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Rockaway Boardwalk in Queens, NY.
(screenshot from Google Street view)
The travel advisers at Lonely Planet have revealed their top 10 travel destinations in the United States for 2015, and the number 1 destination is Queens, New York.
Lonely Planet's 2015 U.S. destinations list has a focus on food. According to the travel guide company, "the whole country seems to be enjoying a local food renaissance."
Here's why Lonely Planet called Queens 2015's No. 1 tourist spot:
Local officials in Queens were excited about the announcement.
"This is huge because Lonely Planet is a big, well-respected travel media company," Rob MacKay, director of the Queens Tourism Council, told the New York Post. "This is going to put Queens in the minds of travelers all over the world."
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz called Queens "the hippest" of New York City's boroughs, as well as a "borough of families."
"Those families create the infrastructure for this borough and it's why folks are fighting from all over the world just to educate their children right here in the borough of Queens," Katz told CBS New York.
The complete list of Lonely Planet's top 10 US travel destinations was:
1. Queens, N.Y.
2. Western South Dakota
3. New Orleans, Louisiana
4. Colorado River region
5. North Conway, New Hampshire
6. Indianapolis, Indiana
7. Greenville, South Carolina
8. Oakland, California
9. Duluth, Minnesota
10. Mount Shasta region, California
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