St. Croix Ranked No. 11 As Best Place to Travel Globally in 2023 by ‘Travel Lemming’

Frederiksted, St. Croix, is one particular of the coolest seashore cities in the Caribbean. (Submitted image)

St. Croix has been named the 11th very best location to travel in the globe in 2023 by Vacation Lemming, a US-based on the web travel guideline study by additional than six million vacationers.

The yearly listing of 50 best sites to vacation highlights rising destinations and concealed gems all over the environment. The write-up praises St. Croix’s “stunning topography, contacting it a “far-off destination” that “emits a rustic and multicultural way of living compared with any other.”

The report proceeds: “In a way, St. Croix is the countryside of the U.S. Virgin Islands. It is a lot more than twice the dimension of nearby St. Thomas although acquiring a lesser population. Though quieter, the pristine island offers anything you would dream of in the course of a seaside getaway.”

Monument to the A few Queens, who fought versus the oppressive labor problems on St. Croix in 1878. (David MacVean photograph)

Vacation Lemming writer Andrew Bloem, who lives on St. Thomas, explained, “The hard several years following the hurricanes of 2017 and the pandemic of 2020 ended up no match for the resilient people of St. Croix. The island and its community bounced again in spectacular trend. St. Croix is as lovely as ever with smiling faces greeting you on your arrival. St. Croix’s finest times, it appears to be, are just in advance.”

The once-a-year listing is a collaborative venture of the publication’s group of extra than 25 travel writers and editors.

The prime 10 locations on the record are:

1 – Lafayette, Louisiana

2 – Bhutan

3 – Utila, Honduras

4 – Ile Sainte Marie, Madagascar

5 -Kosovo

6 – Salento, Colombia

7 – Vanuatu

8 – Lake Ohrid, North Macedonia

9 – Uzbekistan

10 – Detroit, Michigan

By area, the comprehensive list of 50 locations includes 7 locations in Europe, five in Asia, four in South The us, four in Oceania, four in Africa, 6 in North The usa (other than the U.S.), and 20 in the United States.

Nate Hake, CEO of Travel Lemming, reported, “2023 is shaping up to be the 12 months of ‘revenge vacation,’ as travelers enterprise farther and go greater with their excursions. Our exceptional listing of 50 hidden gems is the best supply of inspiration for that at the time-in-a-lifetime excursion to somewhere exceptional.”

Travel Lemming is an on the web journey guide with additional than 6 million annual viewers. It is identified for its aim on encouraging vacationers to go “off the lemming route.” Its comprehensive library involves dozens of guides to the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Nate Hake, founder of Travel Lemming (Submitted picture)

Nate Hake is the founder of Vacation Lemming, an on the net vacation tutorial with a lot more than 6 million visitors for each year. A Denver indigenous, Nate has been touring the world as a electronic nomad full-time considering that 2016. He has visited in excess of 75 international locations across 6 continents. A graduate of Yale Regulation College and the University of Pennsylvania, Nate has been highlighted as an authority on vacation by many media web pages, which include NBC News, Fodor’s, Mic, MSN Travel, US Information & Globe Report, Reader’s Digest, and quite a few extra.