Foursquare Announces Winners Of Global City Badges Contest

Earlier this month Foursquare announced that their #visitUS initiative, which let users compete to get their city a special Foursquare badge, had gone global. Foursquare users from around the world we...
Foursquare Announces Winners Of Global City Badges Contest
Written by Josh Wolford
  • Earlier this month Foursquare announced that their #visitUS initiative, which let users compete to get their city a special Foursquare badge, had gone global. Foursquare users from around the world were asked to create detailed lists that highlighted the best spots in their particular cities. Foursquare said that detailed lists with 40-50 entries that included photos and insider tips would be the most likely to win the contest.

    Today, they have announced which lists have won their cities their own badge on Foursquare. Here’s the full slate of winners:

    Asia
    Doha, Qatar
    Mumbai, India
    Seoul, South Korea

    Africa
    Casablanca, Morocco
    Kumasi City, Ghana
    Tunis, Tunisia

    Oceania
    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Manado, Indonesia
    Perth, Australia

    The Americas – North America
    Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
    Kingston, Jamaica
    Trois-Rivieres, Canada

    The Americas – South America
    Caracas, Venezuela
    Montevideo, Uruguay
    Santiago, Chile

    Europe
    Bologna, Italy
    Ghent, Belgium
    Guimaraes, Portugal
    Riga, Latvia
    Vienna, Austria

    Apparently, users from the Americas and Europe were the busiest, so those areas were awarded a couple extra winning cities. An example of a list that won its city a badge is “The City of Dreams,” user Vivek V’s tour of Mumbai, India.

    According to Foursquare, we’ll have to wait a couple of months to see what the new city badges look like. IN the next few weeks, new badges should be rolling out for Amsterdam, Jakarta, Rio, Bangkok, And Buenos Aires.

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