TripAdvisor

🚨 Reasons for Boycotting TripAdvisor

TripAdvisor, Inc. is a publicly traded (Nasdaq: TRIP) online travel guide platform headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts, USA. Its largest institutional shareholders are BlackRock (14.44%) and Vanguard (10.80%). TripAdvisor has been listed in the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) database of companies operating in illegal israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank since 2020. The company is the primary target of Amnesty International's "Destination: Occupation" campaign. TripAdvisor lists over 70 accommodations, activities, and tourist attractions in illegal settlements, financing israel's settlement economy and normalizing the occupation. The company has not responded to calls to remove listings in illegal settlements in 2024.

Key Boycott Drivers:

1. Inclusion in the UN Database on Illegal Settlements: TripAdvisor has been listed in the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) database of companies operating in illegal israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank since 2020. In the September 2025 update, TripAdvisor was named among 158 companies. In the latest September 2026 update, the list grew to 214 companies, and TripAdvisor remained on it. The UN report states that TripAdvisor directly contributes to the occupation economy by listing accommodation units in illegal settlements on its platform.Al Jazeera: UN lists 158 firms tied to illegal israeli settlements (September 2025)Le Monde: Cisjordanie: 214 entreprises liées aux colonies israéliennes (September 2026)
2. Primary Target of Amnesty International's "Destination: Occupation" Campaign: TripAdvisor is the primary target of Amnesty International's "Destination: Occupation" campaign launched in January 2019. Amnesty International placed TripAdvisor at the center of this campaign due to its "relative importance to the tourism industry in israeli settlements." As part of the campaign, Amnesty calls on TripAdvisor to remove all listings in illegal settlements. Amnesty International states that TripAdvisor lists over 70 accommodations, activities, and tourist attractions in illegal settlements, more than any other tourism company.UPI: Amnesty International claims TripAdvisor profiting off israeli war crimes (January 2019)Amnesty International: TripAdvisor offers over 70 listings in illegal settlements (2025)
3. Listing in Illegal Settlements and Normalizing the Occupation: TripAdvisor lists accommodations, activities, and tourist attractions in illegal israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank (such as Ariel and Kfar Etzion). For example, the Eshel HaShomron Hotel in the Ariel settlement is listed on TripAdvisor as being in "israeli settlements" within "Palestinian territories." Through these listings, TripAdvisor strengthens the settlement economy and "normalizes and legitimizes" them as tourist destinations. The legitimization of settlements, which are illegal under international law, through tourism is considered a war crime.Público: Turismo con vistas al genocidio (July 2026)Amnesty International: TripAdvisor offers over 70 listings in illegal settlements (2025)
4. israel's Stance Against the UN Database and TripAdvisor's Silence: israel describes the UN database as "a mechanism established with the sole purpose of persecuting the Jewish state" and rejects the list. TripAdvisor has not responded to calls to remove listings in illegal settlements in 2024. The company has made no official statement regarding its commercial ties with israel. The Spanish government in July 2026 demanded that TripAdvisor and four other platforms remove 141 accommodation listings in illegal settlements.Observatorio Global UDLAP: UN list of 214 companies (September 2026)Público: Spain demands removal of 141 listings (July 2026)
5. Zionist Capital: BlackRock and Vanguard Shareholding: TripAdvisor's largest institutional shareholders include BlackRock (14.44%), Vanguard (10.80%), and State Street (4.20%). These funds face boycott calls from activists due to their israel-linked global investments. BlackRock and Vanguard's investments in israel-linked companies indirectly contribute to sustaining the occupation economy.ADVFN: TripAdvisor Inc (0QZS) Ownership Distribution — BlackRock 14.44%, Vanguard 10.80% (March 2026)Investing.com: TripAdvisor Ownership — BlackRock, Vanguard (2026)

🌐 Sources

• Amnesty International: Destination: Occupation — Digital Tourism and israel's Illegal Settlements (January 2019)
• UPI: Amnesty International claims TripAdvisor profiting off israeli war crimes (January 2019)
• Al Jazeera: UN lists 158 firms tied to illegal israeli settlements (September 2025)
• Público: Turismo con vistas al genocidio (July 2026)
• Le Monde: Cisjordanie: 214 entreprises liées aux colonies israéliennes (September 2026)
• ADVFN: TripAdvisor Ownership — BlackRock 14.44%, Vanguard 10.80% (March 2026)