- List published of the world's top 50 cities according to Facebook 'likes'
- Facebook's New York City page has more than 15 million likes
- London was ranked in third position with 8, 546, 175 likes
- Top ten has four North American cities and four European cities
It’s not often that Tehran is considered a more popular tourist destination that Rome.
But that’s the verdict according to Facebook users.
The Iranian capital came in 32nd place in a list of 50 of the world’s top cities. By contrast, Rome came in 35th place.
New York City is the most popular city in the world according to Facebook 'likes' with 15, 363, 714
Each
destination on the list has been ranked according to how many ‘likes’ it
has received on the social networking site’s city guides pages.
Facebook has created a profile page for each city around the world which it has linked to the country’s Wikipedia page.
It
also includes information shared by other Facebook users offering
tourist tips and recommendations, news stories and popular posts from
around the Internet related to each city.
Paris comes in second place with 9,144,939 likes in a list compiled by travel company Fastbooking.com
London was placed in third position in the list of top 50 cities with 8, 546, 175 Facebook likes
The top ten features four North
American cities, two South American cities and four European cities. Los
Angeles came in forth place with 7, 176, 469 Facebook likes
The
list, which has been compiled by travel company Fastbooking.com, places
New York City in first place, with 15, 363, 714 ‘likes’.
Paris comes in second place with 9,144,939 likes, while London was placed in third position with 8, 546, 175 likes.
The top ten features four North American cities, two South American cities and four European cities.
The
rest of the top ten was made up by Los Angeles with more than seven
million likes, Sao Paulo with just under five million, Las Vegas and
Istanbul with more than three million, Rio de Janeiro with just under
three million, Barcelona with 2.6m and Atlanta in Georgia, USA, with
2.3m likes.
Facebook has created a profile page
for each city around the world which it has linked to the city's
Wikipedia page. Sao Paulo's Facebook page was liked 4, 915, 960 putting
it in fifth place
Seoul in South Korea was Asia's most popular city, while Mumbai in India was next in 16th place
Perhaps surprisingly, Tehran in Iran came in 32nd place in the list, higher than Milan, Rome and Munich
Seoul
in South Korea was ranked as the most popular city in Asia, while the
next highest was Mumbai in India which came in 16th place.
They were followed by Bangkok in Thailand in 19th place and Bandung in Indonesia in 21st place with 1.2m likes.
London
was the only UK city in the top 50, while the USA featured eight cities
in the list, including Miami, Chicago, San Fransico and Houston in
Texas.
Berlin featured at the bottom of the list with 687, 726 likes, just behind Manila in the Philippines with 702,000 likes.
Facebook currently features more than 1.32 billion users.
Many
cities have now created their own official Facebook pages in a bid to
try and promote tourist attractions and offer visitors information about
what to see and do.
However,
many have not proved as popular as Facebook’s own online guides to each
city, which has seen users from around the world posting photographs
and sharing YouTube clips with information relating to each destination.
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