Memphis is one of the top five travel destinations for 2024, according to popular online guide Travel Lemming.
Travel Lemming â which is read by more than 10 million people and is known for its focus on encouraging travelers to go âoff the lemming pathâ â announced its annual list of the â50 Best Places to Travel,â specifically highlighting âemerging destinations and hidden gems around the world.â
Memphis landed at No. 5 on the list, making the Bluff City the top destination in the United States. Eureka Springs, Arkansas, also made the list at No. 10, while small town Townsend, Tennessee, checked in at No. 43.
Memphis was named one of Travel Lemming’s top places to visit for 2024.
Travel Lemming praised Memphis and noted that âthe energy youâll find [there] is unlike anywhere else.â Hailing Memphis as a âplace of pilgrimage for music lovers,â it also added that the city âknows a thing or two about Southern cuisineâ and that travelers can find both on Beale Street.
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The annual Travel Lemming list is a collaborative project of the publicationâs team of more than 35 travel writers and editors â with those experts each nominating their favorite destinations for consideration by the publication’s editorial board.
“Memphis is hardly a secret destination, but the city has had a resurgence of energy in recent years,â Travel Lemming editor Elizabeth Demolat said. “As someone whoâs been visiting Memphis for over a decade, Iâm excited to see big things happening for the city.â
Top places to travel in 2024
The top 10 places to travel in 2024 according to Travel Lemming are:
- YucatĂĄn, Mexico
- Gizo, Solomon Islands
- Stavanger, Norway
- Antigua, Guatemala
- Memphis, Tennessee
- PhĂş Quáťc, Vietnam
- St. Johnâs, Canada
- Kodiak, Alaska
- GuatapĂŠ, Colombia
- Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
The full Travel Lemming list of â50 Best Places to Travel in 2024 can be found at Travellemming.com.
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