The best travel photography transports you to a different place. And even though smartphone cameras and the growing prevalence of the selfie are giving tourists' photos a bad name, there are still some travel imagery that take our breath away.
"Picking an overall winner wasn’t easy," Intrepid Travel, which judged these photos in its annual competition, wrote on its blog. "It’s like arguing why your favorite color should dominate the rainbow."
And a rainbow is an excellent description for the many colors and scenes that these photographers captured. Here are some of the best traveler shots in the past year:
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Photographs courtesy Intrepid Travel.