Places That Attract Tourists -- CountryWise Details
The World Tourism rankings are compiled by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) as part of their World Tourism Barometer publication, which is released three times throughout the year. In the publication World tourism in ranked both by number of visits and by tourism revenue generated.
The following Countries come in rankings in decending order by numver of visitors.
1 France - 74.2 million
2 United States - 54.9 million
3 Spain - 52.2 million
4 China - 50.9 million
5 Italy - 43.2 million
6 United Kingdom - 28.0 million
7 Turkey - 25.5 million
8 Germany - 24.2 million
9 Malaysia - 23.6 million
10 Mexico - 21.5 million
France:
The most visited places in France:
The Mont Saint-Michel The Palace of Versailles
Disneyland Paris is France's and indeed Europe's most popular tourist site, with 15,405,000 combined visitors to the resort's Disneyland Park and Walt Disney Studios Park in 2009
Other popular tourist sites include: (according to a 2003 ranking visitors per year): Eiffel Tower (6.2 million), Louvre Museum (5.7 million), Palace of Versailles (2.8 million), Musée d'Orsay (2.1 million), Arc de Triomphe (1.2 million), Centre Pompidou (1.2 million), Mont-Saint-Michel (1 million), Château de Chambord (711,000), Sainte-Chapelle (683,000), Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg (549,000), Puy de Dôme (500,000), Musée Picasso (441,000), Carcassonne (362,000).
Source Wikipedia.org
America
The most Visited Spots:
Niagara Falls, N.Y. Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Penn./N.J.
Times Square, New York City, N.Y
The Las Vegas Strip, Nevada
National Mall and Memorial Parks, Washington, D.C
Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston, MA
Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, Lake Buena Vista, FL
Disneyland Park, Anaheim, CA
Fisherman’s Wharf/Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, CA
Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tenn./N.C.
Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Ariz./Nev
Universal Studios Orlando/Islands of Adventure at Universal Orlando, FL
SeaWorld Florida, Orlando, FL
San Antonio River Walk, Texas
Temple Square, Salt Lake City, UT
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Penn./N.J.
Universal Studios,Hollywood, CA
Metropolitan Museum, New York, N.Y.
Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii
Grand Canyon, AZ
Busch Gardens Africa, Tampa Bay, FL
Cape Cod National Seashore, MA
SeaWorld San Diego, San Diego, CA
American Museum of Natural History, NY
Atlantic City Boardwalk, New Jersey
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