Not a tourist but...

[girlyswot]

The 50 most visited tourist destinations in the world, apparently. Click the cut to see where I've been.

(nicked from kelleypen)

1. Times Square, New York City, NY: 35 million visitors every year 

2. National Mall & Memorial Parks, Washington, D.C. (Washington Monument, Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials,the war memorials): About 25 million 1999

3. Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.: 16.6 million

4. Trafalgar Square, London, England: 15 million

5. Disneyland Park, Anaheim, Calif.: 14.7 million  (so many times I've lost track)

6. Niagara Falls, Ontario and New York: 14 million

7. Fisherman’s Wharf/Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, Calif.: 13 million

8. Tokyo Disneyland/DisneySea, Tokyo, Japan: 12.9 million

9. Notre Dame de Paris, Paris, France: 12 million.

10. Disneyland Paris, Marne-La-Vallee, France: 10.6 million

11. The Great Wall of China, Badaling area, China: About 10 million

12. The Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Tennessee/North Carolina: 9.2 million Not yet!

13. Universal Studios Japan, Osaka, Japan: 8.5 million

14. Basilique du Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre, Paris, France: 8 million

15. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France: 7.5 million (although I don't think we actually went inside, but we definitely walked through the courtyard bit)

16. Everland (amusement park), Kyonggi-Do, South Korea: 7.5 million

17. The Forbidden City/Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China: At least 7 million

18. Eiffel Tower, Paris, France: 6.7 million

19. Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure at Universal Orlando, Fla: 6 million

20. Sea World Florida, Orlando, Fla: 5,740,000 Sea World San Diego several times . . .

21. Pleasure Beach (amusement park), Blackpool, England: 5.7 million

22. Lotte World (amusement park), Seoul, South Korea: 5.5 million

23. Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise, Japan: 5.4 million

24. Hong Kong Disneyland, China: 5.2 million

25. Centre Pompidou, Paris, France: 5.1 million

26. Tate Modern, London, England: 4.9 million

27. British Museum, London, England: 4.8 million

28. Universal Studios Los Angeles, Calif.: 4.7 million

29. National Gallery, London, England: 4.6 million

30. Metropolitan Museum, New York, NY: 4.5 million

31. Grand Canyon, Ariz.: 4.4 million  both rims

32. Tivoli Gardens (amusement park), Copenhagen, Denmark: 4.4 million

33. Ocean Park (amusement park), Hong Kong, China: 4.38 million

34. Busch Gardens (amusement park), Tampa Bay, Fla.: 4.36 million

35. Sea World California, San Diego, Calif.: 4.26 million

36. Statue of Liberty, New York, NY: 4.24 million

37. The Vatican and its museums, Rome, Italy: 4.2 million

38. Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia: More than 4 million

39. The Colosseum, Rome, Italy: 4 million

40. American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY: 4 million

41. Grauman’s Chinese Theater, Hollywood, Calif.: 4 million 

42. Empire State Building, New York, NY: 4 million (Okay so I didn't go up, obviously, but I stood at the bottom and took pictures)

43. Natural History Museum, London, England: 3.7 million

44. The London Eye, London, England: 3.5 million (On the basis that I'm counting places I've walked past and looked at but haven't been in.  I have a heights issue.)

45. Palace of Versailles, France: 3.45 million

46. Yosemite National Park, Calif.: 3.44 million

47. Pyramids of Giza, Egypt: 3 million

48. Pompeii, Italy: 2.5 million

49. Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia: 2.5 million

50. Taj Mahal, Agra, India: 2.4 million

Thirteen.  Not bad for someone who's really not a traveller.

Comments

Quite good for one so young...

[grandma-kate.livejournal.com]

You've lots of time to see much more. My total is only 25 and I have years and years on you. Of course, some of them were not yet in existence when I was in the neighborhood.

Re: Quite good for one so young...

[girlyswot.livejournal.com]

Well, given that this time last year I'd only just been for my first trip in an aeroplane, I feel I've already packed a lot in!

[rhetoretician.livejournal.com]

I think I got sixteen. And while I'm not quite as old as Kate, I'm quite a bit older than you.

[girlyswot.livejournal.com]

It's all by accident rather than design. I lived in/near London for around 10 years. I went to a conference in DC last autumn. I had a day trip to NY in January with a friend who wanted to see everything. So the only place I've actually gone to visit is Paris. And two of the three times I was there were on school trips (as teacher, not student) so I wasn't really in charge of what we saw then. I have no plans to start travelling the world as a tourist.

[tdu000.livejournal.com]

I made nine but most of them are in London (all but the Eye because I haven't been for years). I've also been to the two in Rome, Versailles (but not Paris) and, of course, the Sydney Opera House. So you beat me Ros. My daughter's done seven, possibly eight, and she's only twelve. Funnily enough she's been to several I haven't. In fact I've only been to the Opera House with her from this list.

[girlyswot.livejournal.com]

There aren't many places on the list I actually want to go to, but I think the various places in Rome would be fun. Blackpool Pleasure Beach, not so much!

[tdu000.livejournal.com]

That's sort of what I thought. The art galleries would be the ones I'd lke to see but definitely not the pleasure parks.

[peverell.livejournal.com]

Only two, which isn't surprising as I'm not a good traveller except from my armchair. ;-)

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