Nerja and Cádiz, new Tripadvisor Emerging Destinations

The Spanish cities of Nerja and Cádiz are among the Emerging Destinations this year according to Tripadvisor's 2018 Traveler's Choice Awards.

The famous tourism website this month announced the winners of this ranking and these two Spanish cities have managed to enter the top 10 to everyone's surprise.

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Nerja and Cádiz, among the most popular Emerging Destinations in Europe

The Tripadvisor website has been preparing an annual list with the cities that seem to be the new trend in terms of tourist destination. For this, up to 44 places around the world are selected, chosen based on an algorithm that calculates the growth in hotel reservations or interest in the destination compared to the previous year, as well as by the new favorable opinions of travelers in its restaurants and places of interest.

The result is this list called Travelers' Choice Emerging Destinations, with the cities that are considered emerging destinations that promise to be a trend among travelers in the next year

. Four European destinations have entered this year's world ranking, two American, two African, one Asian, and one from Oceania.

The Malaga city of Nerja has surprised everyone by sneaking into the world top 10 this year, occupying the ninth place. In the European ranking it occupies fourth place, but is followed by another Spanish city in eighth place: Cádiz.

Nerja, tranquility on the Costa del Sol

This town located on the Costa del Sol seems to have attracted the interest of many tourists throughout this past year. Enough to now be among the top 10 emerging destinations of 2018.

The Malaga town was once the scene of the mythical Spanish television series Verano Azul, which many will remember with nostalgia. Since then it has been oriented towards tourism, although without this becoming an inconvenience, since in Nerja you can still enjoy its beaches and landscapes calmly.

Its fine sandy beaches, which stretch for 16 kilometers and which allow the practice of activities such as scuba diving or water skiing, stand out above all.

Another of its most attractive corners is the promenade, called the Balcón de Europa, from which you can contemplate the views of both the mountain and the sea, or the beautiful coves that are formed between the cliffs that frame it. Also noteworthy is the Nerja cave, famous for its stalactites and where you can admire Paleolithic paintings.

Cádiz, the Mermaid of the Ocean

This is how Lord Byron baptized this city located in the Bay of Cádiz itself, although the name by which it is popularly known is "Silver Cup". Despite doubts about its quality as an archipelago due to its scarce connection with the peninsula, the city is formed on an island and is considered as such.

This historic town stands out for being considered the oldest active city in the West and for being the cradle of the Spanish Navy, all thanks to its excellent strategic location. It is for this same reason that it also maintains an excellent legacy as historical monuments.

Cádiz is visited for its beaches and its historical and cultural heritage, among which its beautiful Cathedral of the 18th century, its fortresses and towers, and its port with more than 100 towers of surveillance.

Its parties and its gastronomic quality too have become an attraction for tourism in recent years, thus consolidating its appearance as a new emerging European destination for next year.

The rest of the cities in the ranking

These two Spanish cities have been chosen among 44 candidates worldwide, which include cities on all continents. This is the result of the winning ranking with the new emerging destinations of Tripadvisor 2018:

1. Ishigaki, Japan
2. Kapaa, Hawaii
3. Nairobi, Kenya
4. Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada)
5. Gdansk, Poland
6. San Jose Costa Rica
7. Riga, Latvia
8. Rovinj, Croatia
9. Nerja, Spain
10. Casablanca, Morocco

And this is the list made up of the rest of the European cities in the ranking:

1. Gdansk, Poland
2. Riga, Latvia
3. Rovinj, Croatia
4. Nerja, Spain
5. Catania, Italy
6. Zagreb, Croatia
7. Ljubljana, Slovenia
8. Cadiz, Spain
9. Valletta, Malta
10. Nuremberg, Germany

A claim to continue growing

The good news is twofold for these two Andalusian cities. On the one hand, the quality and popularity of its accommodations, restaurants and tourist attractions are rewarded, which have grown in positive opinions in the last year.

On the other hand, appearing on such a popular and acclaimed list is an incentive to become known and continue to attract more tourism, since travelers from all over the world have their sights set on these rankings when deciding your next vacation destinations.

And you, do you dare to visit any of them?

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