New York City's Most Popular Uber Destination

The most popular travel destinations in New York are not the High Line, the Metropolitan, Madison Square Garden, or the Manhattan attractions that tourists love. The most frequent Uber users visit the Elmhurst area in Queens. Why - said the publication New York Post.

In 2019, the Elmhurst area (Queens, New York) became the most popular destination for state residents who used Uber transportation services (not including transit hubs) to get there. 198 stores are located here, including Hot Topic, Claire's and Cinnabon. This was announced on December 3 by the company itself.

At the same time, the Metropolitan Museum turned out to be the second most popular destination among passengers who used the services of Uber.

In third place is the Kings Plaza shopping center in Brooklyn, in the Mill Basin area.

What explains the popularity of the destination

23-year-old Uber driver Vicki Singh, who parked near the entrance to the mall, said she was bringing 6-7 passengers here in a day.

34-year-old Redwan Hassin from Jamaica said he visited the shopping Mecca for the second time in two weeks. However, he "does not believe that this is the place number 1 in New York."

“This is crazy (but) good for the Queens Center Mall, which means all of these businesses are making money,” added Luis Calero from Brooklyn. He also used the app to get to the center, which is close to Woodhaven Boulevard M and R tube stations.

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Raul Gonzalez, an 53-year-old resident of Jameika, said the statistics surprised him. But he explained this by the variety of “places to shop and eat,” which include items like Panda Express and Sbarro.

“A lot of people come here to shop and they can just go down to the food court,” Gonzalez said. "It's more convenient, plus indoors."

Tourism: the main direction Uber in New York-2019

Uber also announced that during 2019, its users made the most trips around the world. At the same time, the Empire State Building is in first place in the ranking of tourist destinations.

Freedom Tower in Lower Manhattan took second place in the world ranking; it is followed by the CN Tower in Toronto and the Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre in Paris.

Also included in the top ten: Burj Khalifa in Dubai, Disneyland in Anaheim, California, Buckingham Palace in London and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

According to the city, in the 2018 year, tourists and residents of the Big Apple, along with Uber and its competitors, made a little more than 600 thousand trips, which is 37% more than in 2017 year, and 137% more than in 2017 year.