new urban tourism topographies

NEW URBAN TOURISM TOPOGRAPHIES
Modern urban tourism has become not only an
industry of travel, but also of mediation. By creating,
mapping and graphing new urban topographies based
on the current state of urban tourism (which relies
heavily on mediation via the internet; e.g.
tripadvisor.com and google.com), it is easy to see how
the tourism industry clusters and only provides nodes
of interaction with the city and its people, often
isolating the outskirts.
CREATING A NEW TOPOGRAPHY
popularity on tripadvisor.com
American Girl Place, Chicago, IL
#22 on tripadvisor.com
3,400,000 google.com hits
google.com hits
Chicago Children’s Museum, Chicago, IL
#1 on tripadvisor.com
185,000 google.com hits
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Chicago, IL, USA
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Rio de Janiero, RJ, Brazil
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TripAdvisor.com
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Attractions
Chicago Children s Museum
City Segway Tours Chicago
Chicago Greeter
Chicago Architecture Foundation
Chicago Food Planet Food Tours
John Hancock Center Observatory
Art Institute of Chicago
Wrigley Field
Millennium Park
Cloud Gate
Lincoln Park Zoo
Chicago Dine Around
Chicago s First Lady Architectural Tours
Supernatural Chicago
Chicago Children s Museum
Chicago Line Cruises
Oriental Institute Museum
Bobby s Bike Hike
Steve's Segway Tours
Lookingglass Theatre Company
Willis Tower
American Girl Place
Marina City
Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier
Garfield Park Conservatory
Attractions
Google Hits
Sugar Loaf Mountain Pao de Acucar
Emanuel Peclat Tour Guide
Cook In Rio
Rafael Torres Lopes Tour Guide
Rio Scenarium
Lapa Arches Arcos da Lapa
Botanical Garden Jardim Botanico
Church of Our Lady of the Candelaria Igreja
Favela Tour
Barra da Tijuca
Museum of Modern Art
Catedral de Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro
Estadio Mario Filho Maracana
Sambodrome
Marina da Gloria
Santa Teresa
Morro da Urca
Cristo Redentor Statue of Christ the Redeemer
Corcovado
Copacabana Beach
Tijuca National Park
Ipanema Beach
Forte de Copacabana
Pedra da Gavea
Ilha Grande
10,500
3,190
7,750,000
1,350,000
32,700
73,900
257,000
23,100
104,000
3,640,000
15,900,000
84,300
37,100
637,000
578,000
4,470,000
111,000
2,830,000
1,510,000
390,000
296,000
377,000
1,120,000
274,000
2,760,000
Google Hits
1,820,000
382,000
70,600
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763,000
264,000
44,600
8,230,000
1,100,000
1,570,000
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373,000
406,000
182,000
187,000
279,000
1,820,000
261,000
99,100
15,000
53,600
52,700
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201,000
34,000,000
10,300,000
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8,010
1,520,000
Chicago, IL, USA
Rio de Janeiro
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Rio de Janeiro
SUGAR LOAF MOUNTAIN
INACCESSIBLE CITY
TOURIST NODES
TOURISM SKYLINE
Isolated spots of tourism surrounded by vast non-visited urban sites
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Chicago
Chicago
HANCOCK CENTER OBSERVATORY
TOURIST NODES
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INACCESSIBLE CITY
TOURISM SKYLINE
Consolidated spots of tourism surrounded by vast non-visited urban sites