List of most visited palaces and monuments explained

This is a list of the most visited national monuments, including palaces, historical monuments and historic sites. It does not include churches, religious shrines and pilgrimage sites . Sources used to compile the list include an annual survey of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) in the United Kingdom; the U.S. National Park Service list of National Monuments, Patrimonio Nacional of Spain, and the Italian, French, and Russian Ministries of Culture.

List

National monuments by visitors per year
Name Country flag, city data-sort-type="number"Visitors per year !Year reported Notes
The Forbidden City17,000,000+2018[1]
St. Peter's Basilica-Apostolic Palace11,000,0002018[2] [3]
Versailles8,100,0002018[4]
Lincoln Memorial Washington, D.C.7,804,6832018[5]
Forum Romanum-Colosseum-Palatine Hill Circuit 7,650,519 2018[6]
Acropolis of Athens-Parthenon7,200,0002016[7]
7,000,0002017[8]
6,532,3662019 [9]
Cologne6,000,0002018[10]
Peterhof Palace Saint Petersburg5,245,9002016[11]
Łazienki Palace Warsaw4,966,8582019[12]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Washington, D.C.4,719,148 2018
World War II Memorial Washington, D.C.4,652,8652018[13]
Independence National Historical Park Philadelphia4,576,4362018
Sagrada Família Barcelona4,500,0002018 [14]
Statue of Liberty National Monument New York City4,335,4312018
Teotihuacán Teotihuacán4,070,0002018[15]
Mysore Palace Mysore3,861,162 2019[16]
Tsarskoe Selo State Museum-Reserve Saint Petersburg3,694,0002016
Pompeii Pompei, Naples3,646,585 2018 [17]
Wilanów Palace Warsaw3,115,7972019[18]
Schönbrunn Palace Vienna3,050,0002017[19]
Kazan Kremlin Kazan2,893,3002016
Tower of London London2,858,3362018[20]
Alhambra Granada2,760,0002018[21]
Chichén Itzá Yucatán2,740,0002018[22]
Topkapı Palace Istanbul2,720,1192019[23]
Chapultepec Castle Mexico City2,661,6152018[24]
Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias Valencia2,637,5672018[25]
Statue of Unity Kevadiya2,600,000+ 2019[26]
Moscow Kremlin Moscow2,478,6222016[27]
Battle of Stalingrad State Museum-Reserve Volgograd2,359,3002016
Tulum Quintana Roo2,190,0002018[28]
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum Oświęcim2,053,0002016[29]
Edinburgh Castle2,111,578 2018[30]
Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba1,953,1332018[31]
Royal Alcázar of Seville Seville1,875,7442018[32]
Wawel Castle Kraków1,587,9992019
Arc de Triomphe Paris1,583,260 2017
Royal Palace of Madrid Madrid1,552,481 2018[33]
Neuschwanstein Castle Schwangau1,500,000 2017[34]
Machu Picchu Cusco1,411,276 2017[35]
Castillo San Felipe del Morro (San Juan National Historic Site) 1,400,000 2016[36]

See also

Notes

Statistics refer to the fiscal year ending 30 June 2017.[37]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beijing's Forbidden City ranks most visited museum in the world . en . . 12 May 2019.
  2. Web site: In crescita il turismo religioso. San Pietro a Roma accoglie ogni anno 11 milioni di visitatori . italoamericano.org . 3 July 2020 . en . 4 October 2019.
  3. Web site: The World's Most-visited Tourist Attractions . Travel + Leisure . 3 July 2020 . EN.
  4. "La fréquentation des musées et monuments parisiens poursuit sa hausse en 2018", Le Monde, 15 January 2019
  5. Web site: U.S. National Park Service . irma.nps.gov. Annual Park Ranking Report for Recreation Visits in: 2018.
  6. Web site: Nel 2018 nei musei statali +5 milioni di visitatori e +35,4 milioni di introiti. 15 February 2019. Il Sole 24 ORE. 18 February 2019.
  7. Web site: Interesting facts about the Parthenon. 10 January 2016. 19 April 2019.
  8. Web site: The Eiffel Tower at a glance. 2019. 4 February 2020.
  9. Fakhar-e-Alam (dir.), India tourism statistics 2019, Ministry of tourism.
  10. Web site: Der Dom in Zahlen. The cathedral in numbers. 27 July 2020.
  11. News: Статистика культуры 2016 . ru . 40 . . 28 March 2018.
  12. Web site: Kultura w 2019 roku.
  13. Web site: Park Statistics . Independence National Historical Park . 28 March 2018.
  14. Web site: La Sagrada Família, el monumento más visitado de Barcelona. 30 December 2018 .
  15. Web site: List . www.eluniversal.com.mx. 31 March 2019 . 3 February 2020.
  16. News: Mysuru tourism sector records slight downturn. 6 May 2019. The Hindu. Kumar. R. Krishna.
  17. Web site: Nel 2018 nei musei statali +5 milioni di visitatori e +35,4 milioni di introiti. 15 February 2019. Il Sole 24 ORE. 18 February 2019.
  18. Web site: Kultura w 2019 roku.
  19. Web site: Wien Besucherzahlen . Vienna Visitor Statistics . de . 25 March 2018.
  20. Association of Leading Visitors Attractions (ALVA), April 2019
  21. Web site: Data . sevilla.abc.es. 25 February 2019 . 3 February 2020.
  22. Web site: Visit list . www.eluniversal.com.mx. 3 February 2020.
  23. Web site: Most visited museums in Istanbul 2019 . Statista . 4 October 2021 . en.
  24. Web site: Info list. www.infobae.com. 19 June 2019. 3 February 2020.
  25. Web site: List . www.levante-emv.com. 2 January 2019 . 3 February 2020.
  26. News: In 11 months, Statue of Unity got 26 lakh visitors . en . . 23 October 2019 . 23 October 2019.
  27. Web site: Visitor Figures 2016 . The Art Newspaper Review . April 2017 . 23 March 2018.
  28. Web site: Info list. www.eluniversal.com.mx. 3 February 2020.
  29. Web site: TEA-AECOM 2016 Theme Index and Museum Index: The Global Attractions Attendance Report . 68–73 . . 23 March 2018.
  30. ALVA list, 2018
  31. Web site: Info list. www.europapress.es. February 2019. 3 February 2020.
  32. Web site: Info list. www.europapress.es. 13 January 2019. 3 February 2020.
  33. Web site: Info list. www.hoyesarte.com. 10 January 2019. 3 February 2020.
  34. Deutsche Welle, 19 February 2018
  35. News: Machu Picchu recibió 3 mil 800 turistas diarios en 2017 . La República . 9 March 2018 . Spanish . 15 November 2018.
  36. Web site: Info list. www.elnuevodia.com. 29 March 2017. 3 February 2020.
  37. Web site: Met Museum Welcomes 7 Million Visitors . . 11 July 2017 . 23 March 2018.

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