Here’s some news to cheer you up (and won’t make you sleepy, I promise). A highly controversial new study has ranked the top 100 most boring tourist attractions in the world, and seven of them are thought to be right here in Australia.
The study, conducted by online gaming company Solitaired, examined 66.7 million Google reviews of 3,290 attractions in 384 cities across 71 countries. Rather than using Google star ratings, we created a ranking based on the attractions with the most mentions of keywords synonymous with the word “boring,” such as “boring,” “boring,” and “monotonous.” .
The first red flag in the study was the inclusion of Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), once hailed by Lonely Planet as the world’s best contemporary art museum, on the list. On a scale of 0 to 5, MONA received a boredom score of 1.90, ranking it 76th. This huge, futuristic museum may not be for everyone, but it’s definitely a crown jewel of the contemporary art scene and an easy time out. A unique list of Australia’s top tourist attractions. We’re not the only ones who think so. MONA has an average of 4.4 stars on Google based on over 10,000 reviews worldwide.
Photo: Tourism Western Australia | WA Museum Boora Baldip
Overall, Australia came in third on the list of most boring tourist attractions, behind the United States and Canada. The place with the highest snoozefest points in Australia was WA Museum Boora Baldip (meaning many stories written in the language of the Nyonga people, indigenous to the area), which came in 16th place. Perth featured on the list twice, along with Bell Tower. , one of the largest musical instruments in the world, ranked 92nd.
Apparently, it’s not all great, with four Legoland Discovery Centers ranking in the top 25 of the world’s most boring attractions, with Melbourne coming in at number 24. Our Victorian capital has the most boring tourist attractions of any Australian state, with Melbourne’s Immigration Museum ranking his 52nd and Luna Park his 82nd.
If that makes you feel any better, U.S. tourist attractions occupied the top seven spots, accounting for a total of 62 of the 100 places mentioned. See who made it into the top 100 most boring tourist attractions here and check out our list of Australia tourist attractions below.
16. WA Museum Bourra Baldip, Perth
24. Legoland Discovery Center, Melbourne
32. Sydney Museum
52. Immigration Museum, Melbourne
76. Mona, Hobart
80. Luna Park, Melbourne
92. Bell Tower, Perth
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