Top Adjectives for Cities on Twitter: Tokyo is the Capital of Cameras, Anime, and Rock Music

▲ Tokyo Station (Photo / Wikimedia Commons)

By Rita

If we were to choose three keywords to describe Taipei, Taiwan’s largest city, what would they be?

A foreign travel website recently surveyed the most frequently used adjectives on Twitter to describe major world cities, including New York, Barcelona, and Sydney. The results were visualized in chart form by airport transfer company Hoppa, and they’re really interesting.

▲ World Cities Twitter Keyword Survey: Paris (Photo /hoppa.com)

According to the UK's Daily Mail, this survey was based on an analysis of tweets, and it found that many of the keywords are related to news. Interestingly, the repeatedly used adjectives also reveal how tourists around the world perceive these cities, painting a unique picture through words.

The keywords for Barcelona are architecture, restaurants, and nightlife.

London is tea, weather, and pubs.

Tokyo includes cameras, lifestyle, anime, and rock music.

▲ World Cities Twitter Keyword Survey: Tokyo (Photo / hoppa.com)

Paris is lifestyle, love, culture, and photos.
Dubai is money, malls, happiness, and travel.