With its new improvement projects downtown and possibilities for “waterfront entertaining,” Tampa has caught the interest of travelers — and Time Magazine.
The magazine on Thursday named the bay area’s biggest city to its 2023 list of the World’s Greatest Areas.
The significant draw is Water Street Tampa and the higher-finish hotels and restaurants it gives, according to Time. The $three.five billion improvement has noticed a extended lineup of new eateries open in the region, the most current getting The Pearl, a nautical-themed gastropub.
Waterfront attractions like Sparkman Wharf, Armature Operates and the Riverwalk have also helped Tampa make a name for itself as a travel location, the list says.
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Tampa is a single of six places in the continental U.S. that created Time’s list. Other folks involve: Yosemite National Park, California Willamette Valley, Oregon Bozeman, Montana Tucson, Arizona and Washington, D.C.
What else tends to make Tampa worth a pay a visit to? Beaches just a brief drive away and nonstop flights in and out of the city, Time writes.
Here’s what regional leaders and other folks are saying on social media about Tampa’s shout-out in Time.
Appears like the secret’s out, Tampa! @TIME named Tampa as a single of the World’s Greatest Areas for 2023.
Proud to be born in raised in Tampa and to serve this City as your mayor. 💙https://t.co/EmYibUWeiH
— Jane Castor (@JaneCastor) March 16, 2023
Hey, no argument from me. Lived there 12 years, traveled nation and Canada for my job, and was generally pleased to be back in the 813 … has changed a lot in final decade … https://t.co/vejv1hzZSv
— Scott Carter (@GatorsScott) March 17, 2023
Time magazine stated Tampa is a single of the greatest areas in the planet? 😂😂😂😂 Some thing ain’t correct
— Lj Bondz 🇳🇬 (@PrivateBondz) March 16, 2023
Some odd appearances on this list. Tampa? Tucson? But good to see DC represented! https://t.co/LyUWB9qvpY
— Michael Muccilli (@MichaelMuccilli) March 17, 2023
Drop the mike. Tampa, Florida: World’s Greatest Areas 2023 | TIME https://t.co/im8wWuRWQy
— Bob Buckhorn (@BobBuckhorn) March 16, 2023
In case you missed it, Tampa was named as a single of @TIME‘s 50 Greatest Areas in the Planet for 2023!!
As soon as a lesser recognized component of Florida, it really is extraordinary to see just how how far Tampa Bay has come as a location.https://t.co/gYvlcq0M9t
— Santiago C. Corrada (@SantiagoCorrada) March 17, 2023
Shhh. Stahp. It is awful. Do not come right here. Horrible. Keep away. Almost everything is poor. Worst spot everrrrrrr. https://t.co/sOGdE27nmM
— NFL Philosophy (@NFLosophy) March 17, 2023