# Travel Spot Blogs Splendid Urban Places Posts People's Favorite Spaces By Meghan Young | Published 2009-10-06 | World Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/splendid-urban-places References: [psfk](http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/splendid-urban-places.html) & [flickr](http://www.flickr.com/groups/worldsbesturbanplacesandspaces/pool/) For the avid traveler or the simply curious individual, Splendid Urban Places is a project put together just for you. Conceived by Dan Hill, Russell Davies and James Goggins, they aim to compile “a compendium of user-submitted photographs of favourite urban places or spaces, ideally accompanied by a short description.” Utilizing Flickr, they created a group in which participants can pool their favorite places. Already filled with a slew of submissions, some of these Splendid Urban Places are located in Chicago, Venice and New York. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.9/10 - Popularity: 44% | Activity: 6% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [World](https://www.trendhunter.com/world) > [Travel](https://www.trendhunter.com/travel) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **User-submitted Photography:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create a platform that incentivizes users to submit and share their favorite urban places through photography. - **Curated Urban Travel Guides:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop an app or website that curates user-submitted photographs and descriptions of favorite urban places, providing travelers with personalized and unique travel recommendations. - **Community-driven Travel Experiences:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Build a platform that connects travelers with local residents who can offer personalized tours and experiences of their favorite urban places. ### Who This Affects Most - **Travel and Tourism:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Incorporate user-submitted photographs and descriptions of favorite urban places into existing travel and tourism platforms to enhance the planning and booking process for travelers. - **Photography and Social Networking:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Combine photography and social networking elements to create a platform specifically tailored for users to share and explore favorite urban places through visual content. - **Technology and Travel Apps:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop an innovative mobile app that uses geolocation and user-generated content to guide travelers to unique and off-the-beaten-path urban places in their destination. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Connective Travel Recommendations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/spotify-for-travel.md) - [Interactive Quiet-Locating Maps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/quiet-places-finder.md) - [Community Travel Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/travelshare.md) - [City Exploration Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/social-exploration-app.md) - [Top City Discovery Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/thingsin.md) - [Travel Collectible Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/world-traveler.md) - [Engaging Travel Maps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/travel-maps.md) - [New Spot Finders](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/atarashiyo.md) - [Remote Work Cafes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/spotfinder.md)