The New York Times has put out their annual list of places to go for 2020 and long-time Louisiana favorite Grand Isle has made the coveted list.

Grand Isle checks in at No 19 on the list of top travel experiences around the world for tourists.

“Grand Isle is honored to be on this list next to places from across the globe. We hope this brings much-needed attention to our beautiful island and highlights our fight to save Grand Isle and coastal Louisiana from rising seas and coastal erosion,” said, David Camardelle, Mayor of Grand Isle.

In the article, Grand Isle is described as "a longtime sport and commercial fishing hub two hours south of New Orleans."

New York Times contributor Christopher Hall depicts the island as "hauntingly beautiful", offering sandy beaches, migrating birds, twisted oaks in a maritime forest and a nearby pelican rookery.

Some of us just think of it as the place to go drink and fish. To each their own.

However you view the barrier island, it sure is cool to be included in the following list.

New York Times’ 2020 List of Places to Go

1. Washington
2. British Virgin Islands
3. Rurrenabaque, Bolivia
4. Greenland
5. Kimberley Region, Australia
6. Paso Robles, Calif.
7. Sicily
8. Salzburg, Austria
9. Tokyo
10. Caesarea, Israel
11. National Parks, China
12. Lesotho
13. Colorado Springs
14. Krakow, Poland
15. Jodhpur, India
16. Western Sweden
17. Egypt
18. La Paz, Mexico
19. Grand Isle, La.
20. Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
21. Jevnaker, Norway
22. The Bahamas
23. Kampot, Cambodia
24. Christchurch, New Zealand
25. Asturias, Spain
26. Haida Gwaii, British Columbia
27. Austin, Texas
28. Sabah, Malaysia
29. Churchill, Manitoba
30. Uganda
31. Paris
32. Lake District, England
33. Tajikistan
34. Antakya, Turkey
35. Leipzig, Germany
36. Lima, Peru3
37. Molise, Italy
38. Copenhagen
39. Richmond, Va.
40. Mount Kenya
41. Minorca, Spain
42. Oberammergau, Germany
43. Plymouth, England
44. Atlantic Forest, Brazil
45. Belle-Île, France
46. Val d’Aran, Spain
47. Mongolia
48. Juliana Trail, Slovenia
49. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
50. Transylvanian Alps, Romania
51. Urbino, Italy
52. Glacier National Park and Whitefish, Mont.

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