JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<select>
    <option value="http://www.google.com">Google</option>
    <option value="http://stackoverflow.com/">Stack</option>
    <option value="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/">MDN</option>
</select>

JavaScript

document.querySelector('select').addEventListener('click', function(e) {
    if (e.target.tagName == 'OPTION') {
        window.open(this.value);
    }
});