Discover the top 50 most visited sites in the world according to the study by Forbes Magazine. The data were used to compile this index are mostly tourist offices.
At the sight of this classification several interesting facts emerge:
- US sites attract more visitors
- Mickey has conquered the world
- Amusement parks win a big success
- Paris is the cultural capital of the world
- Tourists love museums
Some sites are not included in this ranking but still attract many visitors. These attractions can be mentioned the Prado Museum in Madrid with 2 million visitors, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence with 1.6 million entries or the archaeological site of Angkor in Cambodia, which receives 1.5 million tourists per year.
In this ranking places of pilgrimage as Mecca, Benares or the Sensoji Temple in Tokyo (which receives 30 million pilgrims per year) were excluded because they are not necessarily visited on holidays.
City Country Place Site Visitors
1 Times Square New York USA 35000000
2 Memorial Parks Washington USA 25000000
3 Disney World's Lake Buena Vista USA 16600000
4 Trafalgar Square London GB 15000000
5 Disneyland Park Anaheim USA 14700000
6 Niagara Falls Ontario and New York USA 14000000
7 Golden Gate National San Francisco USA 13000000
8 Tokyo Disneyland Tokyo Japan 12900000
9 Notre Dame de Paris Paris France 12000000
10 Disneyland Paris Marne La Vallee France 10600000
11 Great Wall of China China China 10000000
12 The Great Smoky Mountain Tennessee / N Carolina USA 9200000
13 Universal Studios Japan Osaka Japan 8500000
14 Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre Paris France 8000000
15 Louvre Paris France 7500000
16 Everland Kyonggi-Do South Korea 7500000
17 City Interdide Beijing China 7000000
18 Tour Eiffel Paris France 6700000
19 Universal Studios Orlando USA 6000000
SeaWorld Orlando Florida USA 20 5,740 million
Blackpool Pleasure Beach 21 GB 5700000
22 Lotte World Seoul South Korea 5.5 million
23 Hakkeijima Sea Paradise Yokohama Japan 5400000
24 Hong Kong Disneyland Hong Kong China 5200000
25 Centre Pompidou Paris France 5100000
26 Tate Modern Museum London GB 4900000
27 British Museum London GB 4800000
28 Universal Studios Los Angeles USA 4700000
29 National Gallery London GB 4600000
30 Metropolitan Museum New York USA 4500000
31 Grand Canyon Arizona USA 4400000
32 Tivoli Gardens Copenhagen Denmark 4400000
33 Ocean Park Hong Kong China 4.38 million
34 Busch Gardens Tampa Bay USA 4360000
35 SeaWorld San Diego California USA 4260000
36 Statue of Liberty New York USA 4240000
37 Vatican City Rome Italy 4200000
38 Sydney Opera House Sydney Australia 4100000
39 Coliseum Rome Italy 4000000
40 American Museum of Natural History New York USA 4000000
41 Grauman's Chinese Theatre Hollywood USA 4000000
42 Empire State Building New York USA 4000000
43 Natural History Museum London GB 3700000
44 The London Eye London GB 3500000
45 Palace of Versailles Versailles France 3450000
46 Yosemite National Park California USA 3440000
47 Pyramids of Giza Cairo Egypt 3000000
48 Ruins of Pompeii Naples Italy 2500000
49 Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg Russia 2500000
50 Taj Mahal Agra India 2400000
By analyzing this ranking we can see some interesting details about the kind of attractions of interest to tourists.
The 50 most visited sites in the world attracted 561 million visitors, according to figures provided by the tourism industry.
This is the United States that have the most sites listed in this top 50 with 19 places to visit. But nearly half of these sites are amusement parks. These 19 sites attracted 32.9% of all tourists accounted for the overall ranking.
France has 6 sites listed in this hit parade favorite of tourists and attracted only 8.2% of the 561 million visitors (45.8 million for the six French sites classified). However, all six sites listed are located in Paris and the Paris region.
Also note that France has two sites listed in the top 10 most visited places with Notre Dame de Paris and Disneyland Paris, which are respectively the ninth and 10th in the standings.
Mickey alone is better than Disneyland France since the four listed in the rankings has attracted 49.4 million tourists in the Top 50, or 8.8%.
In general the parks really are popular, whether in the United States, Europe or Asia as 136.7 million people visited the 15 sites of entertainment that account this classification, 24, 4% of the 561 million visitors.
Culture is not lost however, as 8.2% of tourists entered one of 10 museums listed (counting the Vatican Museums) in the top 50.
source : www.americas-fr.com/
At the sight of this classification several interesting facts emerge:
- US sites attract more visitors
- Mickey has conquered the world
- Amusement parks win a big success
- Paris is the cultural capital of the world
- Tourists love museums
Some sites are not included in this ranking but still attract many visitors. These attractions can be mentioned the Prado Museum in Madrid with 2 million visitors, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence with 1.6 million entries or the archaeological site of Angkor in Cambodia, which receives 1.5 million tourists per year.
In this ranking places of pilgrimage as Mecca, Benares or the Sensoji Temple in Tokyo (which receives 30 million pilgrims per year) were excluded because they are not necessarily visited on holidays.
City Country Place Site Visitors
1 Times Square New York USA 35000000
2 Memorial Parks Washington USA 25000000
3 Disney World's Lake Buena Vista USA 16600000
4 Trafalgar Square London GB 15000000
5 Disneyland Park Anaheim USA 14700000
6 Niagara Falls Ontario and New York USA 14000000
7 Golden Gate National San Francisco USA 13000000
8 Tokyo Disneyland Tokyo Japan 12900000
9 Notre Dame de Paris Paris France 12000000
10 Disneyland Paris Marne La Vallee France 10600000
11 Great Wall of China China China 10000000
12 The Great Smoky Mountain Tennessee / N Carolina USA 9200000
13 Universal Studios Japan Osaka Japan 8500000
14 Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre Paris France 8000000
15 Louvre Paris France 7500000
16 Everland Kyonggi-Do South Korea 7500000
17 City Interdide Beijing China 7000000
18 Tour Eiffel Paris France 6700000
19 Universal Studios Orlando USA 6000000
SeaWorld Orlando Florida USA 20 5,740 million
Blackpool Pleasure Beach 21 GB 5700000
22 Lotte World Seoul South Korea 5.5 million
23 Hakkeijima Sea Paradise Yokohama Japan 5400000
24 Hong Kong Disneyland Hong Kong China 5200000
25 Centre Pompidou Paris France 5100000
26 Tate Modern Museum London GB 4900000
27 British Museum London GB 4800000
28 Universal Studios Los Angeles USA 4700000
29 National Gallery London GB 4600000
30 Metropolitan Museum New York USA 4500000
31 Grand Canyon Arizona USA 4400000
32 Tivoli Gardens Copenhagen Denmark 4400000
33 Ocean Park Hong Kong China 4.38 million
34 Busch Gardens Tampa Bay USA 4360000
35 SeaWorld San Diego California USA 4260000
36 Statue of Liberty New York USA 4240000
37 Vatican City Rome Italy 4200000
38 Sydney Opera House Sydney Australia 4100000
39 Coliseum Rome Italy 4000000
40 American Museum of Natural History New York USA 4000000
41 Grauman's Chinese Theatre Hollywood USA 4000000
42 Empire State Building New York USA 4000000
43 Natural History Museum London GB 3700000
44 The London Eye London GB 3500000
45 Palace of Versailles Versailles France 3450000
46 Yosemite National Park California USA 3440000
47 Pyramids of Giza Cairo Egypt 3000000
48 Ruins of Pompeii Naples Italy 2500000
49 Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg Russia 2500000
50 Taj Mahal Agra India 2400000
By analyzing this ranking we can see some interesting details about the kind of attractions of interest to tourists.
The 50 most visited sites in the world attracted 561 million visitors, according to figures provided by the tourism industry.
This is the United States that have the most sites listed in this top 50 with 19 places to visit. But nearly half of these sites are amusement parks. These 19 sites attracted 32.9% of all tourists accounted for the overall ranking.
France has 6 sites listed in this hit parade favorite of tourists and attracted only 8.2% of the 561 million visitors (45.8 million for the six French sites classified). However, all six sites listed are located in Paris and the Paris region.
Also note that France has two sites listed in the top 10 most visited places with Notre Dame de Paris and Disneyland Paris, which are respectively the ninth and 10th in the standings.
Mickey alone is better than Disneyland France since the four listed in the rankings has attracted 49.4 million tourists in the Top 50, or 8.8%.
In general the parks really are popular, whether in the United States, Europe or Asia as 136.7 million people visited the 15 sites of entertainment that account this classification, 24, 4% of the 561 million visitors.
Culture is not lost however, as 8.2% of tourists entered one of 10 museums listed (counting the Vatican Museums) in the top 50.
source : www.americas-fr.com/
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