Best-Rated Places
81 Kootenay/Yoho National Parks, British Columbia
78 Slovenia
78 Kakadu National Park, Australia
78 Medieval Granada and the Alhambra, Spain
77 Columbia Gorge Region, Oregon-Washington, U.S.
77 Yorkshire Dales, England, United Kingdom
77 Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom
76 Berkshires, Massachusetts, U.S.
76 Engadine Region, Switzerland
75 Bruges Historic Center, Belgium
74 Fujisan (Mount Fuji), Japan
Places Doing Well
72 Central Copenhagen, Denmark
72 Salzburg Historic Center, Austria
71 Uluru (Ayers Rock), Australia
71 Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Chile
71 Yellowstone/Grand Teton Region, Wyoming-Montana-Idaho, U.S.
71 Amsterdam Historic Center, Netherlands
71 Laurentian Highlands, Quebec, Canada
71 Upolu, Samoa
71 Santa Barbara to Monterey, California, U.S.
70 Taos and the Enchanted Circle Tour, New Mexico, U.S.
70 Kruger National Park, South Africa
69 Seychelles
68 Williamsburg/Yorktown/Jamestown, Virginia, U.S.
68 Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
67 Waterton-Glacier "Crown of the Continent" Region, Alberta-Montana-British Columbia
66 Colorado Rockies, Colorado, U.S.
66 Bluegrass Country, Kentucky, U.S.
66 Grand Canyon/Tusayan, Arizona, U.S.
66 Qin Emperor Mausoleum, Xi'an, China
66 Dalmatia's Coastal Isles, Croatia
66 Patagonian Andes Region, Argentina
65 Arches/Canyonlands/Moab, Utah, U.S.
65 Yosemite Area, California, U.S.
64 Inside Passage, Alaska-British Columbia
64 Hue, Vietnam
64 Vanuatu
Places in the Balance
63 Traverse City and Lakeshore, Michigan, U.S.
63 Sonora Desert Region, Arizona, U.S.
62 Costa Rica
62 Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, U.S.
62 Great Barrier Reef, Australia
62 Prague Old Town, Czech Republic
61 Grenada
61 Mount Rushmore/Badlands, South Dakota
60 Stonehenge, England, United Kingdom
58 Cape Cod, Massachusetts, U.S.
58 Lake Titicaca, Bolivia-Peru
57 Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe/Zambia
57 St. Lucia
55 Cuzco, Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley, Peru
55 French Riviera (Côte d'Azur), France
54 Niagara Falls Area, Ontario-New York
54 Rio de Janeiro Beach Districts, Brazil
53 Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Places with Troubles
52 Lalibela and Rock-Hewn Churches, Ethiopia
52 Agra Area (Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Fatehpur Sikri), India
51 Long Island Shore (Hamptons to Montauk), New York, U.S.
49 Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina-Tennessee, U.S.
49 Lijiang and Three Parallel Rivers, Yunnan, China
48 Everglades and Big Cypress, Florida, U.S.
48 Luxor (Thebes, Valley of the Kings), Egypt
48 Beijing Historic Districts, China
47 Andorra
47 Sinhalese Coastal Regions, Sri Lanka
45 Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet, China
44 "Riviera Maya," Caribbean Coast, Quintana Roo, Mexico
42 Chesapeake Bay, Maryland-Virginia, U.S.
Worst-Rated Places
41 Northern Red Sea Coast, Egypt
41 North Coast, Dominican Republic
37 Cabo San Lucas Region, Mexico