Destination Ratings by Country

Destinations here are listed by country, showing most recent grade. Hot links will be gradually added to provide panelist comments explaining the original grade, recent stewardship news, pertinent blogs, etc.

COUNTRY	DESTINATION	Grade
Albania	Coastal regions	C
Andorra	as a whole	C-
Anguilla	as a whole	B
Antarctica	Antarctic Peninsula	B
Antigua	as a whole	C
Argentina	Mendoza wine estancias	B
Argentina	Valdés peninsula	B
Argentina	Patagonian Andes region	B-
Argentina/Brazil	Iguazu	C+
Aruba	as a whole	C-
Australia	Kangaroo Island, South Australia	B+
Australia	Kakadu NP ⚑	B
Australia, Tasmania	as a whole	B
Australia	Fraser Island	B
Australia, QL	Great Barrier Reef	C+
Australia, NSW	Sydney Harbor	B
Australia, NSW	Blue Mountains	B
Australia, NT	Uluru (Ayers Rock)	B
Australia: QL	Gold Coast	C-
Australia: Victoria	Ballarat	C+
Austria	Wachau/Melk Abbey	A-
Austria	Graz	B+
Austria	Salzburg historic center	B
Bahamas	Eleuthera	B
Bahamas	Out Islands	B-
Barbados	as a whole	D+
Belgium	Historic center of Ghent	B+
Belgium	Historic center of Bruges	B
Belize	Reef and islands of Belize	C
Bermuda	as a whole	B
Bolivia/Peru	Islands of Lake Titicaca	C+
Bolivia/Peru	Lake Titicaca as a whole	C
Brazil	Paratí, RJ	B
Brazil	Pantanal	B
Brazil	Ilha Grande	B
Brazil	Bahia—Northern coast	B-
Brazil	Rio de Janeiro beach districts	B-
Brazil	Salvador historic center	C+
British Virgin Islands	as a whole	B-
British Virgin Islands	Tortola	C+
Bulgaria	Black sea coast	C-
Cambodia	Angkor/Siem Reap	C-
Cambodia	Sihanoukville	D
Cambodia	Phnom Penh historic areas	D
Canada: Alberta	Jasper N.P. & gateway ⚑	B
Canada: Prince Edward Island	as a whole	B-
Canada: Alberta	Banff National Park & gateway	C
Canada: B.C.	Gwaii Haanas NP Reserve and Haida Heritage Site	A-
Canada: B.C.	Gulf Islands	B
Canada: B.C./U.S.: Alaska	Inside Passage	C+
Canada: BC	Kootenay/Yoho NPs	B+
Canada: Newfoundland	Avalon Peninsula	B+
Canada: Newfoundland	Gros Morne NP	B
Canada: Nova Scotia	South Shore	B
Canada: Ontario	Rideau Canal corridor	B+
Canada: Quebec	Gaspé peninsula	B+
Canada: Quebec	Old Quebec City	B
Canada: Quebec	Montréal historic areas	B
Canada: Quebec	Laurentian Highlands	B
Canada/U.S.: Alta-MT-BC	Waterton-Glacier “Crown of the Continent” region	B-
Canada/U.S.: New York-Ontario	Niagara Falls	C
Cape Verde	Archipelago as a whole	C
Cayman Is.	Grand Cayman Island	C-
Chile	Chiloe	B+
Chile	Chilean Fjords	B
Chile	Torres del Paine	B
Chile	Rapa Nui (Easter Island) ⚑	B
Chile	Valparaiso	C
China	Qin Emperor Mausoleum, Xian	B-
China	Suzhou gardens and town	C+
China	Macao historic areas	C
China	Hainan	C
China	Lijiang and Three Parallel Rivers, Yunnan	C-
China	Beijing historic districts	C-
China: Tibet	Potala Palace Lhasa	C-
Colombia	Colonial Cartagena	B-
Cook Islands	as a whole	B
Costa Rica	Caribbean Coast	B
Costa Rica	as a whole	C+
Costa Rica	Pacific Coast	C
Croatia	Korcula	B
Croatia	Hvar	B
Croatia	Dubrovnik	B-
Cuba	Old Havana and fortifications	C
Curaçao	as a whole	C
Cyprus	Turkish side	B-
Cyprus	Greek side	C
Czech Republic	Medieval Cesky Krumlov	B
Czech Republic	Historic Prague	C+
Denmark	Faroe Islands	A-
Denmark	Central Copenhagen	B
Dominica	As a whole ⚑	B
Dominican Republic	Samana peninsula	C
Dominican Republic	Colonial Santo Domingo	C
Dominican Republic	North coast	D+
Ecuador	Galápagos Islands	C
Egypt	Luxor (Thebes; Valley of the Kings)	C-
Egypt	Pyramids, Giza	C-
Egypt	Northern Red Sea coast	D+
Egypt	Sharm el-Sheikh area	D
Estonia	Medieval Tallinn	B
Ethiopia	Rock-hewn churches, Lalibela	C
Fiji	Yasawa group	B-
Fiji	As a whole	C+
Fiji	Viti Levu	C
France	Vézelay	B+
France	Aix-en-Provence	B+
France	Dijon and Bourgogne region	B+
France	Lyon historic areas	B
France	Banks of the Seine, Paris	B
France	Corsica	B
France	Loire Valley	B
France	Historic Avignon	B
France	Brittany	B
France	Mont-St-Michel	C+
France	French Riviera	C
French Polynesia	Bora Bora	B
French Polynesia	Moorea	B
French Polynesia	Tahiti	C
Germany	Potsdam historic areas	B+
Germany	Bavarian Alps	B
Germany	Upper Middle Rhine Valley	B
Germany	Heidelberg	B
Germany	Munich (München) historic areas	B
Germany	Baden Baden	B
Germany	Dresden historic areas	B
Germany	Baltic coast	C+
Greece	Hydra (Idhra)	B
Greece	Meteora	B
Greece	Delphi	B
Greece	Crete south coast	B-
Greece	Olympia	B-
Greece	Medieval city of Rhodes	C+
Greece	Corfu	C+
Greece	Santorini	C+
Greece	Athens Acropolis area	C
Greece	Mykonos	C
Greece	Crete N coast	C
Grenada	as a whole	C+
Guadeloupe	as a whole	C
Guatemala	Antigua	B-
Guatemala	Tikal/Flores	C
Guatemala	Atitlán	C-
Honduras	Copán	B-
Honduras	North coast	C
Honduras	Roatan, Bay Islands	C-
Hungary	Budapest historic areas	C+
Iceland	as a whole	B+
India	Rajasthan as a whole	C+
India	Kerala backwaters	C+
India	Blue City of Jodhpur historic areas	C
India	Agra sights – Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Fatehpur Sikri	C
India	Amritsar historic areas	C
India	Golden City of Jaisalmer	C-
India	Goa	D+
Indonesia	Ubud	B-
Indonesia	Lombok	C+
Indonesia	Bali	C+
Indonesia	Borobudur	C
Indonesia	Bali coasts	C
Ireland	Aran Islands	B
Ireland	Ring of Kerry	B
Ireland	Dublin historic areas	C+
Israel	Masada	B-
Israel	Haifa	C+
Israel	Jerusalem (Old City and Walls)	C
Israel/Palestine	Bethlehem	D
Israel/Jordan	Dead Sea	D+
Italy	Siena	B
Italy	Cinque Terre area	B
Italy	Assisi	B
Italy	Amalfi Coast	B
Italy	Tuscany	B
Italy	Sardinia	B
Italy	Bologna historic areas	B
Italy	Lake District	B-
Italy	Sicily	B-
Italy	Florence	B-
Italy	Pompeii	C+
Italy	Costa Smeralda, N. Sardinia	C+
Italy	Capri	C
Italy	Venice and lagoon	C
Jamaica	Port Antonio area	C
Jamaica	Negril	C-
Jamaica	NW coast: Montego Bay-Ocho Rios	C-
Jamaica	North Coast	D+
Japan	Ancient Kyoto	B
Japan	Nikko historic areas	B+
Japan	Fujisan (Mount Fuji)	B
Japan	Okinawa	C-
Jordan	Petra & area	C+
Kenya	Lamu	B-
Kenya	Amboseli	C
Kenya	Masai Mara	C
Laos	Louang Prabhang	C
Latvia	Riga	B-
Lithuania	Vilnius historic center	B-
Malaysia	Kota Kinabalu, Sabah	B
Maldives	All islands except Male	C+
Malta	as a whole	C
Martinique	as a whole	C+
Mexico	Guanajuato, Gto.	B
Mexico	Querétaro city/Sierra Gorda ⚑	B
Mexico	Oaxaca and Monte Albán	B-
Mexico	Isla Mujeres, QR	B-
Mexico	Colonial Campeche	B-
Mexico	Tulum beach area (Tulum to Sian Kaan)	C+
Mexico	Sea of Cortez and its coast	C+
Mexico	Sian Ka’an and environs, QR	C
Mexico	Chichén Itzá	C
Mexico	Cozumel, QR	C-
Mexico	Cabo San Lucas region, BCS	D
Mexico: Quintana Roo	Caribbean Coast, “Maya Riviera”	D+
Micronesia	Federated States of Micronesia	C
Monaco	as a whole	C-
Morocco	Essaouira, Atlantic coast	B
Morocco	Fez historic center	B
Morocco	Marrakech medina	C+
Mozambique	N coast: Cabo Delgado/Quirimbas	B-
Mozambique	Bazaruto Archipelago	B-
Namibia	Skeleton Coast	B
Nepal	Annapurna Circuit	C+
Nepal	Kathmandu Valley	D
Netherlands	Amsterdam historic center	B
Netherlands Antilles	Bonaire ⚑	C+
New Caledonia	as a whole	B-
New Zealand	Te Wahipounamu	B+
New Zealand	South Island	B+
New Zealand	Tutukaka Coast, Northland	B+
New Zealand	Bay of Islands	B
Norway	Norwegian Fjords	A-
Norway	Lofoten	B+
Norway	Bryggen, Bergen	B
Oman	Batinal (Gulf of Oman) Coast	B
Palau	as a whole	B-
Peru	Machu Picchu	B-
Peru	Cuzco Historic Center	B-
Peru	Colonial Arequipa	C+
Peru	Cuzco, Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley	C
Peru	Nazca lines area	C
Phillipines	Palawan	B-
Poland	Krakow	B
Poland	Warsaw Stare Mjasto	B-
Portugal	Azores ⚑	B+
Portugal	Évora	B
Portugal	Douro Valley	B
Portugal	Southern Atlantic Coast	B
Portugal	Madeira Islands	C+
Portugal	Porto historic center	C+
Portugal	Sintra ⚑	C+
Portugal	Algarve	D+
Puerto Rico	Historic San Juan	B-
Puerto Rico	as a whole	C
Romania	Sighisoara & Saxon Transylvania	C
Russia	St. Petersburg	B-
Samoa	Upolu	B
Samoa	all coasts	B-
São Tomé and Príncipe	As a whole	B-
Seychelles	As a whole	B-
Slovenia	as a whole	B
Soloman Islands	as a whole	C+
South Africa	Kruger National Park	B
South Africa	Cape Town historic areas	C
South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal coast	C
South Korea	Jeju/Cheju ⚑	C+
Spain	Córdoba	B
Spain	Alhambra & medieval Granada	B
Spain	Toledo	B-
Spain	Tenerife, Canary Islands	C
Spain	Mallorca	C
Spain	Costa Blanca	D+
Spain	Costa Brava	D+
Spain	Ibiza	D
Spain	Costa del Sol	D
Sri Lanka	Polonnaruwa, Sigiriya, and Dambulla	B-
Sri Lanka	Galle	C+
Sri Lanka	Sinhalese coastal regions	C-
St Kitts-Nevis	Nevis	B
St Kitts-Nevis	St. Kitts ⚑	C
St. Lucia	The Pitons	C+
St. Lucia	as a whole	C
St. Vincent	As a whole	B-
Sweden	Stockholm’s Gamla Stan	B+
Switzerland	Engadine	B
Switzerland	Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn region	B
Switzerland	Alpine regions	B
Syria	Aleppo	F
Tanzania	Serengeti Plain	B
Tanzania	Pemba	B-
Tanzania	Swahili Coast	C+
Tanzania	Kilimanjaro	C
Tanzania	Stone Town, Zanzibar	C
Tanzania	Ngorongoro crater	C
Tanzania	Zanzibar	C
Thailand	Chang Mai	C
Thailand	The Andaman Sea Coast	C
Thailand	Phuket	C-
The Grenadines	as a whole	C+
Tonga	as a whole	C+
Trinidad & Tobago	Tobago	B-
Tunisia	Carthage	C+
Tunisia	Coastal resort region	C
Turkey	Cappadocia	B
Turkey	Istanbul historic areas	B-
Turkey	Turquoise Coast (Aegean)	C+
Turkey	Azure Coast	C
Turks and Caicos	Providenciales	D+
U.S. Virgin Islands	St. John	B
U.S. Virgin Islands	St. Croix	C
U.S. Virgin Islands	St Thomas	D
U.S.: Alaska	Denali NP & gateway region	B
U.S.: Alaska	Kenai Fjords NP/Seward	B
U.S.: Alaska	Juneau	C+
U.S.: Arizona	Hopi Villages	B
U.S.: Arizona	Grand Canyon/Tusayan	B-
U.S.: Arizona	Sonora desert	C+
U.S.: Arizona	Tombstone	D
U.S.: California	Point Reyes area	B
U.S.: California	Northern coast (Marin to Eureka)	B
U.S.: California	Mid-coast (Santa Barbara to Monterey)	B
U.S.: California	Redwoods National and State Parks	B-
U.S.: California	The Peninsula—San Mateo/Santa Cruz coast	B-
U.S.: California	Yosemite area	B-
U.S.: California	California Napa-Sonoma wine country	C+
U.S.: California	Sequoia & Kings Canyon NP region	C+
U.S.: California	Lake Tahoe	C+
U.S.: California	Santa Catalina & Channel Islands	C+
U.S.: CO-UT-AZ-NM	Four Corners (Colorado Plateau)	B-
U.S.: Colorado	Colorado Rockies	B-
U.S.: Colorado	Mesa Verde NP & area	C+
U.S.: Colorado	Telluride valley	C
U.S.: Colorado	Central City	D
U.S.: Connecticut	Mystic seaport	C+
U.S.: Florida	Forgotten Coast (Apalachicola area)	B-
U.S.: Florida	St. Augustine	C+
U.S.: Florida	Sanibel Island & Captiva	C
U.S.: Florida	Everglades NP/Big Cypress	C-
U.S.: Florida	Key West	C-
U.S.: Georgia	Sea Islands	B
U.S.: Georgia	Savannah	B
U.S.: Georgia	Cumberland Island National Park & gateway	C+
U.S.: Hawaii	Kauai, Na Pali Coast	B
U.S.: Hawaii	Molokai	B
U.S.: Hawaii	Hawaii Volcanoes NP	B
U.S.: Hawaii	Kauai	C+
U.S.: Hawaii	Maui	C+
U.S.: Hawaii	Hawaii (Big island)	C+
U.S.: Hawaii	Oahu	C-
U.S.: Hawaii	Waikiki	C-
U.S.: Kansas	Tallgrass Prairie National Park region	C+
U.S.: Kentucky	Old Lexington, horse country	B-
U.S.: Kentucky	Bluegrass country	B-
U.S.: Kentucky	Mammoth Cave National Park & gateway	C
U.S.: Louisiana	New Orleans historic areas	C-
U.S.: Maine	Maine coast	B
U.S.: Maine	Portland historic downtown	B
U.S.: Maine	Mount Desert Island	B-
U.S.: Maine	Acadia National Park/Bar Harbor	C+
U.S.: Maryland	Antietam National Battlefield	B-
U.S.: Maryland	Annapolis	C+
U.S.: Maryland/VA	“Hallowed Ground” US15 corridor	C-
U.S.: Maryland/VA	Chesapeake Bay	D+
U.S.: Massachusetts	Berkshires	B
U.S.: Massachusetts	Boston historic areas	B
U.S.: Massachusetts	Martha’s Vineyard	B-
U.S.: Massachusetts	Nantucket	C+
U.S.: Massachusetts	Cape Cod	C
U.S.: Michigan	Mackinac Island, Lake Huron	B+
U.S.: NC/TN	Great Smoky Mountains	C-
U.S.: New Hampshire	Portsmouth	B
U.S.: New Jersey	Cape May	C+
U.S.: New Mexico	Chaco Culture National Historical Park	B
U.S.: New Mexico	Pueblo de Taos, Taos, and Enchanted Circle	B
U.S.: New Mexico	Santa Fe	C+
U.S.: New York	Long Island Shore, Hamptons to Montauk	C
U.S.: North Carolina	Asheville	B
U.S.: North Carolina	Ocracoke, Outer Banks	C+
U.S.: North Carolina	Outer Banks & Cape Hatteras National Seashore	C
U.S.: Oregon	Oregon Coast	B
U.S.: Oregon	Ashland	B
U.S.: Oregon-Washington	Columbia Gorge region	B
U.S.: Pennsylvania	Philadelphia historic areas	C+
U.S.: Pennsylvania	Gettysburg	C
U.S.: Pennsylvania	Lancaster County	C-
U.S.: Rhode Island	Block Island	B
U.S.: Rhode Island	Newport	C+
U.S.: South Carolina	Charleston, historic center	B
U.S.: South Carolina	Hilton Head	C-
U.S.: South Carolina	Grand Strand (Myrtle Beach & region)	D+
U.S.: South Dakota	Mt Rushmore/Badlands	C+
U.S.: South Dakota	Deadwood	C-
U.S.: Texas	Big Bend region	B-
U.S.: Texas	Texas Hill Country	C+
U.S.: Utah	Zion region	B-
U.S.: Utah	Arches/Canyonlands/Moab	B-
U.S.: Vermont	as a whole	B
U.S.: Virginia	Monticello and Charlottesville	B
U.S.: Virginia	Wiiliamsburg/York/Jamestown	B-
U.S.: Virginia	Alexandria	B-
U.S.: Virginia	Shenandoah NP region	C+
U.S.: Washington	San Juan Islands	B
U.S.: Washington	Olympic National Park	B-
U.S.: Washington	North Cascades NP & area	B-
U.S.: Washington	Puget Sound	C+
U.S.: Wyoming/MT/ID	Greater Yellowstone/Tetons region	B
Uganda	Bwindi Impenetrable Forest	C+
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	C+
United Arab Emirates	Dubai	D
United Kingdom	Isle of Man	B
United Kingdom: Channel Islands	Jersey and Guernsey	B
United Kingdom: England	City of Bath	B
United Kingdom: England	Yorkshire dales	B
United Kingdom: England	York	B
United Kingdom: England	Jurassic Coast	B
United Kingdom: England	England: Cornwall	B-
United Kingdom: England	Cotswolds	B-
United Kingdom: England	Canterbury	B-
United Kingdom: England	Isle of Wight	B-
United Kingdom: England	Lake District ⚑	C+
United Kingdom: England	Stonehenge	C+
United Kingdom: England	Stratford upon Avon	C
United Kingdom: Scotland	Shetland Islands	B+
United Kingdom: Scotland	Isle of Skye	B+
United Kingdom: Scotland	Scottish Highlands	B
United Kingdom: Scotland	Edinburgh historic areas	B
United Kingdom: Wales	Pembrokeshire Coast	B+
United Kingdom: Wales	as a whole	B
Uzbekistan	Bukhara	C+
Uzbekistan	Samarkhand	C
Vanuatu	as a whole	C+
Vietnam	Hue	C+
Vietnam	Hoi An	C+
Vietnam	Hanoi historic areas	C
Vietnam	Ha Long Bay	D+
Vietnam	Nha Trang-Mui Ne area	D+
Western Indian Ocean	Réunion (Fr) ⚑	B-
Western Indian Ocean	Mauritius	C+
Zambia	Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls	C
Zimbabwe	Victoria Falls Zimbabwe side	C

⚑ Recognized in 2014 by the Green Destinations group http://greendestinations.info/
Note—These letter grades interpret some 80% of the numerical survey scores reported by National Geographic (weighted to favor the more recent scores). The Destination Stewardship Center has applied these grades independently, and we take sole responsibility for them.

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