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| The port city of Marseille at night - Photo: marseille-hotels.org |
With similar strengths, the French city of Marseille topped the magazine's list.National Geographic.
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| A tourist park in Barcelona, Spain - Photo: La Presse |
According to Gogobot, 2.5 million Gogobot users voted for Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia on the Mediterranean coast, as their top destination for summer 2013. And among the many attractive entertainment options there, the Festa Major de Grazia festival, held annually in August, attracts over 1 million participants.
Lonely Planet, the world's largest publisher of travel books and guides, described the event as a hybrid between a giant exhibition and a large-scale outdoor rock concert. In addition, the three-day, three-night high-tech Sonar music festival (the 20th Sonar festival will take place on June 13, 14, and 15, 2013) and the Sala Montjuic outdoor film festival also contributed to the excitement of the influx of tourists from around the world.
Following Barcelona, Gogobot users selected Chicago, New Orleans, and Honolulu in the US as their next vacation destinations for summer 2013. Bali, Indonesia, was the only Asian destination to be included in Gogobot's top 10.
Meanwhile, the magazine's editorial boardNational GeographicMarseille in France, the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine, and the Raja Ampat Islands in Indonesia were chosen as the best summer destinations for 2013.
* Also in the trend of voting for destinations in 2013, Lisa Dimino, spokesperson for TripAdvisor, a leading global online travel news company, said that millions of online users and travelers have chosen Paris, France, and New York, USA, to top the list of the 25 most searched destinations for the 2013 travel year.
Accordingly, the French city of Paris jumped three places to take the top spot for the fifth time this year. New York City in the United States came in second.
The next three destinations are London, England; Rome, Italy; and Barcelona, Spain. This list is based on the popularity of destinations, millions of visitor opinions and comments, and ratings from members of online travel communities across 412 destinations in 38 different travel markets worldwide.
And while Prague in the Czech Republic and Cape Town in South Africa jumped seven places in this top ranking, Siem Reap in Cambodia, on the other hand, dropped 14 places.
In addition, new destinations included in TripAdvisor's annual ranking are Venice, Italy; Bangkok, Thailand; Tokyo, Japan; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and St. Petersburg, Russia.
With millions accessing TripAdvisor, Europe remains a global travel paradise, with seven of the top 10 destinations in 2013. The remaining three positions were occupied by New York (second place), San Francisco (seventh place), and Sydney, Australia (tenth place).
Every month, TripAdvisor receives over 200 million visits and more than 100 million comments and reviews related to travel-related issues are posted on the TripAdvisor website.
DAN THYAccording to RelaxNews, AFP
