After 12 years atop a readers' choice list compiled by Travel + Leisure, Charleston, South Carolina, is no longer the top ...

After a dozen years of Charleston ranking as the top travel destination in the country, Travel + Leisure readers selected a ...

You may have to add a new city to your travel list, now that Travel + Leisure has released its annual reader survey of the ...

A South Carolina travel destination ranked No. 1 for more than a decade — until now. After 12 years of reigning as the nation ...

In the resulting World’s Best Awards, Charleston was the highest-ranking South Carolina destination in the best U.S. cities ...

Charleston also holds a streak in the top slot in best city rankings from Travel + Leisure magazine.Last September, the Holy City claimed No. 1 on that list for the ninth consecutive year.

After 12 straight years of being named Travel + Leisure's top US travel destination, Charleston fell to third place in 2025's ...

Rounding out the top five list were Savannah, Georgia (86.64), and the nation’s capital-adjacent burg of Alexandria, Virginia (85.26).

Via reader surveys, Charleston was assigned a score of 88.61 out of 100, just behind Jaipur, India, (88.68) and slightly ahead of Tokyo (88.59) on the world rankings.

It ranked the factors like the number of attractions, cheapest flights, and weather to come up with the top 100 destinations. For the Charleston-North Charleston area, the study listed the following ...

Since 2012, the first year Charleston was awarded the No. 1 City in the U.S. and Canada ranking in the Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards, the total economic impact of tourism has increased 14 ...

The tourism publication released its annual "Best Of" rankings Wednesday, and Charleston's top ranking in America translated well on the world stage, according to the magazine's publishers.