Methodology
We searched for the hashtag ‘gapyear’ on Instagram and matched this to its location tag to reveal the
number of times the hashtag was used at each destination. We’ve excluded any organisations that were
tagged as locations, as well as whole countries and kept this to destinations in each country. Where
landmarks within each destination have been tagged, we’ve matched this to the destination. All data
is correct as of 26 June 2018.