Top 50 Most Popular Tourist Attractions In The World

#1 - Times Square 

New York City, NY, USA

35 million

http://www.timessquarenyc.org/

http://timessquare.com/

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#2 – National Mall & Memorial Parks 

Washington, D.C., USA

25 million

http://www.nps.gov/NAMA

http://www.nps.gov/mall

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#3 – Disney World’s Magic Kingdom 

Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA

16.6 million

http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/

http://www.wdwinfo.com/

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#4 – Trafalgar Square 

London, England, UK

15 million

http://www.london.gov.uk/trafalgarsquare/

http://www.ionthesquare.co.uk/

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#5 – Disneyland Park 

Anaheim, CA, USA

14.7 million

http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland

http://www.wdwinfo.com/disneyland/disneyland-theme-parks.htm

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#6 – Niagara Falls 

Ontario, Canada & New York State, USA

14 million

http://www.niagarafallsstatepark.com/

http://www.niagara-usa.com/

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#7 – Fisherman’s Wharf / Golden Gate National Recreation Area 

San Francisco, CA, USA

13 million

http://www.visitfishermanswharf.com/

http://www.nps.gov/goga

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#8 – Tokyo Disneyland/DisneySea 

Tokyo, Japan

12.9 million

http://www.tokyodisneyresort.co.jp

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#9 – Notre Dame de Paris 

Paris, France

12 million

http://www.notredamedeparis.fr/

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#10 – Disneyland Paris 

Marne-La-Vallee, France

10.6 million

http://www.disneylandparis.com/

http://www.disneylandparis.co.uk

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#11 – Great Wall of China

Badaling area, China

10 million

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/

http://www.greatwall-of-china.com/

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#12 – Great Smoky Mountain National Park

Tennessee/North Carolina, USA

9.2 million

http://www.nps.gov/grsm

http://www.gatlinburg.com/things-to-do/national-park/

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#13 – Universal Studios Japan

Osaka, Japan

8.5 million

http://www.usj.co.jp/e/

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#14 – Basilique du Sacre-Coeur de Montmartre

Paris, France

8 million

http://www.sacre-coeur-montmartre.com/

http://www.paris.org/Monuments/Sacre.Coeur/

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#15 – Musee du Louvre

Paris, France

7.5 million

http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home

http://www.paris.org/Musees/Louvre/

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#16 – Everland

Kyonggi-Do, South Korea

7.5 million

http://www.everland.com/MultiLanguage/english/

http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=264235

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#17 – The Forbidden City/Tienanmen Square

Beijing, China

7 million

http://www.beijingtrip.com/attractions/square.htm

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/beijing/tianan.htm

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#18 – Eiffel Tower

Paris, France

6.7 million

http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/

http://www.paris.org/Monuments/Eiffel/

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#19 – Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure

Orlando, FL, USA

6 million

http://www.universalorlando.com/amusement-parks/islands-of-adventure.html

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#20 – Sea World Florida

Orlando, FL, USA

5.7 million

http://www.seaworld.com/orlando/

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#21 – Pleasure Beach

Blackpool, England, UK

5.7 million

http://www.blackpoolpleasurebeach.com/

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#22 – Lotte World

Seoul, South Korea

5.5 million

http://www.lotteworld.com/Global_eng/Main.asp

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#23 – Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise

Japan

5.4 million

http://www.seaparadise.co.jp/english/

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#24 – Hong Kong Disneyland

Hong Kong, China

5.2 million

http://park.hongkongdisneyland.com/hkdl/en_US/home/home?name=HomePage

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#25 – Centre Pompidou

Paris, France

5.1 million

http://www.cnac-gp.fr/

http://www.centrepompidou.fr/

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#26 – Tate Modern

London, England, UK

4.9 million

http://www.tate.org.uk/

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#27 – British Museum

London, England, UK

4.8 million

http://www.britishmuseum.org/

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#28 – Universal Studios

Los Angeles, CA, USA

4.7 million

http://www.universalstudioshollywood.com/

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#29 – National Gallery

London, England, UK

4.6 million

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/

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#30 – Metropolitan Museum

New York, NY, USA

4.5 million

http://www.metmuseum.org/

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#31 – Grand Canyon National Park

Arizona, USA

4.4 million

http://www.nps.gov/grca

http://www.nps.gov/archive/grca/grandcanyon

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#32 – Tivoli Gardens

Copenhagen, Denmark

4.4 million

http://tivoli.dk/

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#33 – Ocean Park

Hong Kong, China

4.38 million

http://www.oceanpark.com.hk/html/en/home/

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#34 – Busch Gardens

Tampa Bay, FL, USA

4.36 million

http://www.buschgardens.com/BGT2/

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#35 – Sea World California

San Diego, CA, USA

4.26 million

http://www.seaworld.com/sandiego/

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#36 – Statue of Liberty

New York, NY, USA

4.24 million

http://www.nps.gov/STLI

http://www.statueofliberty.org/

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#37 – The Vatican (Vatican Square)

& the surrounding museums

Vatican City (surrounded by Rome, Italy)

4.2 million

http://www.vatican.va/phome_en.htm

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#38 – Sydney Opera House

Sydney, Australia

4 million

http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/

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#39 – The Coliseum

Rome, Italy

4 million

http://www.italyguides.it/us/roma/colosseum.htm

http://www.tickitaly.com/galleries/colosseum-rome-italy.php

http://www.rome.info/about/

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#40 – American Museum of Natural History

New York, NY, USA

4 million

http://www.amnh.org/

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#41 – Grauman’s Chinese Theater

Hollywood (Los Angeles), CA, USA

4 million

http://www.manntheaters.com/chinese/

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#42 – Empire State Building

New York, NY, USA

4 million

http://www.esbnyc.com/tourism/tourism_visitorinfo.cfm

http://www.esbnyc.com/index2.cfm?noflash=1

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#43 – Natural History Museum

London, England, UK

3.7 million

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/

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#44 – The London Eye

London, England, UK

3.5 million

http://www.londoneye.com/

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#45 – Palace of Versailles

France

3.45 million

http://en.chateauversailles.fr/homepage

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#46 – Yosemite National Park

California, USA

3.44 million

http://www.nps.gov/yose

http://www.yosemitepark.com/

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#47 – Pyramids of Giza

Egypt

3 million

http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/giza.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza

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#48 – Pompeii

Italy

2.5 million

http://www.pompeiisites.org/

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#49 – Hermitage Museum

St. Petersburg, Russia

2.5 million

http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/index.html

http://www.arthermitage.org/

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#50 – Taj Mahal

Agra, India

2.4 million

http://www.tajmahal.org.uk/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal