The World Tourism Organization has drawn up its second annual list of “best” rural villages around the world, selecting 32 villages across the globe that manage to grow visitor numbers in a sustainable way.
Travel has changed in many ways since the pandemic started, but one change for the better is the new push towards rural tourism. Where before we were intent on ticking off yet another city break, in lockdown we started dreaming of the great outdoors -- and that still hasn't changed.
It's a departure from the usual lists of Instagrammable places in peak tourist destinations. The UNWTO is a United Nations agency focusing on responsible tourism -- so these villages have been chosen for how they're growing visitor numbers without ruining what it is the visitors are coming to see. In a statement, the UNWTO said:
A grand total of 32 villages across the globe made the list, out of 136 which were put forward by 57 UNTWO member states. There's no ranking -- instead, the destinations are listed alphabetically by country.Each country was allowed to submit up to three villages for consideration -- and only Spain succeeded in qualifying all three of its villages. Rupit, Alquézar, and Guadalupe all made the list.
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