to have a holiday but not before you’ve worked for it.