Eric Fish­er has been geo­map­ping Flickr pho­tos of cit­ies around the world. He tracks the loc­a­tions of pho­tos taken by loc­als (blue) and tour­ist­s/out-of-town­ers (red). This is what Wel­ling­ton looks like:

There are notice­able tour­ist areas around Te Papa, Mt Vic­tor­ia lookout and Par­lia­ment. Tour­ists and loc­als are both dom­in­ant along Cour­tenay Place, Cuba Street, Lamb­ton Quay and the water­front. Aro Val­ley gets a loc­als-only burst of blue, as do Te Aro streets off the golden mile.

The New York ver­sion of this has been touted as a way for loc­als to avoid tour­ists, but the way Wel­ling­ton’s com­pact geo­graphy works, there’s really nowhere to run. And besides, our tour­ists are quite nice.

Click though for a look at the big­ger Wel­ling­ton photo, and if you have any obser­va­tions (or cor­rec­tions of my notes!), share them here.