Every year The New York Times releases their “52 Places Traveler” which includes what they think are the top locations to visit in a year. This year, they listed the Bahamas as one of the places to visit in 2020!
The Bahamas came in at number 22 overall. This is what the New York Times said about this beautiful country:
“The hundreds of islands that make up the Bahamas are so pristine that the astronaut Scott Kelly deemed them Earth’s most easily recognizable place from space – and one of its most beautiful. About 6.6 million people visited the Bahamas in 2018, but in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, the Category 5 monster that slammed into the archipelago in September, that number took a nosedive. Four months later, only Great Abaco remains too damaged to visit; many islands, including the 120-mile-long Exumas chain – home of the famous swimming pigs – were not hit by the storm. And the Bahamas, where close to half the economy depends on tourism, needs visitors’ dollars to shore up critical rebuilding efforts. Grand Bahama Island, which was also hard hit, has already bounced back, with cruise ships once again docking in Freeport and several hotels reopening. In 2020, nonstop flights to Nassau from Denver will begin, opening up the Bahamas to the western United States. In June, one of Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville resorts is scheduled to open in Nassau’s downtown, offering a much-needed injection of energy to the city center nightlife. On New Providence Island, Baha Mar, a 2,300-room luxury resort on Cable Beach, has a new children’s center opening in January that will make the destination, which has the largest casino in the region, more family-friendly.”
As The New York Times points out, the Bahamas heavily rely on tourism money. The nation took a major loss this year after Hurricane Dorian devastated parts of the nation. However, the country is bouncing back with tourism increasing in certain areas such as Exuma!
Here is the complete list of The New York Times 52 Places to Go in 2020:
- Washington
- British Virgin Islands
- Rurrenabaque, Bolivia
- Greenland
- Kimberley Region, Australia
- Paso Robles, Calif.
- Sicily
- Salzburg, Austria
- Tokyo
- Caesarea, Israel
- National Parks, China
- Lesotho
- Colorado Springs
- Krakow, Poland
- Jodhpur, India
- Western Sweden
- Egypt
- La Paz, Mexico
- Grand Isle, La.
- Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Jevnaker, Norway
- The Bahamas
- Kampot, Cambodia
- Christchurch, New Zealand
- Asturias, Spain
- Haida Gwaii, British Columbia
- Austin, Texas
- Sabah, Malaysia
- Churchill, Manitoba
- Uganda
- Paris
- Lake District, England
- Tajikistan
- Antakya, Turkey
- Leipzig, Germany
- Lima, Peru
- Molise, Italy
- Copenhagen
- Richmond, Va.
- Mount Kenya
- Minorca, Spain
- Oberammergau, Germany
- Plymouth, England
- Atlantic Forest, Brazil
- Belle-Île, France
- Val d’Aran, Spain
- Mongolia
- Juliana Trail, Slovenia
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Transylvanian Alps, Romania
- Urbino, Italy
- Glacier National Park and Whitefish, Mont.