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Travel interest in national parks is on the rise, suggesting Facebook's check-in data is an indicator of current trends and the places that people are proudest to travel to.
Facebook users were more excited to announce their trips to national parks than sports stadiums in 2014, according to Facebook’s annual Year in Review Data.
Last year four stadiums made the top ten including Dodger Stadium, AT&T Park, Rangers Ballpark and Fenway Park.
All were absent from this year’s list and replaced with Yosemite National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, and Yellowstone National Park. Yankees Stadium also made the 2014 list.
Each year Facebook lists the most checked into places in the United States. According to 2013 data, travel is the second most talked-about life event on the social network after relationship updates.
Disney Parks, Universal Studios Hollywood, and Times Square have topped the lists in both 2013 and 2014.
The full list of the 10 most-checked into destinations in the U.S. is below:
- Disney parks including Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Epcot, Disney’s California Adventure and Disney’s Animal Kingdom
- Universal Studios Hollywood
- Times Square
- Yosemite National Park
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Yellowstone National Park
- Yankee Stadium
- Las Vegas Strip
- Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Madison Square Garden
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Photo credit: A sign in Yosemite National Park. Jirka Matousek / Flickr