City trips are very popular.
But again and again the expectations of a metropolis are not fulfilled.
In Munich, too, vacationers are often disappointed.
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Dreams of strolling through magnificent streets and past imposing buildings.
City trips are very popular.
But the holiday joy can be over quickly if cities turn out to be not as impressive as you had previously imagined.
It often happens that the visited city does not meet the expectations of tourists.
Data analysts have evaluated online ratings in which cities vacationers feel particularly dissatisfied.
The metropolis on the Isar also made it into a ranking of the ten cities that most often disappoint travelers: Munich.
Analysis of online reviews: Munich often does not meet the expectations of tourists
On behalf of the British portal kingcasinobonus.uk, data analysts evaluated online ratings from visitors of the 85 most popular cities worldwide.
The analysts took the cities from the Global Destination Cities Index and data from the London market research company Euromonitor.
The analysts looked at tens of thousands of reviews from city travelers, for example on TripAdvisor.
According to the evaluations, Munich is also a city that often does not meet the expectations of tourists.
According to the analysis, the disappointment rate for vacationers is 15.7 percent.
In the ranking of the cities that most often disappoint tourists, based on online ratings, the Bavarian state capital ranks fourth.
No other German city had to claim a place in the inglorious ranking.
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"It couldn't be worse": Deutsches Museum often disappoints tourists
According to the analysis, one sight particularly often ruins the travel mood.
Munich tourists were particularly disappointed by a visit to the Deutsches Museum.
A lot of things don't work, the presentation of the exhibition is no longer up to date, there is no information for children and young people in age-appropriate language.
"Pure disappointment", "a flop" or "it couldn't be worse" is what the comments on TripAdivsor say.
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Currently not doing well in online reviews: the German Museum, seen here from the Isar.
© IMAGO/Maria Maar
But truth also means that reviews are often snapshots.
At another time, online reviews can paint a different picture of a landmark and a city.
It is possible that the ranking with the disappointing cities will change again.
Deutsches Museum is currently not doing well in online ratings - the building is undergoing major renovations
Even the currently often bad comments for the Deutsches Museum are put into perspective when one considers one circumstance: the Deutsches Museum is currently undergoing extensive renovations.
The entire building, including exhibitions, is to be modernized by 2028.
Therefore, everything in the house does not always work as it should in normal operation.
Not all rooms are accessible.
In the summer of 2022, the first newly renovated exhibition areas in the museum were reopened.
In the analysis, the Oktoberfest came off far better than the Deutsches Museum.
According to the data analysts, "only" every tenth Oktoberfest visitor had to complain about shortcomings.
If Oktoberfest guests had something to complain about on TripAdvisor, then it was the full tents, "overpriced beer" and "a lot of drunk people".
Tens of thousands of online reviews evaluated: These are the cities that disappoint vacationers most often
According to the analysis, tourists in Bangkok were particularly dissatisfied.
Around 16.6 percent of tourists would be disappointed by the Thai capital.
Khaosan Road in Bangkok emerged as a particularly unpopular attraction.
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Khaosan Road in Bangkok, Thailand.
© Narong Sangnak/dpa
The street used to be popular with backpackers for its abundance of places to stay, pubs and quirky shops.
Today, TripAdvisor users consistently describe them as "overpriced," "loud," and "sucking."
Bangkok climbed to number one in the ranking of the cities most likely to disappoint vacationers.
The cities that disappoint tourists most often (According to analysis commissioned by kingcasinobonus.uk):
1. Bangkok, Thailand (disappointment rate: 16.6 percent)
2. Antalya, Turkey (disappointment rate: 16.5 percent)
3. Singapore, Singapore (disappointment rate: 15.8 percent)
4. Munich, Germany (disappointment rate: 15.7 percent)
5. Rimini, Italy (disappointment rate: 14.2 percent)
6. Miami, USA (disappointment rate: 13.9 percent)
7. Mumbai, India (disappointment rate: 13.9 percent)
8. London, UK (disappointment rate: 13.9 percent) 13.8 percent)
8. Paris, France (disappointment rate: 13.8 percent)
10. Tokyo, Japan (disappointment rate: 13.6 percent
This is followed by Antalya (second place, the disappointment rate according to the analysts is 16.5 percent) and Singapore (third place, 15.8 percent).
According to the analysis, the cities' most disappointing attractions were Water Planet Aqua Park and Orchard Road.
Romantic ideas and high expectations: Paris is also in the ranking of the most disappointing cities
There is hardly a city that is associated with so many romantic notions and higher expectations than Paris.
If a tourist despairs of the reality in the French capital, which then does not correspond at all to his dream image, psychologists even speak of the "Paris Syndrome".
Paris also landed in the ranking of the cities that most often disappoint visitors.
Tourists don't seem to get the "Paris Syndrome" that often.
The metropolis on the Seine was tied with London in eighth place.
A visit to Montmartre often ruins the joy of a Paris vacation.
The hill is crowded, full "and the beautiful view of the city is non-existent," write the users on TripAdvisor.
London visitors, on the other hand, often complained that a ride on the London Eye was expensive.
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"Driving in circles for the price is too much."
Ranking of the cities that disappoint tourists the most: how is it done?
The stated "disappointment rates" are made up of two factors.
First, the analysts correlated four or five star ratings with one, two, or three star ratings.
They then examined how often certain phrases, such as "very disappointing" or "not as nice as expected," appeared in user reviews.
Another ranking by the
Holidu
portal listed the most popular small towns in Germany, with the top spots going to two small Bavarian towns.
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List of rubrics: © IMAGO/Maria Maar
