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

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

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

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 ...

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

Charleston drops to No. 3 in Travel + Leisure's 'Best U.S. Cities' after 12 years at No. 1. Santa Fe takes the top spot but ...

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.

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

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.

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 ...