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Porto among the world’s destinations with the most “five stars” attractions per visitor”

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Filipa Brito

In a study titled "Underrated City Breaks", Bounce analysed 100 of the world's most visited cities and ranked them based on which ones have the highest percentage of five-star rated attractions, but the least visited, in order to reveal which urban destinations are the most "underrated".

Porto stands out as a quality and well-ranked urban destination, with 36% of its attractions having a five-star rating, among a total of 1.310 listed activities to do in the city. Considering the attractions’ positive evaluations and the number of international arrivals (2.49 million), the study puts Porto on the top destinations with the least concentration of tourists per number of five-star rated attractions, considering it positively "underrated" in the international panorama.

Among the 100 analysed cities, Porto came second in the ranking, with an overall score of 8.74 out of 10, tied with Marrakech. In first place came Rhodes, in Greece.

At the opposite end of the ranking were placed cities such as Paris, New York, and London, which ranked worse for having a larger number of visitors in comparison to the percentage of attractions with a five-star rating.

The aforementioned international travel website adds that "the impressive bridges, the candy-colored houses and, of course, the local port wine make Porto well worth a visit."

This study's results reinforce the Municipality's strategic positioning of not becoming a mass destination, but rather a quality destination with a multiplicity of experiences, rich in its historical and cultural identity, sustainable and in harmony with the local community.

The study's methodology considered Euromonitor's "Top 100 City Destinations”, and the number of visitors recorded in 2019 for each analysed city. TripAdvisor supported the searches for the total number of things to do in each city, as well as the number of attractions that received a five-star rating from visitors. Full details of the study can be found here.