Tanju Bali by onearthtravel.com |
U.S.
News Travel released the 2012-2013 editions of several popular Best
Vacations ranking lists.
These
rankings include — for the first time — destinations from Asia,
Australia and the Pacific, Central and South America, and Africa and
the Middle East.
The
top-ranked destinations in three popular categories are listed below:
Best
Beaches in the World
Best
European Vacations
Best
U.S. Vacations
#1
Bali
#1
Barcelona
#1
Yellowstone
#2
Kauai
#2
Paris
#2
New York City
#3
Seychelles
#3
Berlin
#3
Washington D.C.
The
complete Best Vacations rankings, overall and sorted by region, are
available here: http://travel.usnews.com/Rankings/
In
total, more than 200 destinations were considered in the current
rankings.
The
new rankings identify the top vacation spots based on a methodology
that combines expert and consumer opinions. They reflect how strongly
a destination is recommended by travel experts and U.S. News Travel
website users.
"We
are pleased to expand our coverage of top travel destinations to a
worldwide scale," said Chad Smolinski, Vice President of
Rankings and Reviews at U.S. News & World Report. "This
expansion allows us to make comparisons between places as
geographically disperse as Bali, Corfu, and Rio de Janeiro. For
someone planning a major vacation or a honeymoon, this can be
important."