A major travel publication has named the Great Lakes region one of the “50 Best Places to Travel in 2020.”

Released annually by Travel + Leisure, the list includes destinations throughout the world including the Great Lakes, which writer Emma Balter called “the next hot cruise destination.”

“Believe it,” she wrote. “The five lakes collectively offer 11,000 miles of attraction-packed shoreline, and new small ship cruises are making it easier to explore.”

In addition to emerging cruise lines operating on the Great Lakes, Michigan’s Mackinac Island and its slew of hotels both new (Mackinac House, Waterfront Collection) and old (Grand Hotel) are highlighted.

The Upper Peninsula’s mega-popular glamping destination opened by Chicago chef Iliana Regan and her wife, Anna Regan,, the Milkweed Inn, is also featured as “an intimate converted hunting lodge and glamping destination where the Regans serve exquisite meals all weekend long, capped off by a multi-course Saturday night tasting menu.”

Reservations at the Milkweed Inn sold out in less than 48 hours in 2019.

Other U.S. destinations on the list include Asheville, North Carolina, Big Island, Hawaii, Boston, California’s Central Coast, Maine and Oklahoma City.

"Travel + Leisure's annual list of Best Places to Travel is the ultimate resource for singling out the go-to vacation spots for the new year," said Jacqui Gifford, Editor in Chief of Travel + Leisure.

"Whether you’re exploring new locations or seeing your favorite places in a new light, the destinations on our list are some of the most compelling across the globe right now. …This list is a welcome reminder of all the things that inspire us to travel in the first place."

The complete list, which can be seen here, is compiled each year by Travel + Leisure’s editors, who pool their industry knowledge and consult trusted travel experts.