In 2012, National Geographic's Traveller magazine named Kerala as one of the "ten paradises of the world"[157][158] and "50 must see destinations of a lifetime".[159] Travel and Leisure also described Kerala as "One of the 100 great trips for the 21st century".[157][160] In 2012, it overtook the Taj Mahal to be the number one travel destination in Google's search trends for India.[161] CNN Travel listed Kerala amongst its '19 best places to visit in 2019'.[162]