okanogan valley and portland are hot spots

BC's Spirit Ridge Vineyard Resort & Spa. Photo by Sue Frause.

Last month, the editors at Frommer's Travel Guides and Frommers.com polled their authors and experts and came up with a dozen "surprising, thriving, or emerging travel destinations."

Included in the list are British Columbia's Okanogan Valley and Portland, Oregon.

Here is the complete list of places not to be missed in the coming year:

Frommer's Top Travel Destinations for 2007