{"id":13406,"date":"2023-07-26T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T15:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ameliaisland.com\/?p=13406"},"modified":"2024-02-12T17:13:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T22:13:11","slug":"amelia-island-named-among-worlds-best-by-travel-leisure-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameliaisland.com\/blog\/amelia-island-named-among-worlds-best-by-travel-leisure-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Amelia Island Named Among \u201cWorld\u2019s Best\u201d by Travel + Leisure Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by Britney Guertin \u2014 Hayworth Public Relations.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Located just off the northeastern coast of Florida, Amelia Island has been voted No. 8 among the \u201cBest Islands in the Continental United States\u201d by readers of\u00a0Travel + Leisure magazine, one of the most popular travel publications in the world. This is the fifth consecutive year Amelia Island has made the magazine\u2019s \u201cWorld\u2019s Best Awards\u201d list, now in its 28<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0year. The No. 8 ranking puts Amelia Island in excellent company, joining other notable destinations such as the Golden Isles, Georgia, Mackinac Island, Michigan, and Kiawah Island, South Carolina. To see a complete list of the World\u2019s Best Islands, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/best-islands-in-the-us-2023-7551679\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">travelandleisure.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"749\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameliaisland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022-Amelia-Downtown-Lights-Misc-018A-Deremer-Studios-LLC.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ameliaisland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022-Amelia-Downtown-Lights-Misc-018A-Deremer-Studios-LLC.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ameliaisland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022-Amelia-Downtown-Lights-Misc-018A-Deremer-Studios-LLC-600x449.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.ameliaisland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022-Amelia-Downtown-Lights-Misc-018A-Deremer-Studios-LLC-768x575.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTravel + Leisure\u2019s savvy readers have once again voted Amelia one of their favorite U.S. islands, which is high praise for our welcoming residents and the hard-working hospitality community that delivers unforgettable experiences, year after year,\u201d said Gil Langley, President of the Amelia Island Convention &amp; Visitors Bureau. \u201cThis kind of recognition reinforces our commitment to sustainable tourism, ensuring the island\u2019s award-winning natural beauty and resources are preserved for the next generation of Travel + Leisure readers and other conscientious travelers.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island, one of the island\u2019s top-rated resorts, was also recognized by the readers of Travel + Leisure, being voted No. 13 among the \u201cBest Resorts in Florida.\u201d To read the list of Florida\u2019s Best Resorts, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/best-resort-hotels-florida-2023-7551702\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">travelandleisure.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The World\u2019s Best Awards is a travel awards program run by Travel + Leisure and based on an annual reader survey. The prestigious annual awards honor the top travel destinations, hotels, and companies worldwide. The winners will appear in an upcoming\u00a0issue of Travel + Leisure magazine and have been released on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/worlds-best\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">travelandleisure.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amelia Island has been voted No. 8 among the &#8220;Best Islands in the Continental United States&#8221; by readers of Travel + Leisure magazine and we couldn&#8217;t be more proud!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":794,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[66],"acf":{"blog_intro_text":"","search_values":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameliaisland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13406"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameliaisland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameliaisland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameliaisland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameliaisland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13406"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameliaisland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19209,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameliaisland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13406\/revisions\/19209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameliaisland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameliaisland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameliaisland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameliaisland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}