Attention "Ethical" Tourists: Here Are the Top Ten Countries You Should Visit This Year

The countries are (in alphabetical but no other particular order): Bahamas, Barbados, Cape Verde, Chile, Dominica, Latvia, Lithuania, Mauritius, Palau and Uruguay.

The basis of these countries making the cut:

In addition to more standard criteria like unspoiled natural beauty and authentic cultural experiences, researchers judged destinations on 35 metrics in four categories: environment protection, social welfare, human rights, and for the first time, animal welfare. In other words, judges considered quality of drinking water in the category of environmental protection, women’s rights in the category of human rights, and so on.

Uruguay? Mauritius? Latvia? Palau?

Seriously?

If those are my choices, I think I'll stay home.