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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
Name Country flag, city Visitors per year Year reported
Forbidden City China Beijing 16,699,538 2017[1]
Grand Palace Thailand Bangkok 8,000,000 2016[2]
Taj Mahal India Agra 8,000,000 2017 [3]
Lincoln Memorial United States Washington, D.C. 7,956,117 2017 [4]
Pantheon Italy Rome 7,398,536 2017
Colosseum Italy Rome 7.036.104 2017
Eiffel Tower France Paris 6,910,000 2015[5]
Palace of Versailles France Versailles 6,701,193 2016[6]
Peterhof Palace Russia Saint Petersburg 5,245,900 2016[7]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial United States Washington, D.C. 5,700,000 2017[8]
World War II Memorial United States Washington, D.C. 5,072,589 2017[9]
Independence National Historical Park United States Philadelphia 4,790,758 2017[10]
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park United States San Francisco 4,493,519 2017[11]
Statue of Liberty National Monument United States New York City 4,441,988 2017[12]
National Palace Museum[iii] Taiwan Taipei 4,436,118 2017[13]
Tsarskoe Selo State Museum-Reserve Russia Saint Petersburg 3,694,000 2016[7]
Wilanów Palace Poland Warsaw 3,098,985 2016[6]
Schönbrunn Palace Austria Vienna 3,050,000 2017[14]
Kazan Kremlin Russia Kazan 2,893,300 2016[7]
Tower of London United Kingdom London 2,843,031 2017[15]
Moscow Kremlin Russia Moscow 2,478,622 2016[16]
Battle of Stalingrad State Museum-Reserve Russia Volgograd 2,359,300 2016[7]
Łazienki Palace Poland Warsaw 2,100,000 2016[6]
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum Poland Oświęcim 2,053,000 2016[17]
Topkapı Palace Turkey Istanbul 2,000,000 2017[18]
Edinburgh Castle United Kingdom Edinburgh 2,063,709 2017[19]
Neuschwanstein Castle Germany Bavaria 1,500,000 2017[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. ^ a b c "5 most visited Museums: 2016". EGMUS. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  7. ^ a b c d "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. {{cite web}}: Invalid |script-title=: missing prefix (help)
  14. ^ Vienna visitor statistics "Wien Besucherzahlen" [Vienna Visitor Statistics] (in German). Retrieved 25 March 2018. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  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. ^ a b "Met Museum Welcomes 7 Million Visitors". Metropolitan Museum of Art. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

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