Nine New Zealand destinations have made travel guide Lonely Planet's list of the "500 best places in the world".
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Our number one site, Fiordland National Park, is ranked number 17.
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Lonely Planet's "ultimate travel list" comes out today and is billed as "the 500 most thrilling, memorable and interesting places in the world - ranked in order of brilliance."
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Other New Zealand sights are: Abel Tasman National Park, number 35; Franz Josef and Fox Glacier, 81; Lake Wanaka, 94; Stewart Island, 125; Bay of Islands, 130; Whakarewarewa, 276; Waitomo Caves, 280; and Te Papa, 285.
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The list was compiled from listings in Lonely Planet's guidebooks, which have been around since 1973.
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The Cambodian temples at Angkor top the bill, with Australia's Great Barrier Reef and Peru's Machu Picchu rounding out the top three.
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The Great Wall of China is number four and India's Taj Mahal number five.
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