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What are the Top 10 Instagram-worthy tourist attractions in California?

A website that reviews hotels, resorts and destinations for families has come up with the most Instagram-worthy tourist attractions in California by analyzing hashtag data.

Yosemite National Park — famous for its waterfalls, mountains and hiking — took the top spot with 4.8 million Yosemite-related hashtags on the social media site, according to Family Destinations Guide. Yosemite is visited by about 4 million people each year.

Southern California holds the second-most “Instagrammable” tourist destination in California: Venice Beach, the study found. The Los Angeles coastal hotspot has 4.4 million posts under the hashtag. Nearly 30,000 people visit Venice Beach each day, Family Destinations Guide said.

In Northern California, the Golden Gate Bridge ranked third in popularity with 4.3 million posts under the Golden Gate Bridge hashtag. The San Francisco site sees more than 10 million visitors each year.

See where Lake Tahoe and five other IG-worthy destinations rank in the video above.

This story was originally published January 18, 2023 at 5:00 AM with the headline "What are the Top 10 Instagram-worthy tourist attractions in California?."

David Caraccio
The Sacramento Bee
David Caraccio is a video producer for The Sacramento Bee who was born and raised in Sacramento. He is a graduate of San Diego State University and a longtime journalist who has worked for newspapers as a reporter, editor, page designer and digital content producer.
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