Google Maps reveals where travelers searched in summer 2012 for vacation [INFOGRAPHIC]

September 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Google knows what you did last summer.

Or at least, Google Maps has released an infographic that details how those in the US and around the Northern Hemisphere traveled from May to September 2012.

Six the top ten destinations were national parks, followed by the Empire State Building, Myrtle Beach, Niagara Falls, and Times Square.

In general, Americans were the most interested in local beaches. The French users of Google Maps were the most interested in camp sites.

As usual, what people choose to search for on maps isn’t entirely a full picture of what travelers are actually interested in — or ultimately visit.

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Sean O'Neill About Sean O'Neill

Sean O’Neill is a UK-based reporter for Tnooz.

Since university, he's been a full-time journalist for US consumer magazines and websites, and since 2007 he has covered B2C travel news full-time.

He lives in London and is travel tech columnist for BBC Travel. He used to work in New York City as the online senior editor for Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel.

In the past, O'Neill held editor, writer, and reporter positions at Kiplinger’s Personal Finance and Foreign Policy magazines in Washington, DC. Please visit his personal site and follow him on Twitter or Google+ .

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