 Tel Aviv has been named the third "hottest city for 2011" (behind only New York City and Tangier) by "Lonely Planet", third-best in the Middle East and Africa by "Travel + Leisure magazine" (behind only Cape Town and Jerusalem), and the ninth-best beach city in the world by "National Geographic".Tel Aviv is consistently ranked as one of the top LGBT destinations in the world.The city has also been ranked as one of the top 10 oceanfront cities.