I'm sure that's the intended reason. But the bothersome thing about apps is that permissions are blanket. If an app has permission to do something it can do it at any time, whether you are aware and want it to or not.

In the case of Tripadvisor I went ahead and updated because I'm not too concerned about it. But there are lots of apps I refuse to install (or update if it was a change in permissions) because of stuff like wanting access to my camera and microphone.