Tripadvisor Attractions Scraper

Extract attractions and things to do from Tripadvisor for any city or region — names, ratings, review counts, categories, GPS coordinates, photos, and the ranked "top things to do" order. Built on Tripadvisor's mobile API, so it does not fight the website's DataDome anti-bot and keeps working when HTML scrapers break.

Who uses this

• Travel & OTA product teams — seed a destinations catalog with ranked attractions, ratings and images.
• Investors / market analysts — measure attraction density, quality and review volume across cities.
• Content & SEO teams — build "best things to do in
• PropTech / location apps — enrich neighborhoods and listings with nearby points of interest and coordinates.
• Researchers — study tourism supply and traveler sentiment at scale.

Output fields

Field	Type	Description
location_id	integer	Tripadvisor location/attraction id
name	string	Attraction name
rank	integer	Position in the city's ranked things-to-do list (POIs)
rating	number	Average bubble rating (0–5)
review_count	integer	Number of traveler reviews
category	string	e.g. "Points of Interest & Landmarks"
tags	array	Badges such as "Travelers' Choice"
latitude	number	GPS latitude (optional)
longitude	number	GPS longitude (optional)
image_url	string	Primary photo URL
web_url	string	Canonical tripadvisor.com review URL (optional enrichment)
is_tour_product	boolean	True for bookable tours/experiences vs POI attractions
geo_id	integer	Tripadvisor geo id of the city/region
geo_name	string	City/region name
query	string	The input query that produced the row
scraped_at	string	ISO-8601 UTC timestamp

Use cases

1. Destination catalog — run a list of cities to build a ranked attractions dataset with ratings and photos.
2. Competitive/tourism analysis — compare attraction counts, average ratings and review volume between cities.
3. Map & location enrichment — pull GPS coordinates for every top attraction in a city.
4. SEO landing pages — generate "top things to do" content with fresh, structured data.
5. Lead-in for reviews — enable the canonical URL to hand off ids to a review scraper.

Input parameters

Field	Type	Default	Description
queries	array	["Paris","Rome"]	City/place names or numeric Tripadvisor geo IDs
maxItemsPerQuery	integer	50	Max attractions per city/geo
includeTourProducts	boolean	false	Also include bookable tours/experiences
includeCoordinates	boolean	true	Attach GPS coordinates (one extra request per city)
enrichCanonicalUrl	boolean	false	Add each attraction's canonical tripadvisor.com URL
currency	string	"USD"	ISO currency code

Example input

{
    "queries": ["Paris", "187791"],
    "maxItemsPerQuery": 30,
    "includeCoordinates": true
}

Example output

{
    "location_id": 188151,
    "name": "Eiffel Tower",
    "rank": 1,
    "rating": 4.6,
    "review_count": 143967,
    "category": "Points of Interest & Landmarks • Observation Decks & Towers",
    "tags": ["Travelers' Choice"],
    "latitude": 48.858353,
    "longitude": 2.294464,
    "image_url": "https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/1a/9e/7f/9d/eiffeltoren.jpg?w=1000&h=-1",
    "web_url": null,
    "is_tour_product": false,
    "geo_id": 187147,
    "geo_name": "Paris",
    "query": "Paris",
    "scraped_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00+00:00"
}

Scheduling & integrations

Schedule runs to keep a destinations dataset fresh, or trigger via webhook. Export to Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, Amazon S3, or pull results through the Apify API / dataset endpoints.

Using it from an AI assistant (MCP)

Prefer live, on-demand access from Claude, Cursor or your own agent? Use the companion Tripadvisor Attractions MCP Server actor, which exposes search, list and detail as MCP tools.

FAQ

Where does the data come from? Tripadvisor's mobile app API — the same data the app shows for a destination's "Things to Do".

How fresh is it? Live at run time.

Is there a hard result limit? You control it with maxItemsPerQuery. A single city returns its ranked attractions (typically 20+ POIs, more with tours enabled).

Does it break on anti-bot challenges? The mobile API is not behind the website's DataDome challenge, so runs are far more stable than HTML scrapers.

Can I get coordinates? Yes — keep includeCoordinates on.

Is scraping this legal? You are responsible for complying with Tripadvisor's terms and applicable laws; scrape only public data and respect rate limits.