The Athens metro and complaints on Tripadvisor about pickpockets
At a time when the domestic current affairs is flaring up for the confrontation new metro station in Exarchia, a British survey comes to highlight another problem. Complaints about pickpockets. The Athens Metro has the second worst reputation for pickpockets in the world based on Tripadvisor reviews, according to research by online financial comparison service money.co.uk.
The study analyzed the number of Tripadvisor reviews of tourist attractions and transport stations around the world and compared it with the number of reviews cited by pickpockets to reveal its worst tourist spots on this front.
According to this analysis, the metro of the Greek capital ranks second in complaints of pickpockets.
Topping the list of complaints about pickpockets is the Municipal Market of Benidorm, Spain. Places like flea markets and busy metro stations attract the most pickpockets. Although recognized as a fast way to get around Athens, the metro seems to have a problem with pickpockets. 88 out of a total of 579 reviews on the site, or 15.2%, mention pickpockets.
In third place with a percentage of 11.65% is the historic Colon Street of the city of Cebu in the Philippines.