October 17, 2011
Charleston Named Top American Travel Destination
Robert Doyle READ TIME: 1 MIN.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Charleston has been honored as the top American travel destination by the readers of Conde Nast Traveler Magazine.
Charleston was No. 2 on the list last year.
The award was presented Monday evening at the magazine's Reader's Choice Awards in New York with Charleston native and comedian Stephen Colbert awarding the honor to local tourism officials.
Colbert said Charleston is the most beautiful city he has ever seen and recalled that as a child, he earned pocket change by pointing out to visitors the house in Charleston where Rhett Butler grew up.
Charleston has been on the magazine's Top 10 list since 1993.
San Francisco was second on this year's list followed by Santa Fe, N.M., Chicago and Honolulu. New York was next followed by Savannah, Ga., Carmel, Calif., Seattle and Boston.
Long-term New Yorkers, Mark and Robert have also lived in San Francisco, Boston, Provincetown, D.C., Miami Beach and the south of France. The recipient of fellowships at MacDowell, Yaddo, and Blue Mountain Center, Mark is a PhD in American history and literature, as well as the author of the novels Wolfchild and My Hawaiian Penthouse. Robert is the producer of the documentary We Are All Children of God. Their work has appeared in numerous publications, as well as at : www.mrny.com.
