GENERATING RECOMMENDATIONS OF POINTS OF INTEREST

Systems and methods for generating recommendations of points of interest to visit are provided. In some aspects, a method includes receiving a request to search for a point of interest recommendation, wherein the request comprises a query and a geographic region, and a social network group. The method also includes generating a set of points of interest associated with the query. The method further includes placing the points of interest within the set of points of interest in an order based on whether the expression of interest is by a member of the social network group.