Two of the 10 most searched for cultural landmarks on Google Maps by users around the world last year were in Taiwan, surpassing some prominent landmarks in France and South Korea, Google Taiwan said on Tuesday.
The Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and Songshan Cultural and Creative Park ranked sixth and seventh on the list of Google Maps’ most searched cultural landmarks in the world last year, it said.
The top five most searched cultural spots on Google Maps were the UK’s Buckingham Palace and Big Ben, the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, Christ the Redeemer in Brazil and Belgium’s Royal Palace of Brussels.
Photo: Tu Chien-jung, Taipei Times
Rounding out the top 10 after the two landmarks in Taiwan were France’s Louvre Pyramid and the Palais Ideal, and the Gyeongbokgung Palace in South Korea.
Ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, which runs from today through Jan. 29, the company released a list of the most searched restaurants in Taiwan on Google Maps during last year’s Lunar New Year break.
Breakfast shops took the top spot from coffee shops, which finished third behind hot pot restaurants.
The Taichung High-Speed Rail Station and Taichung Railway Station were where Google Maps was used most during last year’s holiday, while the Zihnan Temple (紫南宮) in Nantou County was the most searched temple.
Google Flights data showed that Tokyo was the city most Taiwanese wanted to visit during this year’s break, it said.
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