There's a lot of hype surrounding Germany as a tourist destination, but that doesn't mean it always delivers - at least not for everyone! In a new ranking, Munich, Berlin and Hamburg have been rated as some of the most overrated cities in the world, according to disappointed tourist reviews.
Online analysis platform KingCasinoBonus recently published a table which ranks 86 popular international destinations based on Trip Advisor reviews posted in December 2022. To compile the ranking researchers used “comprehensive analysis” and took a peek at 1.700 attraction reviews in the different cities.
KingCasinoBonus ranked the cities “based on a statistical calculation of the ratio between 5 and 4-star ratings and 3, 2 and 1-star ratings.” If a city received a TripAdvisor rating of four or five it was considered to be a “good experience”. One to three, on the other hand, made for a disappointing review. The percentage of reviews using keywords like "disappointing" or "worse than expected" was then calculated and presented as "the odds of being disappointed.”
So, of all the cities in the world, Munich was lucky enough to come in a very un-disappointing fourth place! Surpassed only by Bangkok, Antalya and Singapore, the capital of Bavaria and perhaps the international capital of beer was given 15,7 percent when it came to the odds of visitors feeling the city left much to be desired.
Within Munich, the Deutsches Museum was voted as the most underwhelming attraction - despite it being the world's largest museum for science and technology! Perhaps some guests at the Deutsches Museum felt so cheated that they decided to rest their wearied tourist feet, take a seat on a bench in the middle of the museum and hunker down to furiously type their glum review right there and then.
Thankfully, Munich wasn’t alone and two other German cities were honoured with places 28 and 74 in the ranking. The capital of hedonism, Berlin, was given odds of 11,6 percent of visitors being disappointed. The result is somewhat unsurprising, given that reviewers decided to spend their time at the Fernsehturm. Hamburg came in at place 74, with the art gallery Kunsthalle Hamburg being named the most disappointing attraction.
Here are the top 10 most overrated cities, according to the KingCasinoBonus ranking:
For more information about the ranking, visit the KingCasinoBonus website.
However, when it comes to Munich as a place to live and work - rather than a tourist destination - there are numerous rankings that tell a different story. It's regularly voted one of the best places in the world to study, raise a family, or work. You'll just have to visit to make up your own mind!
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