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Playhouse Square and its new chandelier -- among the reasons a traveler from Southern California might want to put Cleveland on his or her to-visit list for 2015.

(JOSHUA GUNTER )

Cleveland, Ohio –Welcome to Cleveland, one of the world's hottest travel destinations for 2015.

The city has earned a spot on another publication's hot-destinations list for the year, this one produced by the Los Angeles Times, which includes Cleveland alongside Cuba, Los Cabos, Mexico, and Charleston, South Carolina.

The L.A. Times joins Travel & Leisure magazine and Fodor's Travel, both of which also included Cleveland on their lists of the hottest destinations for 2015.

Among the reasons to visit to Cleveland, according to the L.A. Times' Christopher Reynolds: the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, held at Public Hall in April; eight new hotels ("with a ninth, a Kimpton, coming in 2015"); Playhouse Square and its new 20-foot-tall outdoor chandelier; and the expansion of the Cleveland Institute of Art later this year.

The piece concludes, "You can expect more prettification around town; the city will host the Republican National Convention in 2016."

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