UK seaside town ranked alongside North Korea and Syria as worst place to visit

Skegness was ranked arsenic 1 of the world's worst places to visit. (Image: Getty)

A UK seaside municipality was erstwhile ranked alongside North Korea and Syria arsenic 1 of the worst places to spell connected holiday.

Skegness, Lincolnshire, is known arsenic 1 of the UK's astir fashionable seaside towns, welcoming astir 4 cardinal visitors each year.

However, the question website Destination Tips was little impressed by Skegness, placing it successful the apical 10 worst places to sojourn successful the world.

The damning verdict was fixed backmost successful 2017. The website described 'Skeggy' arsenic a "pile of dirt."

They said: “Once thought of arsenic a quaint seaside municipality successful bluish England, Skegness is present a heap of ungraded bordering the North Sea with a run-down amusement parkland idly resting connected the land."

The politician of Skegness said the ranking was 'offensive'. (Image: Getty)

Skegness was successful the apical 10 on with Pyongyang, North Korea. (Image: Getty)

This sparked outrage from the town's politician astatine the time, Dick Edginton. He branded the ranking of Skegness arsenic “absolutely offensive”.

Mr Edginton said astatine the time: “There seems to beryllium definite radical who look to bash thing but denigrate British seaside resorts.

“Skegness is 1 of the champion resorts successful the state with the highest visitant numbers. There are grounds levels of concern successful the edifice astatine the infinitesimal which shows assurance successful business, some from section and nationalist companies.

“How anyone tin comparison Skegness to North Korea - 1 of the astir oppressive regimes - is perfectly offensive. These comments should beryllium held up to ridicule and contempt.”

Kyiv successful Ukraine topped the database of worst places to visit. Port-au-Prince successful Haiti was ranked arsenic the 2nd worst spot to visit. The metropolis is still, to this day, ravaged by pack violence, making it 1 of the world's astir unsafe countries.

Damascus, Syria, was next. Syria has been near successful situation aft years of struggle since 2011.

Damascus, Syria, was besides connected the list. (Image: Getty)

Destination Tips' worst places to sojourn were arsenic follows:

• Kiev, Ukraine

• Port au Prince, Haiti

• Damascus, Syria

• Mogadishu, Somalia

• Pyongyang, North Korea

• Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

• Bogota, Colombia

• Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Skegness, Lincolnshire

• Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea