TripAdvisor’s Top 5 Germiest Attractions
August 2, 2009 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Adventure, Exposed!, Travel and Health
With swine H1N1 flu constantly making front page news, travellers have got germs on the brain. According to a recent TripAdvisor site poll of nearly 5,000 travellers, a third of them are being more ‘germ aware’ and are washing and disinfecting their hands much more often.
In keeping with this theme, TripAdvisor has ‘coughed up’ a list what they think might be the world’s top ‘germiest’ attractions…
photo by ge'shmally (flickr)
1. The Blarney Stone in Ireland where ‘up to 400,000 mouths from all over the world touch the stone each year‘.
2. Seattle’s Wall of Gum where, since the 1990s people have been deposit their masticated gum while waiting in line for Theatresports
3. Oscar Wilde’s Tomb in Paris which is has a ‘rainbow of hundreds of visible kiss marks adorning the grave’.
4. St. Mark’s Square in Venice is full of hungry pigeons that are often touched and petted by tourists.
5. Forecourt of Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood where people get down on their hands and knees to place their fingers in the molds of their favorite stars.
I think I’ll steer clear of these attractions and settle for seeing them in youtube instead…
