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The lost (at least for Americans) island of Bali
The lost (at least for Americans) island of Bali Photo Credit: iStock

Google has revealed the top 10 travel questions most frequently asked by American users with Bali at the top of that list. (We believe most Americans think Bali is in the South Pacific).

Google has published its list of the most frequently searched keywords and questions of 2016 and the Indonesian island of Bali is clearly something of a mystery to American web users. 

Google has revealed the top 10 travel questions most frequently asked by American users with Bali at the top of that list. (We believe most Americans think Bali is in the South Pacific).

The location of Bora Bora, in French Polynesia (sixth), and the Grand Canyon (tenth) were also popular travel questions.

Other questions in the top 10 focus on activities within the USA. Las Vegas is clearly still a destination that interests many US travellers, with "what to do" in Sin City proving the second most frequently asked question.

One question had us scratching our heads. How many ounces can you take on a plane?

Ounces of what, we wondered?

Google's top 10 most frequently asked travel questions of 2016

1. Where is Bali?
2. What to do in Las Vegas? 
3. What to do in San Francisco?
4. Where is Corfu?
5. What to do in Orlando? 
6. Where is Bora Bora? 
7. What to do in Miami?
8. How many ounces can you take on a plane? 
9. What to do in Myrtle Beach?
10. Where is the Grand Canyon?

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