List of most visited palaces and monuments

This is a list of the most visited palaces, historical monuments and memorials in the world. Sources used to compile the list include the Museum Index published by the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) and the economics practice at AECOM; and the annual survey of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) in the United Kingdom; the U.S. National Park Service list of National Monuments, and the French and Russian Ministries of Culture

Forbidden City, Beijing, China.
Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand
The Taj Mahal, Agra, India
Lincoln Memorial,Washington D.C., U.S.
Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France.
Peterhof Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia

List

Palaces and monuments by number of visitors per year
NameCountry flag, cityVisitors per yearYear reported
Forbidden CityChina Beijing16,699,5382017[1]
Grand PalaceThailand Bangkok8,000,0002016[2]
Taj MahalIndia Agra8,000,0002017 [3]
Lincoln MemorialUnited States Washington, D.C.7,956,1172017 [4]
PantheonItaly Rome7,398,5362017
ColosseumItaly Rome7.036.1042017
Eiffel TowerFrance Paris6,910,0002015[5]
Palace of VersaillesFrance Versailles6,701,1932016[6]
Peterhof PalaceRussia Saint Petersburg5,245,9002016[7]
Vietnam Veterans MemorialUnited States Washington, D.C.5,700,0002017[8]
World War II MemorialUnited States Washington, D.C.5,072,5892017[9]
Independence National Historical ParkUnited States Philadelphia4,790,7582017[10]
San Francisco Maritime National Historical ParkUnited States San Francisco4,493,5192017[11]
Statue of Liberty National MonumentUnited States New York City4,441,9882017[12]
National Palace Museum[iii]Taiwan Taipei4,436,1182017[13]
Tsarskoe Selo State Museum-ReserveRussia Saint Petersburg3,694,0002016[7]
Wilanów PalacePoland Warsaw3,098,9852016[6]
Schönbrunn PalaceAustria Vienna3,050,0002017[14]
Kazan KremlinRussia Kazan2,893,3002016[7]
Tower of LondonUnited Kingdom London2,843,0312017[15]
Moscow KremlinRussia Moscow2,478,6222016[16]
Battle of Stalingrad State Museum-ReserveRussia Volgograd2,359,3002016[7]
Łazienki PalacePoland Warsaw2,100,0002016[6]
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and MuseumPoland Oświęcim2,053,0002016[17]
Topkapı PalaceTurkey Istanbul2,000,0002017[18]
Edinburgh CastleUnited Kingdom Edinburgh2,063,7092017[19]
Neuschwanstein CastleGermany Bavaria1,500,0002017[20]

See also

Notes

^i Includes visitors recorded at all three Metropolitan Museum of Art sites, such as the 505,590 visitors recorded at the Met Breuer.[21]
^ii Statistics refer to the fiscal year ending 30 June 2017.[21]
^iii Includes only the visitors recorded at the main museum in Taipei, and not the 991,666 visitors recorded at the Southern Branch.

References

  1. ↑ "故宫2017年接待观众逾1699万人次 创历史新纪录" (in Chinese). China News Service. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Travel and Leisure magazine , 22 June 2016
  3. ↑ "Indians visiting Taj Mahal could be capped at 40,000 a day" The Guardian, 3 January 2018
  4. ↑ U.S. National Park Service Statistics (irma.nps.gov)
  5. ↑ "Number of Eiffel Tower visitors falls in wake of Paris attacks". France 24. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 "5 most visited Museums: 2016". EGMUS. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Статистика культуры 2016" (PDF) (in Russian). Ministry of Culture (Russia). p. 40. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  8. ↑ U.S. National Park Service Statistics (irma.nps.gov)
  9. ↑ "Park Statistics". Independence National Historical Park. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  10. ↑ U.S. National Park Service Statistics (irma.nps.gov)
  11. ↑ U.S. National Park Service Statistics (irma.nps.gov)
  12. ↑ U.S. National Park Service Statistics (irma.nps.gov)
  13. ↑ 國立故宮博物院: 106年度參觀人數統計 (PDF). National Palace Museum. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  14. ↑ Vienna visitor statistics "Wien Besucherzahlen" Check |url= value (help) [Vienna Visitor Statistics] (in German). Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  15. ↑ The Art Newspaper, 26 March, 2018
  16. ↑ "Visitor Figures 2016" (PDF). The Art Newspaper Review. April 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  17. ↑ "TEA-AECOM 2016 Theme Index and Museum Index: The Global Attractions Attendance Report" (PDF). Themed Entertainment Association. pp. 68–73. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  18. ↑ "Museum, ancient site visitors rose 17 pct last year in Turkey". Hürriyet Daily News. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  19. ↑ ALVA list, 2017
  20. ↑ Deutsche Welle, Feb. 19, 2018
  21. 1 2 "Met Museum Welcomes 7 Million Visitors". Metropolitan Museum of Art. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

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