Travel Picks: Top 10 destinations for New Year's Eve

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Fed up with sitting on the couch to watch the New Year's Eve ball in New York's Times Square drop on the stroke of midnight on December 31 or the Sydney Harbour Bridge explode in fireworks?

Yahoo Travel has come up with a list of the top 10 New Year's Eve destinations based on hotel searches on its Web site by people who want to hit the road to ring in 2008.

Here is Yahoo Travel's list of the top 10 most popular New Years Eve destinations which has not been endorsed by Reuters:

1. Las Vegas, USA

Las Vegas bills itself as the world's party capital and on New Year's it hold back no stops. With The Strip filled with revelers, fireworks explode over the hotels and the casinos are packed. The showrooms are filled with entertainers including magician David Copperfield and The Doobie Brothers while nightclubs are hosting a list of celebrities such as Paris and Nicky Hilton and Britney Spears' ex-husband Kevin Federline.

2. New York, USA

On New Year's Eve, hundreds of thousands of revelers crowd Times Square for the famous ball drop from the top of one of the neon-lit buildings which has been a tradition dating back to 1906. Get there early -- and don't expect to be able to leave until the party really is over.

3. Boston, USA

First Night 2008 offers a list of events with New Year's Eve activities taking place from 1pm to midnight on Monday, Dec 31 at over 40 indoor and outdoor venues. Popular attractions include a Family Festival at the Hynes Convention Center, gigantic ice sculptures, a fireworks display, and a Mardi-Gras style procession that sweeps through the streets of Boston.