The accolades for Toronto keep stacking up, from being ranked as one of the best cities for sports and music tours to one of the most interesting places in the world.
Now, the 6ix has been recognized as one of the world’s most affordable travel destinations for 2024, so if you’re looking for your next budget getaway, consider a staycation in your very own city.
New York-based travel magazine Travel & Leisure just published their list of the 20 Cheapest Places to Travel Around the World in 2024, with Toronto coming in at number 12.
To compile the list, the magazine used data provided by Kayak, a travel search engine, which analyzed flight searches from July 2023 to December 2023 for travel in 2024. Based on this, the top 250 most-clicked destinations with the lowest average combination of hotel and flight prices were considered.
Certain outliers were excluded from this list, based on criteria like travel restrictions and security concerns.
The complete list of the world’s top 20 most affordable travel destinations for 2024 are as follows:
- Denver, Colorado
- Chicago, Illinois
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Portland, Oregon
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Orlando, Florida
- Tampa, Florida
- Dallas, Texas
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Toronto, Canada
- Montreal, Canada
- Panama City, Panama
- Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
- Cozumel, Mexico
- Vancouver, Canada
- San José, Costa Rica
- Cancun, Mexico
- Reykjavik, Iceland
The article states the average flight and hotel cost for Toronto is $692. By comparison, Denver in the number one spot’s average was $486.
In terms of recommendations of what to do and see in Toronto, the magazine highlighted the St. Lawrence Market, lively nightlife, sports events, and Casa Loma. It also mentioned the artsy Kensington Market, Queen West area, and Distillery District’s shops, galleries, and restaurants.
While Toronto certainly is not cheap to live or work in, apparently coming for vacation is a whole different story.