Almost 1m Tripadvisor reviews in 2020 found to be fraudulent

In total Tripadvisor penalised 34,605 properties for fraudulent activity and banned 20,299 members

Almost 1m reviews submitted for inclusion on Tripadvisor - equivalent to 3.6% of the total - were determined to be fraudulent by the website last year.

In its second transparency report - the first was released in 2019 - the travel guidance platform said 67.1% of the fake reviews had been caught before making it on to the platform by its pre-posting moderation algorithm.