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

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

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 ...

New Orleans has once again landed itself at the top of an acclaimed travel destination list, this time being ranked as Travel ...

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.

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 ...

Charleston SC is the No. 1 city in the United States, according to a new ranking from Travel + Leisure magazine readers, citing history, restaurants, shopping.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - After a dozen years of Charleston ranking as the top travel destination in the country, Travel + Leisure readers selected a new number one American city for the honor.