The Luckiest Places in the World to Visit Ranked by Popularity

The Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy stands as the most popular location to visit for good fortune this year with a popularity score of 9.5 out of 10 – 90% higher than the average of 5 out of 10. Ranking highest for number of TripAdvisor reviews (102,194) and second highest for Instagram hashtags (572,969), this fountain, completed in 1762, is both picturesque and a delight to visit. Those looking for good fortune should stand with their back to the fountain and toss a coin over their left shoulder to guarantee both luck and a return trip to Rome in the future.

The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey ranks as the second most popular location to visit for luck, boasting a popularity score of 9.3 out of 10 with the second highest monthly search volume average (293,000). Located in the Hagia Sophia is a bronze hole on the ‘sweating column’ which, if visitors touch with their thumb at a 360 degree angle, is believed to make any wish come true. The Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy stands as the most popular location to visit for good fortune this year with a popularity score of 9.5 out of 10 – 90% higher than the average of 5 out of 10. Ranking highest for number of TripAdvisor reviews (102,194) and second highest for Instagram hashtags (572,969), this fountain, completed in 1762, is both picturesque and a delight to visit. Those looking for good fortune should stand with their back to the fountain and toss a coin over their left shoulder to guarantee both luck and a return trip to Rome in the future.

Ranking third is Hoover Dam in Nevada, United States with a popularity score of 9.2 out 10 , boasting the highest global monthly search volume average of 305,000 searches. People travel far and wide to rub the feet of the Winged Figures of the Republic statue which are known to bring good luck.

Following closely behind among the most popular locations to visit for good fortune this year are Charles Bridge (9), Blarney Castle (7.5) and Fushimi Inari-taisha (7.1) respectively ranking fourth, fifth and sixth.

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Methodology:

1.Experts at PsychicWorld.com sought to discover which locations around the world, that are believed to bring you good luck and good fortune, are the most popular to visit in 2022.

2.A seed list of 30 locations around the world believed to bring luck and good fortune to visitors was established utilising online articles from reputable sites such as Town&CountryMag.com and ReadersDigest.com.

3.Three variables were combined to establish which of the analysed locations are the most popular to visit. These variables include monthly search volumes, number of TripAdvisor reviews and number of Instagram hashtags.

4.The total number of Instagram hashtags for each location was extracted from Instagram.

5.The total number of TripAdvisor reviews was extracted from TripAdvisor.

6.Search analytics tool Ahrefs was utilized to collate global monthly search volumes for each analysed location.

7. To establish a popularity score out of 10 for each location the three variables were combined to obtain the average percentage rank. Locations were subsequently ranked in accordance to the new value.

8.Data collection was completed on 10/01/2022.