The Greek Edition of Huffington Post www.huffingtonpost.gr notes in a recent article that the Athens Walking Tours tour of the Acropolis is among the 10 travel experiences in the world that mark the largest increase in travelers’ preferences so far for 2018.
These figures, which are released by TripAdvisor’s top travel travel platform, come from the booking analysis of the category of culture that took place on the platform from January to July 2018 and the comparison is made with the booking levels of the corresponding 2017 period.
According to TripAdvisor, bookings for cultural experiences in the first half of 2018 show an increase of 45% compared to the corresponding period of 2017.
This is the ranking of the ten cultural experiences of travel in the world:
1. 2-Hour Samurai Experience Kyoto, Japan
2. Ghosts of Charleston Tour | Charleston, USA
3. Whitney Plantation Tour | New Orleans, USA
4. Geisha Experience at Chaya | Tokyo, Japan
5. Bohemian Bucharest Markets and Mahallas Walking Food Tour | Bucharest, Romania
6. Acropolis of Athens by Athens Walking Tours | Athens, Greece
7. Rome and Colosseum Underground Tour Third Tier Access | Rome, Italy
8. Florence Duomo Baptistery, Cathedral, Museum Small-Group Tour | Florence, Italy
9. Weta Cave Workshop Tour | Wellington, New Zealand
10. La Fortuna Rainforest Chocolate Tour with Cocoa Farm Admission | La Fortuna, Costa Rica
According to TripAdvisor, bookings for cultural experiences in the first half of 2018 record an increase of 45% compared to the corresponding period of 2017. In addition, at the level of countries, emerging cities for cultural experiences and thematic tours are the following:
- Copenhagen, Denmark + 751%
- Brussels, Belgium + 535%
- Verona, Italy + 286%
- Berlin, Germany + 198%
- Bucharest, Romania + 197%
- Orvieto, Italy + 192%
- Cognac, France + 184%
- Moscow, Russia + 162%
- Bratislava, Slovakia + 150%
- Glasgow, Scotland + 148%
Athens Walking Tours is a member of the City Contact group, which has been actively serving the tourism sector in Greece for 22 years.
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