Do you select your next travel destination based on how Instagrammable you’re thinking that it should be? Or where you’ll be able to strike your sexiest pose? This may sound like going too far, but there is not any denying how closely related travel and social media have grow to be.
London topped the list of the world’s hottest Instagram destinations in 2019, based on research by airport bus company Hoppa.
However, in the case of posting sexual poses on social media, Hong Kong was found to be the second hottest place on the earth.
The first a part of Hoppy’s research is predicated on the variety of posts published on Instagram from March 2018 to March 2019, containing popular hashtags from various destinations.
London tops the list of the world’s hottest destinations with 118 million hashtags, taking the highest spot over New York, which took first place within the last study in 2016.
This time, the Big Apple took third place with 82 million hashtags, behind Paris with 101 million.
Other cities that moved up the list in comparison with 2016 include Istanbul and Barcelona.
Over the past few years, Turkey’s tourism industry has been recovering as security within the country has been strengthened following the 2016 Ataturk airport attack that killed 45 people. In April, Turkish Airlines moved to a brand new $11 billion airport in Istanbul. Meanwhile, tourism in Barcelona has also been boosted by the increased variety of flights.
In Asia, the highest-rated city was Jakarta, rating sixth overall. Jakarta has been recognized by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) as one in all the fastest growing cities on the earth. Easing visa requirements and increasing the variety of flights to Japan operated by low-cost carriers can have helped Tokyo reach the highest ten.
KL also photobombed the Food section, rating seventh after Tokyo, Taipei, Doha, Istanbul, Osaka and Bangkok.
As for the remaining categories, Selfies dominated in Berlin, Shanghai and Seoul; Dubai, Mumbai and Paris led pairs/wefie; while Rio de Janeiro, Hong Kong and Caracas (Venezuela) ranked first for sexual suggestion.
In terms of the general list, Malaysia ranks just thirty ninth, down from its highest position of twenty ninth in 2016.
Here are excerpts from the highest 10 for every category listed above:
Category: Landscapes
1. Santiago
2. Buenos Aires
3. Kyiv (Ukraine)
4. Kuala Lumpur
5. Antalya (Türkiye)
6. Cape Town
7. Phuket
8. San Francisco
9. Budapest (Hungary)
10. Lagos (Nigeria)
Category: Food
1. Tokyo
2. Taipei
3. Doha
4. Istanbul
5. Osaka
6. Bangkok
7. Kuala Lumpur
8. Singapore
9.Abu Dhabi
10. Melbourne
Source: Asia One | Hoppa | Morning Post from South China | Times of recent straits
