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 |
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Name | Country flag, city | data-sort-type="number" | Visitors per year ! | Year reported | Notes |
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The Forbidden City | | 17,000,000+ | 2018[1] | |
St. Peter's Basilica-Apostolic Palace | | 11,000,000 | 2018[2] [3] | |
| Versailles | 8,100,000 | 2018[4] | |
Lincoln Memorial | Washington, D.C. | 7,804,683 | 2018[5] | |
Forum Romanum-Colosseum-Palatine Hill Circuit | | 7,650,519 | 2018[6] | |
Acropolis of Athens-Parthenon | | 7,200,000 | 2016[7] | |
| | 7,000,000 | 2017[8] | |
| | 6,532,366 | 2019 [9] | |
| Cologne | 6,000,000 | 2018[10] | |
Peterhof Palace | Saint Petersburg | 5,245,900 | 2016[11] | |
Łazienki Palace | Warsaw | 4,966,858 | 2019[12] | |
Vietnam Veterans Memorial | Washington, D.C. | 4,719,148 | 2018 | |
World War II Memorial | Washington, D.C. | 4,652,865 | 2018[13] | |
Independence National Historical Park | Philadelphia | 4,576,436 | 2018 | |
Sagrada Família | Barcelona | 4,500,000 | 2018 [14] | |
Statue of Liberty National Monument | New York City | 4,335,431 | 2018 | |
Teotihuacán | Teotihuacán | 4,070,000 | 2018[15] | |
Mysore Palace | Mysore | 3,861,162 | 2019[16] | |
Tsarskoe Selo State Museum-Reserve | Saint Petersburg | 3,694,000 | 2016 | |
Pompeii | Pompei, Naples | 3,646,585 | 2018 [17] | |
Wilanów Palace | Warsaw | 3,115,797 | 2019[18] | |
Schönbrunn Palace | Vienna | 3,050,000 | 2017[19] | |
Kazan Kremlin | | Kazan | 2,893,300 | 2016 | |
Tower of London | London | 2,858,336 | 2018[20] | |
Alhambra | Granada | 2,760,000 | 2018[21] | |
Chichén Itzá | Yucatán | 2,740,000 | 2018[22] | |
Topkapı Palace | Istanbul | 2,720,119 | 2019[23] | |
Chapultepec Castle | Mexico City | 2,661,615 | 2018[24] | |
Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias | | Valencia | 2,637,567 | 2018[25] | |
Statue of Unity | Kevadiya | 2,600,000+ | 2019[26] | |
Moscow Kremlin | Moscow | 2,478,622 | 2016[27] | |
Battle of Stalingrad State Museum-Reserve | Volgograd | 2,359,300 | 2016 | |
Tulum | Quintana Roo | 2,190,000 | 2018[28] | |
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum | Oświęcim | 2,053,000 | 2016[29] | |
Edinburgh Castle | | 2,111,578 | 2018[30] | |
Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba | | 1,953,133 | 2018[31] | |
Royal Alcázar of Seville | | Seville | 1,875,744 | 2018[32] | |
Wawel Castle | Kraków | 1,587,999 | 2019 | |
Arc de Triomphe | Paris | 1,583,260 | 2017 | |
Royal Palace of Madrid | Madrid | 1,552,481 | 2018[33] | |
Neuschwanstein Castle | Schwangau | 1,500,000 | 2017[34] | |
Machu Picchu | Cusco | 1,411,276 | 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
- Web site: Beijing's Forbidden City ranks most visited museum in the world . en . . 12 May 2019.
- 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.
- Web site: The World's Most-visited Tourist Attractions . Travel + Leisure . 3 July 2020 . EN.
- "La fréquentation des musées et monuments parisiens poursuit sa hausse en 2018", Le Monde, 15 January 2019
- Web site: U.S. National Park Service . irma.nps.gov. Annual Park Ranking Report for Recreation Visits in: 2018.
- 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.
- Web site: Interesting facts about the Parthenon. 10 January 2016. 19 April 2019.
- Web site: The Eiffel Tower at a glance. 2019. 4 February 2020.
- Fakhar-e-Alam (dir.), India tourism statistics 2019, Ministry of tourism.
- Web site: Der Dom in Zahlen. The cathedral in numbers. 27 July 2020.
- News: Статистика культуры 2016 . ru . 40 . . 28 March 2018.
- Web site: Kultura w 2019 roku.
- Web site: Park Statistics . Independence National Historical Park . 28 March 2018.
- Web site: La Sagrada Família, el monumento más visitado de Barcelona. 30 December 2018 .
- Web site: List . www.eluniversal.com.mx. 31 March 2019 . 3 February 2020.
- News: Mysuru tourism sector records slight downturn. 6 May 2019. The Hindu. Kumar. R. Krishna.
- 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.
- Web site: Kultura w 2019 roku.
- Web site: Wien Besucherzahlen . Vienna Visitor Statistics . de . 25 March 2018.
- Association of Leading Visitors Attractions (ALVA), April 2019
- Web site: Data . sevilla.abc.es. 25 February 2019 . 3 February 2020.
- Web site: Visit list . www.eluniversal.com.mx. 3 February 2020.
- Web site: Most visited museums in Istanbul 2019 . Statista . 4 October 2021 . en.
- Web site: Info list. www.infobae.com. 19 June 2019. 3 February 2020.
- Web site: List . www.levante-emv.com. 2 January 2019 . 3 February 2020.
- News: In 11 months, Statue of Unity got 26 lakh visitors . en . . 23 October 2019 . 23 October 2019.
- Web site: Visitor Figures 2016 . The Art Newspaper Review . April 2017 . 23 March 2018.
- Web site: Info list. www.eluniversal.com.mx. 3 February 2020.
- Web site: TEA-AECOM 2016 Theme Index and Museum Index: The Global Attractions Attendance Report . 68–73 . . 23 March 2018.
- ALVA list, 2018
- Web site: Info list. www.europapress.es. February 2019. 3 February 2020.
- Web site: Info list. www.europapress.es. 13 January 2019. 3 February 2020.
- Web site: Info list. www.hoyesarte.com. 10 January 2019. 3 February 2020.
- Deutsche Welle, 19 February 2018
- News: Machu Picchu recibió 3 mil 800 turistas diarios en 2017 . La República . 9 March 2018 . Spanish . 15 November 2018.
- Web site: Info list. www.elnuevodia.com. 29 March 2017. 3 February 2020.
- Web site: Met Museum Welcomes 7 Million Visitors . . 11 July 2017 . 23 March 2018.