Google Street View Says Japan Is Top Virtual Tourism Spot in Asia
Google Street View is a tool that we can use and travel around the wold without leave home. But according with some studies our virtual habits are not the same as our real world pursuits.
Japan is the top virtual tourism destination in Asia, people are curious about Mount Fuji according with Street View program. After Japan, we can find on the list of most visited locations, Taiwan and Singapore.
On the 2013 MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index, Bangkok, Thailand is the top Asia destination for real-world tourists, followed by Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai, and at number seven Tokyo, Japan.
More interesting is that the study showed up that Bangkok held the number one slot, followed by London, Paris, Singapore and New York. And Japan at the 16th place.
The online interests in Japan and the real world destination in Bangkok, can be explain by some reasons. On the study from the United Nations World Tourism Organization, Thailand is ranked 24th in tourisms openness, and Japan was ranked at 137th. Also Thailand was ranked with regards to the attitude of the local population toward foreign visitors.
But some optimism can be expect about these numbers, Nori
Akashi, public relations manager for the Japan
National Tourism Organization, said that ““We set a goal for 2013 to bring
in 10 million travelers and we reached that goal. Our next goal, with the
Olympics in sight, is probably 20 million.”
I think that the report brought a lot of information and explained why Japan is the most visited country in Google Street View, but in actual visited Bangkok is the top ranked. I wrote about these because I like to traveling and know more about the others culture. If i have the opportunity to go to Japan or Bangkok I'll have no doubts to go.
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