Mary Johnston listed as a leading Glasgow tourist attraction on TripAdvisor website

A WOMAN has been listed as a top tourist spot on TripAdvisor, with readers asked: “Been to Mary Johnston? Share your experience.”

Mary Johnston’s listing on TripAdvisor.

A SCOTTISH woman has been named one of Glasgow’s top tourist attractions after finding herself listed on TripAdvisor.

Mary Johnston, 60, was given five-star reviews on the travel site and was listed as the city’s 87th most popular tourist attraction - and 18th best museum.

Visitors were asked: “Have you been to Mary Johnston? Share your experience.”

Mary Johnston was receiving five-star ratings before details were removed.

The mum-of-two told The Scotsman she wasn’t behind the destination listing and had asked for it to be taken down.

“I didn’t set it up. It must be a bug in the system or it is malicious,” she said.

“I’m already a user and I went on recently to review somewhere in Amsterdam so it may have happened then.

“I’m not a huge traveller, but I do like city breaks and have visited places such as Prague, Krakow, Lisbon and places like that.

“At least it is a good picture of me.”

TripAdvisor users saw the funny side, offering rave reviews.

“AIvimh” called her “the highlight of any trip to this beautiful Scottish city”.

Another noted Mary’s photo appeared sideways.

“This attraction wasn’t in the guidebooks but is fun for all the family if you’re a fan of people called Mary or rotationally-challenged photos,” said Perrierdoumbe.

“The doorman seemed a bit grumpy though and didn’t seem to want to let us in.”

Some of the reviews on TripAdvisor that have now been removed.

This morning TripAdvisor was in the process of removing the listing. Mary’s picture had been removed along with the reviews, but she still sat at 87 in the top attractions list.

A Google search also offered TripAdvisor’s pick of “hotels near Mary Johnston”.

A spokesperson for the site told News Corp Australia: “It is rare that a listing that does not meet our guidelines makes it onto the site.

“Thankfully, the very nature of our site allows for any inaccuracies to be quickly rectified, as is the case in this instance.

“This was not an intentional listing on her or our part. Once we discovered the erroneous posting we have stopped further reviews being posted on the site and the page has been taken down.”