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

(nicked from [personal profile] 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.

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Date: 2007-05-08 11:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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.

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Date: 2007-05-08 11:23 pm (UTC)
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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.

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