User:Clumsy plumsy/Most Visited Tourist Attractions

Here is a list of the world's 50 most-visited "tourist attractions" from the (now defunct, I believe) Forbes Traveler magazine circa 2007:

1) Times Square (New York City, NY) 35 million

2) National Mall & Memorial Parks (Washington, D.C.) 25 million

3) Disney World’s Magic Kington (Lake Buena Vista, FL) 16.6 million

4) Trafalgar Square (London, England) 15 million

5) Disneyland Park (Anaheim, CA) 14.7 million

6) Niagra Falls (Ontario, Canada & New York State) 14 million

7) Fisherman’s Wharf/Golden Gate National Recreation Area (San Francisco, CA) 13 million

8 ) Tokyo Disneyland/DisneySea (Tokyo, Japan) 12.9 million

9) Notre Dame de Paris (Paris, France) 12 million

10) Disneyland Paris (Marne-La-Vallee, France) 10.6 million

11) The Great Wall of China (Badaling area, China) 10 million

12) The Great Smoky Mountain National Park (Tennessee/North Carolina) 9.2 million

13) Universal Studios Japan (Osaka, Japan) 8.5 million

14) Basilique du Sacre-Coeur de Montmartre (Paris, France) 8 million

15) Musee du Louvre (Paris, France) 7.5 million

16) Everland (Kyonggi-Do, South Korea) 7.5 million

17) The Forbidden City/Tiananmen Square (Beijing, China) 7 million

18) Eiffel Tower (Paris, France) 6.7 million

19) Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure (Orlando, FL) 6 million

20) Sea World Florida (Orlando, FL) 5.7 million

21) Pleasure Beach (pictured above) (Blackpool, England) 5.7 million

22) Lotte World (Seoul, South Korea) 5.5 million

23) Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise (Japan) 5.4 million

24) Hong Kong Disneyland (Hong Kong, China) 5.2 million

25) Centre Pompidou (Paris, France) 5.1 million

26) Tate Modern (London, England) 4.9 million

27) British Museum (London, England) 4.8 million

28) Universal Studios (Los Angeles, CA) 4.7 million

29) National Gallery (London, England) 4.6 million

30) Metropolitan Museum (New York, NY) 4.5 million

31) Grand Canyon (Arizona) 4.4 million

32) Tivoli Gardens (Copenhagen, Denmark) 4.4 million

33) Ocean Park (Hong Kong, China) 4.38 million

34) Busch Gardens (Tampa Bay, FL) 4.36 million

35) Sea World California (San Diego, CA) 4.26 million

36) Statue of Liberty (New York, NY) 4.24 million

37) The Vatican and its museums (Rome, Italy) 4.2 million

38) Sydney Opera House (Sydney, Australia) 4 million 39) The Coliseum (Rome, Italy) 4 million

40) The American Museum of Natual History (New York, NY) 4 million

41) Grauman’s Chinese Theater (Hollywood, CA) 4 million

42) Empire State Building (New York, NY) 4 million

43) Natual History Museum (London, England) 3.7 million

44) The London Eye (London, England) 3.5 million

45) Palace of Versailles (France) 3.45 million

46) Yosemite National Park (California) 3.44 million

47) Pyramids of Giza (Egypt) 3 million

48) Pompeii (Italy) 2.5 million

49) Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia) 2.5 million

50) Taj Mahal (Agra, India) 2.4 million

One flaw is that it obviously does not include regions (like the Niagara Falls region, and others that were mentioned by users here).