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Table 6 Values of q exponents for residents and tourists in the different cities

From: Urban magnetism through the lens of geo-tagged photography

City

Residents

Domestic tourists

Foreign tourists

Total activity

New York City

1.06

1.39

1.63

1.21

London

1.29

1.35

1.61

1.25

Paris

1.25

1.38

1.43

1.23

San Francisco

1.10

1.12

1.21

1.02

Washington

1.21

2.51

2.81

1.42

Barcelona

1.65

2.18

2.26

1.69

Chicago

1.48

1.91

2.71

1.54

Los Angeles

1.25

1.46

1.84

0.92

Rome

2.37

2.77

3.17

2.61

Berlin

1.60

2.19

1.60

1.56

  1. q exponent is a measure of how concentrated or distributed people activity is across different ‘hotspots.’ Namely, a higher value means that people are more focused on just visiting major attractions.
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