Yesterday TripAdvisor®, the world’s largest travel site, revealed the world’s worst tourist destinations for pickpocketing. All the top ten spots are held by European cities! For the second year running Barcelona tops TripAdvisor’s Pickpocket Index with Rome in second place again. London enters the top ten for the first time.
“The 2010 Pickpocket Index is based solely on TripAdvisor site data calculating the number of times travellers use the term pickpocket (and translations of) in their TripAdvisor reviews in the last 12 months.”
Global Pickpocket Top Ten (last year’s places in brackets)
1. Barcelona, Spain (1)
2. Rome, Italy (2)
3. Paris, France (5)
4. Madrid, Spain (-)
5. Athens, Greece (9)
6. Prague, Czech Republic (3)
7. Costa Brava Spain (-)
8. Lisbon, Portugal (-)
9. Tenerife, Spain (-)
10. London, England (-)
Check out TripAdvisor’s Top Tips To Avoid Being Pickpocketed
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