Best & Worst Places in the World – For a Visit

November 2, 2009

This month’s issue of National Geographic Traveler has ranked and published a list of 133 places worldwide that are considered iconic tourist destinations. They continue to rate the places that were originally on the list when they started the process in 2003 but add in a few more to keep it interesting.

Lists are ubiquitous these days. However, this list does serve a purpose by way of pointing you to places that are in particularly good or particuarly bad shape. Perhaps you could base your own self guided adventure tour around one of the ones in excellent or good shape. Click on a location of interest in the article to get the rational for their score.

The top 10 Best Place in the World to Visit

  1. Fjords Region, Norway
  2. Kootenay/Yoho National Parks, British Columbia
  3. Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec
  4. South Island, New Zealand
  5. Ancient Kyoto, Japan
  6. Vermont, USA
  7. Slovenia
  8. Kakadu National Park, Australia
  9. Medieval Granada and the Ahlambra, Spain
  10. Bavarian Alps, Germany

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and the bottom 10 are: (working from the bottom up)

  1. Costa del Sol, Spain
  2. West Bank, Bethlehem, Israel/Palestine
  3. Grand Bahamas, Bahamas
  4. Cabo San Lucas Region, Mexico
  5. St. Maarten/St. Martin
  6. North Coast, Dominican Republic
  7. Northern Red Sea Coast, Egypt
  8. Chesapeake Bay, Maryland-Virginia, USA
  9. Costa Brava, Spain
  10. Algarve, Portugal

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Leigh McAdam

www.hikebiketravel.com

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