Who would say no to fun? It is no wonder that theme parks dominated a list of
world's 50 most-visited tourist attractions by Travel & Leisure (T&L) magazine.
As these fun factory giants continue to draw crowds, we see five
amusement parks emerging in the top 20 list for 2011.
With 10.5 million annual visitors, Disneyland Paris tied with
Sacre-Coeur, a prominent monument of Paris, at 17th spot.
America also dominated the list. T&L attributed the growth of 8.7 per
cent of foreign tourist from the previous year to the weak US dollar - and a
surge in local travel.
While China and India did not show up much in the list, T&L expects to
see more of them in future with Beijing's Forbidden City surging through the
ranks from 7 million visitors in 2007 to 12.83 million visitors in 2010.
According to T&L, where we spend most of our vacation time is
suggestive of what we value.
So which is the attraction that took top spot? Click on to find out as
we bring you the top 20.
And perhaps, you can take it from the wisdom of the crowds and add
these attractions to your bucket list. Afterall, how can 39 million visitors be
wrong?
1. Times Square, New York City, New York, US
Annual Visitors:
39,200,000
2. Central Park, New York City, New York, US
Annual Visitors:
38,000,000
3. Union Station, Washington, DC, US
Annual Visitors: 37,000,000
4. Las Vegas Strip, Nevada, US
Annual Visitors: 29,467,000
5. Niagara Falls, New York, US and Ontario, Canada
Annual
Visitors: 22,500,000
6. Grand Central Terminal, New York City, New York, US
Annual
Visitors: 21,600,000
7. Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, US
Annual Visitors:
18,000,000
8. Magic Kingdom Park, Walt Disney World Resort, Orlando, Florida,
US
Annual Visitors: 16,972,000
9. Disneyland Park, Anaheim, California, US
Annual Visitors:
15,980,000
