Virtualtourist is a free, travel-oriented community website featuring user-contributed travel guides for locations worldwide. [1] With over a million registered members, the website offers 1.6 million travel reviews and 3.3 million photos on over 58,000 destinations.[2]
In July 2008, Virtual Tourist was acquired by TripAdvisor, a user-generated travel website owned by Expedia.
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Page features
Each destination page offers information on the local time and date, number of members living there, member tips, hotel reviews, must-see activities, restaurant reviews, local customs, nightlife, off-the-beaten path tips, tourist traps, warnings, transportation, packing lists, shopping, sports travel and general tips.
VT offers several forums - a travel forum for each destination, a discussion forum and a technical help forum. Members have their own travel pages with space displaying their personal writing and photographs.
Top 10 World’s Ugliest Buildings
On November 14, 2008, Reuters reported that Virtualtourist' listed the "World's Top 10 Ugliest Buildings and Monuments". [3]
- Boston City Hall - Boston, Massachusetts
- Montparnasse Tower - Paris, France
- LuckyShoe Monument - Tuuri, Finland
- Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral - Liverpool, England
- Port Authority Bus Terminal - New York City, New York
- Torres de Colon - Madrid, Spain
- Liechtenstein Museum of Fine Arts - Vaduz, Liechtenstein
- Scottish Parliament Building - Edinburgh, Scotland
- Birmingham Central Library - Birmingham, England
- Peter the Great Statue - Moscow, Russia
Recognition
- Time: Recommended Travel Forum in 2003
- Yahoo!: Most Popular Guide site in 2002
- AOL: Editor's Pick in 2002
- USA Today: Hot Site in 2001
- U.S. News: Best of the Web Travel Site in 2001
- Travel + Leisure: 35 Best Travel Sites
- Yahoo!: Most Popular Destination Guide
- Newsweek: Featured Travel Site
References
- ^ VirtualTourist : Top 10 Up-and-Coming Travel Destinations Announced by VirtualTourist, press release
- ^ USC Student Wins VirtualTourist.coms 1000000 Mile Giveaway Using Facebook Application, press release
- ^ Travel Picks: 10 top ugly buildings and monuments, Nov 14 2008, Reuters.
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