NEEDHAM, Mass., April 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- TripAdvisor
today launched its first-ever mobile Check-Index revealing
travelers' and locals' most frequented hotels, restaurants and
attractions in major world tourism destinations. The study was
based TripAdvisor's massive trove of mobile location data.
"Our mobile Check-Index shows the points of interest where
consumers are voting with their feet and actually spending their
time," said Jeff Chow, vice
president of product, consumer experience, TripAdvisor. "It's
interesting to see how in some cities travelers and locals are
drawn to the same things to do or places to eat, while in others
you see distinct differences in their preferences."
To glean these insights, TripAdvisor studied check-ins via
smartphone GPS and motion sensors to predict when and where
anonymous users are visiting a spot or if they are just passing
by.
Analysis of foot traffic in the following cities reveals the
following interesting trends:
- Travelers and locals both tend to have good taste, generally
choosing highly rated points of interest
- Many travelers and locals are drawn to the same tasty eateries,
with crossover is several cities studied
- The most frequented chain restaurants in these select cities
are Starbucks, McDonald's and Hard Rock Café
- Travelers are drawn to major tourist attractions, whereas
locals often find alternative things to do
Points of Interest with the Greatest Number of Visits:
Travelers vs. Locals
CITY
|
TRAVELERS
|
LOCALS
|
|
|
|
New York
City
|
|
|
Attractions
|
1.
Madison Square Garden
2.
The National 9/11 Memorial & Museum
3.
Times Square
|
1.
Madison Square Garden
2.
Bryant Park
3.
One World Observatory – World Trade Center
|
Restaurants:
Independent
|
1. Katz's Deli
2. Balthazar
3. Ellen's Stardust
Diner
|
1.
Pershing Square
2.
The Dead Rabbit
3. Balthazar
|
Restaurants:
Chain
|
1. Hard Rock Café
2. Shake Shack (Columbus
Ave)
3. Starbucks (Madison
Ave)
|
1. Shake Shack (East
86th St)
2. Starbucks (Columbus
Ave)
3. Starbucks (Astor
Pl)
|
Hotels
|
1. New York Hilton
Midtown
2. Sheraton New York Times
Square Hotel
3. New Yorker A Wyndham
Hotel
|
Not
Applicable
|
Chicago
|
|
|
Attractions
|
1. The Magnificent
Mile
2. The Art Institute of
Chicago
3.
Navy Pier
|
1. The Magnificent
Mile
2.
United Center
3.
East Bank Club
|
Restaurants:
Independent
|
1. Quartino
2. Girl & The
Goat
3. Chicago Cut
Steakhouse
|
1. Chicago French
Market
2. Chicago Cut
Steakhouse
3. Quartino
|
Restaurants:
Chain
|
1. Portillo's
2. Wildberry Pancakes &
Cafe
3. Giordano's (North Rush
St)
|
1.
Portillo's
2. Wildberry Pancakes &
Cafe
3. Starbucks (S Drexel
Ave)
|
Hotels
|
1. Hyatt Regency
Chicago
2. The Palmer House
Hilton
3. Hyatt Regency McCormick
Place
|
Not
Applicable
|
San
Francisco
|
|
|
Attractions
|
1. Pier 39
2. Union Square
3. Fisherman's
Wharf
|
1. Ferry Building
Marketplace
2. Union Square
3. Market Street
|
Restaurants:
Independent
|
1. The Slanted
Door
2. Scoma's
3. Cliff House
|
1. Town Hall
2. Yank Sing (Stevenson
St.)
3. Foreign Cinema
|
Restaurants:
Chain
|
1. In-N-Out
Burger
2. Super Duper Burgers
(Downtown)
3. Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
Restaurant & Market
|
1. The Grove – Yerba
Buena
2. Super Duper Burgers
(Downtown)
3. Roam Artisan Burgers (Union
St.)
|
Hotels
|
1. Hilton San Francisco Union
Square
2. San Francisco Marriott
Marquis
3. InterContinental San
Francisco
|
Not
Applicable
|
Los
Angeles
|
|
|
Attractions
|
1. Universal Studios
Hollywood
2. Hollywood Walk of
Fame
3. The Original Farmer's
Market
|
1. Staples Center
2. The Original Farmers
Market
3.
The Grove
|
Restaurants:
Independent
|
1. Gjelina
2.
Perch
3. Rose Cafe
|
1. Rose Cafe
2. Perch
3. Bottega Louie
|
Restaurants:
Chain
|
1. The Ivy
2.
BCD Tofu House
3.
In-N-Out Burger
|
1. BCD Tofu House
2.
IHOP
3.
Urban Plates
|
Hotels
|
1. The Westin Bonaventure Hotel
& Suites
2. JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A.
Live
3. Hilton Los Angeles
Airport
|
Not
Applicable
|
London
|
|
|
Attractions
|
1. Tower of
London
2. Borough Market
3. British Museum
|
1. Borough Market
2. St Paul's
Cathedral
3. Sky Garden
|
Restaurants:
Independent
|
1. Duck &
Waffle
2. Novikov Restaurant &
Bar
3. The Wolseley
|
1. The Folly Bar
2. Madison
3. Novikov Restaurant &
Bar
|
Restaurants:
Chain
|
1. Dishroom Covent
Garden
2. Five Guys
3. Yauatcha
|
1. Dishroom Covent
Garden
2.
Big Easy
3.
Yauatcha
|
Hotels
|
1. Park Plaza Westminster Bridge
London
2. Hilton London
Metropole
3. Grosvenor House, A JW
Marriott Hotel
|
Not
Applicable
|
Paris
|
|
|
Attractions
|
1. Musée du
Louvre
2. Eiffel Tower
3. Galeries
Lafaytte
|
1.
Les Quatres Temps
2.
Les Halles
3. Printemps
|
Restaurants:
Independent
|
1.
Lafayette Gourmet
2. L'Avenue
3. Cafe Les Deux
Magots
|
1.
Lafayette Gourmet
2. Le Chalet 16
3.
Klay Saint Sauveur
|
Restaurants:
Chain
|
1. Laduree
2. McDonald's
3. Angelina Paris
|
1. Laduree
2. Starbucks
3. Relais de
l'Entrecote
|
Hotels
|
1. Le Meridien
Etoile
2. Pullman Paris
Montparnasse
3. Paris Marriott Champs Elysees
Hotel
|
Not
Applicable
|
Rome
|
|
|
Attractions
|
1.
Colosseum
2. Trevi Fountain
3. Spanish Steps
|
1. Stadio
Olimpico
2. Spanish Steps
3. Villa Borghese
|
Restaurants:
Independent
|
1. Angelino "ai Fori" dal
1947
2. Grazia &
Graziella
3. Momart Café'
|
1. Momart Café'
2. Dolce
3. Il
Fungo - Piano Zero e Quattordicesimo Piano
|
Restaurants:
Chain
|
1. Stagioni, l'Osteria di
Eataly
2. McDonald's
3. Hard Rock Cafe
Rome
|
1. Stagioni, l'Osteria di
Eataly
2. Caffe Tomeucci
3. Mamma Pizza
|
Hotels
|
1. Rome Cavalieri, Waldorf
Astoria Hotels & Resorts
2. NH Collection Roma Vittorio
Veneto
3. The Westin Excelsior,
Rome
|
Not
Applicable
|
Barcelona
|
|
|
Attractions
|
1. Basilica of the Sagrada
Familia
2. Mercat de Sant Josep de la
Boqueria
3. Park Guell
|
1. La Manquista
2. L'illa
Diagonal
3. Casa Batllo
|
Restaurants:
Independent
|
1. El Nacional
Barcelona
2. Cervecería
Catalana
3. La Fonda del Port
Olimpic
|
1. Cervecería
Catalana
2. El Nacional
Barcelona
3. Fabrica Moritz
Barcelona
|
Restaurants:
Chain
|
1. Brunch &
Cake
2. Tapas 24
3. Bilbao Berria
|
1. Bacoa -
Universitat
2. Sopa
3. Nostrum
|
Hotels
|
1. Barcelo Sants
2. W Barcelona
3. Hotel Arts
Barcelona
|
Not
Applicable
|
Berlin
|
|
|
Attractions
|
1. Alexanderplatz
2. Mauermuseum
3. Berlin TV
Tower
|
1. Alexanderplatz
2. Mauermuseum
3. Berlin TV
Tower
|
Restaurants: Independent
|
1. Monsieur Vuong
2. Burgermeister
3. KaffeeMitte
|
1. Monsieur Vuong
2. Martkhalle Neun Berlin
Kreuzberg
3. SETs
|
Restaurants: Chain
|
1. KaDeWe
Feinschmeckerbars
2. Hofbräu München
Berlin
3. Hard Rock Café
Berlin
|
1. KaDeWe
Feinschmeckerbars
2. IKEA
Restaurant
3. Spreegold
|
Hotels
|
1. InterContinental
Berlin
2. Park Inn by Radisson Berlin
Alexanderplatz
3. Hilton Berlin
|
Not
Applicable
|
Sydney
|
|
|
Attractions
|
1. Sydney Opera
House
2. Darling
Harbour
3. Bondi Beach
|
1. Olympic
Stadium
2. Sydney Opera
House
3. The Star
|
Restaurants:
Independent
|
1. The Grounds of
Alexandria
2. The Glenmore
3. The Beresford
|
1.
The Grounds of Alexandria
2. The Beresford
3.
The Sheaf
|
Restaurants:
Chain
|
1. Hard Rock Cafe
2. Pancakes on the
Rocks
3. Ribs and Rumps
|
1. Salt Meats
Cheese
2.
McDonald's
3. Hard Rock Cafe
|
Hotels
|
1. Shangri-La Hotel
Sydney
2.
The Westin Sydney
3. InterContinental
Sydney
|
Not
Applicable
|
Bangkok
|
|
|
Attractions
|
1. Khao San Road
2. Temple of the Reclining
Buddha (Wat Pho)
3. Temple of the Emerald Buddha
(Wat Phra Kaew)
|
1. Siriraj Medical
Museum
2. Lumpini Park
3. Ganesha Shrine
|
Restaurants:
Independent
|
1. Thip Samai
2. Go Ang - Pratunam Chicken
Rice Restaurant
3. T&K
Seafood
|
1. Roast
2. Papaya
3. Thip Samai
|
Restaurants:
Chain
|
1. Secret Recipe
Cafe
2. Hard Rock Café
Bangkok
3. Baan Khanita by the
River
|
1. After You Dessert Café –
Intersect Rama 3
2. Secret Recipe
Cafe
3. MK Restaurant
|
Hotels
|
1.
Pathumwan Princess Hotel
2. Shangri-La Hotel,
Bangkok
3.
Amari Watergate Bangkok
|
Not
Applicable
|
Methodology: TripAdvisor studied anonymized,
aggregated mobile data to reveal the most frequented points of
interest in select major tourism destinations. Points of interest
highlighted were required to have a minimum of 100 check-ins within
the month of March 2017. Grocery
stores, transportation facilities, convention centers and shopping
malls were excluded from this edition of the TripAdvisor
Check-Index. Local check-ins were based on consumers originating
within a geo less than 50 km from a respective destination, while
traveler check-ins were defined by users originating outside of
this perimeter.
About TripAdvisor
TripAdvisor® is the world's largest
travel site*, enabling travelers to unleash the full potential of
every trip. TripAdvisor offers advice from millions of travelers,
with 500 million reviews and opinions covering 7 million
accommodations, restaurants and attractions, and a wide variety of
travel choices and planning features — checking more than 200
websites to help travelers find and book today's lowest hotel
prices. TripAdvisor branded sites make up the largest travel
community in the world, reaching 390 million average unique monthly
visitors** in 49 markets worldwide. TripAdvisor: Know better. Book
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www.airfarewatchdog.com, www.bookingbuddy.com, www.citymaps.com ,
www.cruisecritic.com, www.familyvacationcritic.com,
www.flipkey.com, www.thefork.com (including
www.lafourchette.com, www.eltenedor.com, www.iens.nl and
www.dimmi.com.au), www.gateguru.com, www.holidaylettings.co.uk,
www.holidaywatchdog.com, www.housetrip.com,
www.independenttraveler.com, www.jetsetter.com, www.niumba.com,
www.onetime.com, www.oyster.com, www.seatguru.com,
www.smartertravel.com, www.tingo.com, www.travelpod.com,
www.tripbod.com, www.vacationhomerentals.com and
www.viator.com.
*Source: comScore Media Metrix for TripAdvisor Sites,
worldwide, November 2016
**Source: TripAdvisor log files, Q3 2016
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