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America's 'unfriendliest' cities: Arlington, Texas tops list in study based on tourist-hating tweets | America's 'unfriendliest' cities: Arlington, Texas tops list in study based on tourist-hating tweets |
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When it comes to tourism, neither Britons nor Americans have the best reputation. | When it comes to tourism, neither Britons nor Americans have the best reputation. |
But a new study has revealed just how reluctant residents of some US cities are to welcome visitors who elicit varying opinions from the people who call those places home. | But a new study has revealed just how reluctant residents of some US cities are to welcome visitors who elicit varying opinions from the people who call those places home. |
Charter company Stratosjets compiled Twitter data from 37,171 geotagged tweets from 1 June 2015 to 20 July 2015 that included the terms "tourist" or "tourists". | Charter company Stratosjets compiled Twitter data from 37,171 geotagged tweets from 1 June 2015 to 20 July 2015 that included the terms "tourist" or "tourists". |
Using an AlchemyAPI sentiment analysis to judge whether the tweets were positive or negative, they were able to determine the cities that seemed most reluctant to welcome visitors. | Using an AlchemyAPI sentiment analysis to judge whether the tweets were positive or negative, they were able to determine the cities that seemed most reluctant to welcome visitors. |
The city of Arlington, Texas emerged as the clear "winner" of mean cities, with New York, Las Vegas, Boston, and New Orleans, rounding out the top five. | The city of Arlington, Texas emerged as the clear "winner" of mean cities, with New York, Las Vegas, Boston, and New Orleans, rounding out the top five. |
Top 10 tourist-hating cities in the US, according to Twitter | Top 10 tourist-hating cities in the US, according to Twitter |
When international tourists visit the US, the most popular destinations are New York, Florida or California, with a combined total of 25.64 million visitors. | When international tourists visit the US, the most popular destinations are New York, Florida or California, with a combined total of 25.64 million visitors. |
Unfortunately beach states such as Florida, South Carolina and California weren't so keen on the millions of people flocking to the areas known for their warm and sunny weather. | Unfortunately beach states such as Florida, South Carolina and California weren't so keen on the millions of people flocking to the areas known for their warm and sunny weather. |
According to the study Chicago is the city which loves tourists the most, followed by Atalanta, Philadelphia, Miami and Portland. | According to the study Chicago is the city which loves tourists the most, followed by Atalanta, Philadelphia, Miami and Portland. |
Venice Beach Earlier this week it was revealed that Moscow, Russia, had been dubbed the unfriendliest city in the world after being found to have "unhelpful" locals and a general feeling of "aloofness" towards survey participents. |