Travel Lemming Reveals its 50 Best Places to Travel in 2024, Led by Mexico's Yucatán
Travel Lemming Reveals its 50 Best Places to Travel in 2024, Led by Mexico's Yucatán
Annual list highlights "slow travel" destinations and emerging hidden gems, encouraging travelers to "fight FOMO" and pull back on pandemic-induced revenge travel. DENVER, Nov. 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Travel Lemming, an online guide read by 10 million annually, today revealed its list of the 50 best places to travel in 2024. The list is led by Mexico's Yucatán state, which is poised for a big year in 2024 with the commencement of the much-anticipated Mayan Train project.Travel Lemming releases the annual list to highlight hidden gems its editorial team thinks are poised to emerge in the year ahead.
Travel Lemming Creator Clara Kesseler in Valladolid, YucatánCenote Suytun in Mexico's Yucatán, the #1 place to travel in 2024 according to Travel Lemming
This year's list focuses on the theme of "slow travel." The publication argues that, with many travelers having released the "pent-up wanderlust" of the pandemic-era, "we think 2024 is the appropriate time to slow it down a notch" because "if travelers continue globetrotting at a breakneck pace, we risk returning to the days of overtourism."2024's list is dominated by remote destinations and hidden local gems perfect for longer trips, such as Gizo in the Solomon Islands (#2), Norway's Stavanger (#3), Vietnam's Phú Quốc island (#6), and St. John's, Canada (#7).Several unique domestic destinations also made top billing this year, including Memphis, Tennessee (#5), Kodiak, Alaska (#8), and Eureka Springs, Arkansas (#10).Nate Hake, Travel Lemming's CEO, commented: "2024 will be the year travelers choose immersive experiences over itineraries packed to the brim. Our list is filled with destinations perfect for slower experiential trips. For example, the opening of the much-anticipated Mayan Train will allow more travelers to unlock the magic of the Yucatán, one of my favorite underrated travel destinations in the world."Michelle Fridman Hirsch, Minister of Tourism of Yucatan, commented: "We are thrilled to have been chosen by Travel Lemming as the world's best travel destination for 2024. Yucatan is home to 7 Magical Towns, hundreds of haciendas and cenotes, 378 kilometers of coastline with calm waters of emerald green and turquoise blue, Chichen Itza, one of the Wonders of the Modern World, and 20 other archaeological sites to visit. It is the home of the living Mayan Culture, of an extraordinary gastronomy such as cochinita pibil, lechón al horno, relleno negro, papadzules and many more. In Yucatan we are ready to welcome travelers looking for a different and unforgettable trip."Travel Lemming's top 50 destinations for 2024 are:1. Yucatán, Mexico 2. Gizo, Solomon Islands 3. Stavanger, Norway 4. Antigua, Guatemala 5. Memphis, Tennessee 6. Phú Quốc, Vietnam 7. St. John's Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada 8. Kodiak, Alaska 9. Guatapé, Colombia 10. Eureka Springs, Arkansas 11. Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota 12. Tunisia 13. Chiriquí Province, Panama 14. Vashon Island, Washington 15. Manchester, UK 16. Ko Yao Noi, Thailand 17. Ljubljana, Slovenia 18. Taipei, Taiwan 19. Wales (Cymru) 20. Iquitos, Peru 21. Quincy, Massachusetts 22. Tbilisi, Georgia 23. Türkiye 24. Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic 25. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 26. Genoa, Italy 27. São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal 28. Essaouira, Morocco 29. Jacksonville, Florida 30. Northern Sumatra, Indonesia 31. Ranthambore National Park, India 32. Biarritz, France 33. Spring Green, Wisconsin 34. Sintra, Portugal 35. Cuenca, Spain 36. Maunabo, Puerto Rico 37. Marseille, France 38. Frisco, Texas 39. Mount Cotton, Queensland, Australia 40. Inverness, Scotland 41. Steamboat Springs, Colorado 42. Bisbee, Arizona 43. Townsend, Tennessee 44. Klamath Falls, Oregon 45. Oviedo, Spain 46. Sant'Agnello, Italy 47. Hoboken, New Jersey 48. Jenner, California 49. Yabucoa, Puerto Rico 50. Takayama, JapanTo see the full list, visit: https://travellemming.com/best-places-to-travel-2024/.The list includes 15 destinations in Europe, 7 in Asia, 2 in South America, 2 in Oceania, 2 in Africa, 5 in North America (besides the US), and 17 in the United States.The project is a collaboration of the publication's dozens of travel writers and editors, with destinations selected by the editorial board via a months-long nomination and voting process.About Travel LemmingTravel Lemming is an online travel guide with more than 1,000 free guides written by its team of dozens of local travel experts. Travel Lemming is read by 10 million travelers each year. Travel Lemming is known for encouraging readers to travel "off the lemming path."
