10 most welcoming places in the world—see which U.S. state made the list

This year's yearly Booking.com Traveler Review Awards included a database of the astir welcoming places successful the satellite for 2023.

To fertile the regions, Booking.com utilized a excavation of implicit 240 cardinal verified lawsuit reviews from their site.

Destinations were chosen based connected factors similar the fig of reviews for affable hospitality, and the magnitude of rental properties and hotels in the region.

This year's astir welcoming places successful the satellite span 5 continents.

• La Rioja, Spain
• Epirus, Greece
• Oberösterreich, Austria
• County Down, U.K.
• Mures, Romania
• Marlborough, New Zealand
• Ninh Binh, Vietnam
• Limon, Costa Rica
• Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada
• North Dakota, U.S.

One of the astir welcoming places successful the satellite is La Rioja, Spain. It lies successful the northbound of the state and is 1 of Spain's biggest and champion vino destinations, according to Lonely Planet.

La Rioja is besides known for its spiritual architecture, including the UNESCO World Heritage Suso and Yuso monasteries successful San Millán de la Cogolla.

The lone U.S. destination to marque the database is North Dakota. According to the U.S. News and World Report, the midwestern authorities ranks no. 14 successful the wide rankings of the champion states successful the United States.

North Dakota is known for its Badlands, an country of the authorities that is present portion of the 70,000-acre Theodore Roosevelt National Park and is celebrated for the unsmooth terrain that makes it a "bad onshore to travel," according to the National Park Service.

Limon, Costa Rica besides made this year's list. Costa Rica is 1 of the happiest places successful the world, according to the World Happiness Report.

Limon is considered to beryllium 1 of the astir pristine and lush regions of Costa Rica. Despite this, the metropolis remains 1 of the slightest traveled regions successful the country.

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