Where we choose to spend vacation time says a lot about what we value, and despite or perhaps because of the lingering global economic crisis, we are traveling more than ever. The international tourists increased by 6.6 percent in 2010, according to the World Tourism Organization. China ousted Spain the third country most visited 55700000 with foreign arrivals, while held in France and the United States stressing the order of the first and second place.
Like it or not, the gardens are just as attractive in these countries, as is the case in South Korea. He Disneyland Paris on the same number of visitors (10.5 million people), and Sacred Heart, and two of the 10 tourist attractions in the world's most visited and Disney parks. America also dominates our list. Some of the credit goes to the weakness of the dollar, which drew 8.7 percent more foreign tourists in 2010 from the previous year, and is likely persuaded many Americans to explore within the borders of our vast.
China and India, but is larger than the United States, but the lack of reliable statistics of visitors and limited domestic tourism markets help account for a few attractions on our list. Expect to see more of them over time; already escalated presence in the Forbidden City of Beijing 7 million visitors in 2007 to 12.83 million visitors in 2010.
What is the most visited tourist attractions in the world? 39200000 people can be wrong? Read on to see the results and explain the ways we have to calculate everything.
Methodology: To review what the most visited tourist attractions in the world brings us the latest data provided by the attractions themselves or from government agencies and industry reports, and the media with a good reputation. Whenever we used the data available in 2010; However, in the case of some of the gardens and other attractions, the attendance figures from the last in 2009.
Gave the attractions that do not sell tickets and appreciates us as much as they can. He was able to estimate that 80% of the 49 million tourists who visited New York in 2010 passed through Times Square Alliance Times. But the East Side Gallery Berlin and Trafalgar Square in London ruled that the tourism offices can not provide estimates that the distinction between visitors and locals.
We identified "tourist attractions" and cultural and historical sites, and natural features, and spaces officially. Even shop filled Faneuil Hall Market Boston (1742 estimates) make the cut, but not in Minnesota Mall of America with 40 million visitors a year could only be number one. Short corridors and waterfront parks also fit our definition of tourist attractions. Ruled that the Blue Ridge Parkway. Excluding also scenes that rely almost exclusively pilgrims.
New attractions such as the wizarding world of Harry Potter lifted attendance at Universal Islands of Adventure park in Orlando more than 1.7 million visitors. Admission ticket sales hit by the adjacent Universal Studios, but since they're all part of the Universal Orlando Resort, Universal counted only once. (We counted Disney parks Orlando separately because they are farther from each other than other resorts listed park.)
No. 1 Times Square, New York City
Annual Visitors: 39,200,000
No. 2 Central Park, New York City
Annual Visitors: 38,000,000
No. 3 Union Station, Washington, D.C.
Annual Visitors: 37,000,000
No. 4 Las Vegas Strip
Annual Visitors: 29,467,000
No. 5 Niagara Falls, New York and Ontario
Annual Visitors: 22,500,000
No. 6 Grand Central Terminal, New York City
Annual Visitors: 21,600,000
No. 7 Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston
Annual Visitors: 18,000,000
No. 8 Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, Orlando
Annual Visitors: 16,972,000
No. 9 Disneyland Park, Anaheim, CA
Annual Visitors: 15,980,000
No. 10 Grand Bazaar, Istanbul
Annual Visitors: 15,000,000
No. 11 Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo
Annual Visitors: 14,452,000
No. 12 PIER 39, San Francisco
Annual Visitors: 14,000,000
No. 13 Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris
Annual Visitors: 13,650,000
No. 14 Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
Annual Visitors: 13,000,000
No. 15 Forbidden City, Beijing
Annual Visitors: 12,830,000
No. 16 Epcot, Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL
Annual Visitors: 10,825,000
No. 17 Disneyland Park, Marne-la-Vallée, France
Annual Visitors: 10,500,000
No. 18 Sacré Coeur Basilica, Paris
Annual Visitors: 10,500,000
No. 19 Tsim Sha Tsui Waterfront, Hong Kong
Annual Visitors: 10,088,493
No. 20 Victoria Peak, Hong Kong
Annual Visitors: 10,088,493
No. 21 Pike Place Market, Seattle
Annual Visitors: 10,000,000
No. 22 The Zócalo, Mexico City
Annual Visitors: 10,000,000
No. 23 Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL
Annual Visitors: 9,686,000
No. 24 Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL
Annual Visitors: 9,603,000
No. 25 Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Annual Visitors: 9,463,538
No. 26 Great Wall of China, China
Annual Visitors: 9,000,000
No. 26 South Street Seaport, New York City
Annual Visitors: 9,000,000
No. 27 Navy Pier, Chicago
Annual Visitors: 8,690,000
No. 28 Musée du Louvre, Paris
Annual Visitors: 8,500,000
No. 29 National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian), Washington, D.C.
Annual Visitors: 8,300,000
No. 30 Universal Studios Japan, Osaka, Japan
Annual Visitors: 8,160,000
By: Cristiano alvado
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