Lonely Planet is widely regarded as one of the top names in world travel publishing, so it is understandable that a lot of noise has followed their latest venture. The Lonely Planet team has gone to great lengths to put together a list of the 500 definitive spots on the planet, that every traveller must see before they die. Of course, the hyperbole in this what one expects, and such lists generally create a desire in the tourist of merely ticking things off rather than experiencing them, but we’d be lying if we said we weren’t curious as to what was included.

The upper echelons of the list are fairly predictable, with the usual international tourist spots represented. The Temples of Angkor Wat in Cambodia come out on top, followed by the Great Barrier Reef (Australia) in second and Machu Picchu (Peru) in third. There are little surprises here, but we were pleased nonetheless to see a couple of spoats in our very own Slovenia getting a mention.

For seasoned visitors to our country the two selected sights, Lake Bled and Postojna Cave won’t cause any eyebrows to rocket skywards ‘The Rock’-style. Even so, as the most visited spot in the country Postojna Cave is experiencing yet another rise in visitors this summer. This came to a head recently on August 16 and 17, when records were viewed, sized up and subsequently destroyed. August 16 saw a total of 11,000 intrepid travellers head to Postojna, with around 6,400 visiting the cave itself.

This is a fairly mindblowing number in itself, so jaws hit floors the next day when the numbers rose to 11,500 visitors. 2015 has seen an increase of around 9-10%, no small feat for the world’s most famous show cave. Where are the majority of these visitors coming from? Well, a third of them are heading in from Italy, Germany and Austria, but record numbers are also pouring in from Israel, Poland, Spain, Netherlands and even South Korea. Domestic visitors may be down to 4.1% of the total, but records are still being demolished.

With summer coming to a close, many of Slovenia’s tourist spots will be beginning to wind down, but not Postojna. It is open 365 days a year (366 on leap years) and with the publishing of Lonely Planet’s list, we think it’s safe to say that there might be a few more records quaking in their boots as the year comes to a close.