Travel companies say Eastern European destinations are seeing a tourism boom after being recommended by AI travel tools. As more people ask chatbots for holiday suggestions, lesser-known cities are suddenly appearing on travellers’ radars. Kraków Gdańsk
According to travel platform data, interest in cities like Gdańsk has risen 97%, while Bucharest, Kraków, and Riga have also seen major increases in searches and bookings over the past year.
For unknown reasons eastern Europe also feels safer lately than western Europe
4Jade4Once4 on
Krakow – newest tourist trap lmao.
Odd_Bodybuilder_4772 on
Well it was about time people come visiting those parts of world. It was definitely overlooked since ever. There are ton of beautiful cities, culture is pretty much intact, food is great, for most people those parts are unknown and often associated with poverty and war stories.
7grims on
Ai spam they mean, this is a industry that never stopped doing spam ads
out of all the garbage i ban in my sub, tourism spam is in the top
SleKel on
Not strange at all, eastern Europe is full of history culture and beautiful cities… it just had to overcome the soviet deficit
soymilo_ on
I am going to Warsaw this weekend! Cannot wait. I live in Berlin and its always surprises me how no one I know has been to Poland and its literally like 90 minutes away. I have been multiple times but mainly to the Baltic Sea (cheaper and life doesn’t end at 9 pm)
Nikkibraga on
East Europe is Best Europe
You’ll always find unique places, friendly people and good food.
DefoNotTheAnswer on
As a Prague resident, it would be really great if everybody could go somewhere else for a bit. Krakow and Gdansk are good. Bucharest, Sofia, Vilnius all great.
elderrion on
Hey, salut. More power to them.
Hopefully this increases their revenue flow, while also reducing the overtourism in other parts of Europe. It’s a win-win for everyone
LittlePurpleHook on
> Therefore, the company is seeing an increase in demand for European breaks, “either the smaller cities, like Krakow, Gdansk, and so forth, or the European capital cities such as Berlin and Copenhagen.”
Ah yes, first countries I think of when you say Eastern Europe are Germany and Denmark. What a shite article.
viktor72 on
I’ve been all over Eastern Europe. Vilnius is a real hidden gem.
Panganaki on
“Everyone is looking for off-the-beaten-path travels. Something that surprises them”
“either the smaller cities, like Krakow, Gdansk, and so forth, or the European capital cities such as Berlin and Copenhagen”
Lmao what, those places are touristic af
Redordit on
Would love to visit Montenegro about now
thrmarauders on
i feel like people (especially the English) have been going to Krakow for ages though
Haliucinogenas1 on
There is still a lingering view that Baltic countries and Poland iš shit and nothing good in there because they were under Soviet Union. But that was over 30 years ago and a lot have changed during that time
adevland on
This is BS.
It’s been booming since the pandemic with its less than strictly imposed lockdowns and general tolerance towards not adhering to rules aka corruption.
Most-Round-4132 on
Maybe because many of their tourists spots are better maintained than western Europe nowadays and recent reviews reflect that?
flossandbrush on
Shiiit they talking about undiscovered Eastern Europe and they didn’t even mention Joroinen. The Paris of Savo.
Mixer-3007 on
> Give me a suggestion that you think I’m going to like, and that’s not the usual suspect for European tourism.
ChatGTP: If you want something that feels genuinely different from the Paris–Rome–Barcelona loop, try Transnistria.
> WTF, thats like suggesting occupied war zone?
ChatGTP: Transnistria isn’t an active war zone in the way people usually mean, but it is politically unstable, unrecognized, and sitting right next to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
> Great, Transnistria …here…I…go.
munkijunk on
This article is fucking nonsense for the places it picks, but I did use Chatgpt in planning my trip to Slovenia and Istria last year and it was a pretty decent tool in finding us towns and more interesting destinations. Many of the specifics were woeful though.
GuneRlorius on
I don’t think Ukrainian, Belarusian or Russian tourism is booming
odrimiasa on
Finally AI is recommending something worth seeing
h0uz3_ on
Oh, so AI is now ruining the quiet, rarely visited places? Oh, no, it doesn’t, AI suggest the same tourist traps everyone visits anyway.
InterestingStretch56 on
sounds like places most people go to already, maybe Gdansk less, but the rest just are regular tourist places
Valahul77 on
This may also become problematic. If the AI „improves“ the images for a given place, the tourists may become disappointed when they actually arrive there and when they see that the place looks very different in reality vs what ghey have imagined. It’s the same phenomenon we saw in the past with the „photos shoped“ images.
Marwheel on
Of all the palaces it would recommend, why not the little towns that are pronounced „mars“?
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*From Far Out Magazine’s Rachael Pimblett:*
Travel companies say Eastern European destinations are seeing a tourism boom after being recommended by AI travel tools. As more people ask chatbots for holiday suggestions, lesser-known cities are suddenly appearing on travellers’ radars. Kraków Gdańsk
According to travel platform data, interest in cities like Gdańsk has risen 97%, while Bucharest, Kraków, and Riga have also seen major increases in searches and bookings over the past year.
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[https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/eastern-european-tourism-booming-after-becoming-a-classic-ai-recommendation/](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/eastern-european-tourism-booming-after-becoming-a-classic-ai-recommendation/)
For unknown reasons eastern Europe also feels safer lately than western Europe
Krakow – newest tourist trap lmao.
Well it was about time people come visiting those parts of world. It was definitely overlooked since ever. There are ton of beautiful cities, culture is pretty much intact, food is great, for most people those parts are unknown and often associated with poverty and war stories.
Ai spam they mean, this is a industry that never stopped doing spam ads
out of all the garbage i ban in my sub, tourism spam is in the top
Not strange at all, eastern Europe is full of history culture and beautiful cities… it just had to overcome the soviet deficit
I am going to Warsaw this weekend! Cannot wait. I live in Berlin and its always surprises me how no one I know has been to Poland and its literally like 90 minutes away. I have been multiple times but mainly to the Baltic Sea (cheaper and life doesn’t end at 9 pm)
East Europe is Best Europe
You’ll always find unique places, friendly people and good food.
As a Prague resident, it would be really great if everybody could go somewhere else for a bit. Krakow and Gdansk are good. Bucharest, Sofia, Vilnius all great.
Hey, salut. More power to them.
Hopefully this increases their revenue flow, while also reducing the overtourism in other parts of Europe. It’s a win-win for everyone
> Therefore, the company is seeing an increase in demand for European breaks, “either the smaller cities, like Krakow, Gdansk, and so forth, or the European capital cities such as Berlin and Copenhagen.”
Ah yes, first countries I think of when you say Eastern Europe are Germany and Denmark. What a shite article.
I’ve been all over Eastern Europe. Vilnius is a real hidden gem.
“Everyone is looking for off-the-beaten-path travels. Something that surprises them”
“either the smaller cities, like Krakow, Gdansk, and so forth, or the European capital cities such as Berlin and Copenhagen”
Lmao what, those places are touristic af
Would love to visit Montenegro about now
i feel like people (especially the English) have been going to Krakow for ages though
There is still a lingering view that Baltic countries and Poland iš shit and nothing good in there because they were under Soviet Union. But that was over 30 years ago and a lot have changed during that time
This is BS.
It’s been booming since the pandemic with its less than strictly imposed lockdowns and general tolerance towards not adhering to rules aka corruption.
Maybe because many of their tourists spots are better maintained than western Europe nowadays and recent reviews reflect that?
Shiiit they talking about undiscovered Eastern Europe and they didn’t even mention Joroinen. The Paris of Savo.
> Give me a suggestion that you think I’m going to like, and that’s not the usual suspect for European tourism.
ChatGTP: If you want something that feels genuinely different from the Paris–Rome–Barcelona loop, try Transnistria.
> WTF, thats like suggesting occupied war zone?
ChatGTP: Transnistria isn’t an active war zone in the way people usually mean, but it is politically unstable, unrecognized, and sitting right next to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
> Great, Transnistria …here…I…go.
This article is fucking nonsense for the places it picks, but I did use Chatgpt in planning my trip to Slovenia and Istria last year and it was a pretty decent tool in finding us towns and more interesting destinations. Many of the specifics were woeful though.
I don’t think Ukrainian, Belarusian or Russian tourism is booming
Finally AI is recommending something worth seeing
Oh, so AI is now ruining the quiet, rarely visited places? Oh, no, it doesn’t, AI suggest the same tourist traps everyone visits anyway.
sounds like places most people go to already, maybe Gdansk less, but the rest just are regular tourist places
This may also become problematic. If the AI „improves“ the images for a given place, the tourists may become disappointed when they actually arrive there and when they see that the place looks very different in reality vs what ghey have imagined. It’s the same phenomenon we saw in the past with the „photos shoped“ images.
Of all the palaces it would recommend, why not the little towns that are pronounced „mars“?