2024 – Year in Review
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2024 – Year in Review

The year 2024 has just come to an end, so it’s time to have a look at what happened in My Forever Travel. This is a traditional post that I publish at the end of every calendar year.

I had a medical issue that was successfully resolved. It means that I can continue travelling, exploring the world, history and art. So, after a hiatus of several years, I started writing and publishing new articles. I published 31 news posts in 2024. Remarkably, one of them ended up in the list of the Top Ten posts of 2024, while other new posts also attracted a lot of views and visitors.

In fact, My Forever Travel grew spectacularly in 2024. There was a 78% increase in the number of views. The number of visitors increased by phenomenal 83%. I didn’t do any special promotion of my web site. This is a purely organic growth based on the content in my posts and good SEO. I suppose, when I write timeless posts, people will read them. Equally, I’ve noticed that people aren’t really interested to read about personal experiences that become obsolete soon after they’ve been written about.

So, let’s have a look at what happened in My Forever Travel in 2024.

 

 

TOP TEN POSTS OF 2024

 

Compared with the list at the end of 2023, there were some significant changes. Four posts entered this list for the first time, replacing posts that were previously featuring in the Top Ten for a number of years. However, posts that dropped off the list still attracted a lot of views, it’s just that the newly featured posts were more popular.

 

2024 Top Ten
Top Ten Posts of 2024

 

 

10. INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION – NATIONAL MUSEUM BELGRADE

 

This post is continuously in the Top Ten list, it’s also one of the most popular posts of all times. Perhaps, not many people have an opportunity or are willing to travel to Belgrade while, at the same time, they want to see what Belgrade’s National Museum has to offer.

It was in the 6th place in 2023, this time it ended at the respectable 10th place.

 

2024 - Year in Review
International Collection – National Museum Belgrade

 

 

9. IMPRESSIONISTS – NATIONAL MUSEUM BELGRADE

 

Number 10 in 2021, number 8 in 2022, number 4 in 2023 and number 9 this year, this post about Impressionists that you can see in the National Museum in Belgrade continuously attracts many views and visitors. It also appears in the list of the most popular posts of all times.

 

2024 - Impressionists
Impressionists – My Forever Travel

 

 

8. MEVLANA MUSEUM – KONYA

 

For the first time, this post about the 13th century Persian poet, spiritual leader, philosopher and Sufi mystic appears in the Top Ten list. I expected this post to perform well right from the beginning when I published it. However, it took a bit of time to gain traction. I hope that people will continue to read this post, because Mevlana Museum in Konya is a very special place.

 

2024 - Mevlana Museum
Mevlana Museum – Konya

 

 

7. IS SERBIAN FOOD HEALTHY?

 

Well, it looks like that people like to read about different cuisines. This post about Serbian food appeared for the first time in the Top Ten list in 2022, in the 9th position. It was in the 9th place also in 2023. It finished in the 7th place in 2024. But it doesn’t appear among the best posts of all times. Let’s see what happens in 2025 and whether or not it will continue to be popular with the readers.

 

2024 - Is Serbian Food Healthy?
Is Serbian Food Healthy?

 

 

6. SAINT SAVA CHURCH – BELGRADE

 

I published this post on the 1st June 2024. It means that, although disadvantaged compared with posts that received views from the beginning of the last year, it attracted a sufficient number of views to finish in the 6th place. No one should be surprised. This church in Belgrade is simply magnificent.

 

2024 - Saint Sava Church
Saint Sava Church – Belgrade

 

 

5. CRYPT OF SAINT SAVA CHURCH – BELGRADE

 

This post about the crypt below the Saint Sava Church featured for the first time in 2019, in the 4th place. Since then, it remains one of the most popular posts in My Forever Travel. It was the second best post in 2023, this time it’s in the very respectable 5th place.

 

Kripta
Crypt of Saint Sava Church – Belgrade

 

 

4. ANTALYA – WHERE TO STAY AND WHAT TO DO?

 

Finally, something different in this list. Almost out of nowhere, this useful post about Antalya became very popular in 2024. I published it in 2019 and, since then, it attracted some interest over the subsequent years, but never enough to be even close to the Top Ten list. However, that changed for some reason. I suspect that’s because it’s an honest post, telling you exactly where to stay and what to do if you go on holiday to Antalya.

Certainly, you will find a lot of similar post on the internet but, I believe, none of them will clearly explain an overall concept of holidaying in that part of Turkey. I hope it’ll continue its success and popularity in 2025.

 

Where to stay and what to do in Antalya?
Antalya – Where to Stay and What to Do?

 

 

3. IS TURKISH FOOD HEALTHY?

 

This post that debates whether Turkish food is healthy or not continues to be one of My Forever Travel’s giants. It was in the 2nd place in 2020, 2021 and 2022, it ended in the 3rd position both in 2023 and 2024. It is also one of the most popular posts of all times.

 

Turkish bakery
Is Turkish Food Healthy?

 

 

2. KUŞADASI

 

This post about the famous Turkish sea resort is the biggest star of 2024. I also published this post in 2019. It attracted some modest interest for the first four years. Then, it began to rise in 2023. However, it literally exploded in 2024, to the point that it held the top position until the end of October which coincided with the end of the tourist season.

However, it firmly and proudly holds the 2nd position and, as you will see, it also features in the Top Ten list of the most popular posts of all times, for the first time.

A very useful post that can help you properly organise and enjoy your holiday if you decide to go to Kuşadası.

 

2024 - Kusadasi
Kuşadası

 

 

1. SERBIAN 19th CENTURY PAINTING – NATIONAL MUSEUM BELGRADE

 

The most popular post in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 is also the most popular post of all times. An absolute star, it’s visited by many people every day. Every travel blog should have a post like this one that deservedly attracts many visitors on a daily basis.

 

Serbian 19th Century Painting
Serbian 19th Century Painting – National Museum Belgrade

 

 

TOP TEN POSTS OF ALL TIMES

 

The biggest change in this list is the Kuşadası post that entered in the 7th position. Otherwise, previously popular posts are still in the list, even those ones that no longer feature in the Top Ten of 2024. The truth is that they still attract and will continue to attract a lot of visitors and views.

 

Top Ten of All Times
Top Ten Posts of All Times at the End of 2024

 

10. YUGOSLAV 20th CENTURY ART (part 2) – NATIONAL MUSEUM BELGRADE

9. ATATÜRK MUSEUM – ANKARA

8. IMPRESSIONISTS – NATIONAL MUSEUM BELGRADE

7. KUŞADASI

6. INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION – NATIONAL MUSEUM BELGRADE

5. HAREM

4. SULTANATE OF WOMEN

3. CRYPT OF SAINT SAVA CHURCH – BELGRADE

2. IS TURKISH FOOD HEALTHY?

1. SERBIAN 19th CENTURY PAINTING – NATIONAL MUSEUM BELGRADE

 

 

TOP TEN COUNTRIES PER NUMBER OF VIEWS

 

The list of the Top Ten countries per number of views in 2024 is as follows:

  1. UNITED STATES
  2. UNITED KINGDOM
  3. SERBIA
  4. TURKEY
  5. INDIA
  6. AUSTRALIA
  7. CANADA
  8. GERMANY
  9. NETHERLANDS
  10. ITALY

 

After the spectacular growth of My Forever Travel in 2024, I look forward to see what happens in 2025. Already, some posts that I published in the second half of the last year attract a lot of views. They will certainly disrupt an “established order” in which the same posts feature year after year. But, that’s good. It means a lot of new views and visitors to My Forever Travel.

Also, with travels already planned for this year, I’ll continue to publish new articles. I suspect that there will be a fierce battle between the posts for top places. I already look forward to seeing the results at the end of 2025.

 

 

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