Memphis on list of top travel destinations in 2024 by Travel Lemming

Memphis is one of the top five travel destinations for 2024, according to popular online guide Travel Lemming.

Travel Lemming — which is read by more than 10 million people and is known for its focus on encouraging travelers to go “off the lemming path” — announced its annual list of the “50 Best Places to Travel,” specifically highlighting “emerging destinations and hidden gems around the world.”

Memphis landed at No. 5 on the list, making the Bluff City the top destination in the United States. Eureka Springs, Arkansas, also made the list at No. 10, while small town Townsend, Tennessee, checked in at No. 43.

Travel Lemming praised Memphis and noted that “the energy you’ll find [there] is unlike anywhere else.” Hailing Memphis as a “place of pilgrimage for music lovers,” it also added that the city “knows a thing or two about Southern cuisine” and that travelers can find both on Beale Street.