{"id":40327,"date":"2019-11-07T15:19:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T15:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-elected-top-travel-destination-in-africa\/"},"modified":"2019-11-11T14:22:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T14:22:35","slug":"rwanda-elected-top-travel-destination-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-elected-top-travel-destination-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda elected top travel destination in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winners were selected after voting by 30 of the most popular travel bloggers in the industry, who collectively sport more than 12 million followers on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the development,  Belise Kariza, Chief Tourism Officer of the Rwanda Development Board said that Rwanda is honored to receive the award and is among the top countries to be visited in 2020 as rated by the world\u2019s leading travel bloggers. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cVisit Rwanda shares this award with the community members, conservationists, tourism operators and hoteliers who contribute every day to making Rwanda a special place to visit. If you haven\u2019t visited Rwanda yet, we welcome you to experience the country\u2019s natural beauty, culture, and wildlife. Rwanda is truly one of the world\u2019s most remarkable luxury eco-tourism destinations,\u201d she highlighted. <\/p>\n<p>In describing why Rwanda was selected, the article states: \u201cWith the World Economic Forum recently naming it the safest country in Africa and RwandAir slated to open direct flights from JFK to Kigali, 2020 is the best year yet to travel to Rwanda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis East African pearl is changing the African travel narrative in so many ways. It will be exciting to visit Kigali to see its amazing transformation and to see the conservation efforts at its national parks,\u201d said Amarachi Ekekwe, one of the judges and the travel blogger behind Travel with a Pen.<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Mouttaki, another judge and the travel blogger behind Maroc Mama said that Rwanda is at the top of his list to visit in Africa to experience its cultural mix and beautiful natural surrounds. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile most people go to see the gorillas there are lots of other cultural heritage sites and experiences to be had,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n<p>The site is also inviting readers to cast votes for their favorite destination, with winners on each continent being crowned with the annual Readers\u2019 Choice Award.<\/p>\n<p>Travel Lemming is a travel blog founded by Nate Hake, an American who has been traveling the world full-time since 2016. The site\u2019s mission is to help highlight emerging and underappreciated destinations as a way to fight over-tourism.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33304 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/png\/00541645_27c8a0d3021c7d582de9e0253867eadb_arc614x376_w614_us1.png\" alt=\"Rwanda has been voted one of the top 30 emerging travel destinations on the planet for 2020, and number one overall on the continent of Africa.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda has been voted one of the top 30 emerging travel destinations on the planet for 2020, and number one overall on the continent of Africa. The annual awards honoring trending destinations were published this week on the site TravelLemming.com, which promotes emerging destinations around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-40327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40327"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=40327"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=40327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}