List of most-visited palaces and monuments

Forbidden City, Beijing, China. The most visited monument in the world.
St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Vatican City.
Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France.
Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C., U.S.
Colosseum, Rome, Italy.
Parthenon, Athens, Greece
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
Taj Mahal, Agra, India
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey

This is a list of the most visited national monuments, including palaces, historical monuments and historic sites. Sources used to compile the list include an annual survey of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) in the United Kingdom; the U.S. National Park Service list of National Monuments, Patrimonio Nacional of Spain, and the Italian, French, and Russian Ministries of Culture.

List

National monuments by visitors per year
NameCountry flag, cityVisitors per yearYear reported
The Forbidden CityChina Beijing17,000,000+2018[1]
St. Peter's Basilica-Apostolic PalaceVatican City Vatican City11,000,0002018[2][3]
Palace of VersaillesFrance Versailles8,100,0002018[4]
Lincoln MemorialUnited States Washington, D.C.7,804,6832018[5]
Forum Romanum-Colosseum-Palatine Hill CircuitItaly Rome7,650,5192018[6]
Acropolis of Athens-ParthenonGreece Athens7,200,0002016[7]
Eiffel TowerFrance Paris7,000,0002017[8]
Taj MahalIndia Agra6,532,3662019 [9]
Hagia SophiaTurkey Istanbul 6,250,0002024[10]
Cologne CathedralGermany Cologne 6,000,0002018[11]
Peterhof PalaceRussia Saint Petersburg5,245,9002016[12]
Statue of UnityIndia Kevadiya5,000,000+2023[13]
Łazienki Palace Poland Warsaw 4,966,858 2019[14]
Vietnam Veterans MemorialUnited States Washington, D.C.4,719,1482018[5]
World War II MemorialUnited States Washington, D.C.4,652,8652018[15]
Independence National Historical ParkUnited States Philadelphia4,576,4362018[5]
Sagrada FamíliaSpain Barcelona4,500,0002018 [16]
Statue of Liberty National MonumentUnited States New York City4,335,4312018[5]
TeotihuacánMexico Teotihuacán4,070,0002018[17]
Mysore PalaceIndia Mysore3,861,1622019[18]
Tsarskoe Selo State Museum-ReserveRussia Saint Petersburg3,694,0002016[12]
PompeiiItaly Pompei, Naples3,646,5852018 [19]
Topkapı PalaceTurkey Istanbul3,474,7602023[20]
Wilanów PalacePoland Warsaw3,115,7972019[21]
Royal Castle Poland Warsaw 2,036,642 2024[22]
Schönbrunn PalaceAustria Vienna3,050,0002017[23]
Kazan KremlinRussia Kazan2,893,3002016[12]
Tower of LondonUnited Kingdom London2,858,3362018[24]
AlhambraSpain Granada2,760,0002018[25]
Chichén ItzáMexico Yucatán2,740,0002018[26]
Chapultepec CastleMexico Mexico City2,661,6152018[27]
Ciudad de las Artes y las CienciasSpain Valencia2,637,5672018[28]
Moscow KremlinRussia Moscow2,478,6222016[29]
Battle of Stalingrad State Museum-ReserveRussia Volgograd2,359,3002016[12]
TulumMexico Quintana Roo2,190,0002018[30]
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and MuseumPoland Oświęcim2,053,0002016[31]
Edinburgh CastleUnited Kingdom Edinburgh2,111,5782018[32]
Mosque–Cathedral of CórdobaSpain Córdoba1,953,1332018[33]
Royal Alcázar of SevilleSpain Seville1,875,7442018[34]
Wawel Castle Poland Kraków 1,587,999 2019[21]
Arc de TriompheFrance Paris1,583,2602017
Royal Palace of MadridSpain Madrid1,552,4812018[35]
Dolmabahçe PalaceTurkey Istanbul1,500,0002022[36]
Neuschwanstein CastleGermany Schwangau1,500,0002017[37]
Machu PicchuPeru Cusco1,411,2762017[38]
Castillo San Felipe del Morro (San Juan National Historic Site)Puerto Rico San Juan1,400,0002016[39]

See also

Notes

^ii Statistics refer to the fiscal year ending 30 June 2017.[40]

References

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  2. ↑ "In crescita il turismo religioso. San Pietro a Roma accoglie ogni anno 11 milioni di visitatori". italoamericano.org. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
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  4. ↑ "La fréquentation des musées et monuments parisiens poursuit sa hausse en 2018", Le Monde, 15 January 2019
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Annual Park Ranking Report for Recreation Visits in: 2018". irma.nps.gov. U.S. National Park Service.
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  9. ↑ Fakhar-e-Alam (dir.), India tourism statistics 2019, Ministry of tourism.
  10. ↑ "From museum to mosque: Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque welcomes 25 million visitors in 4 years".
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  15. ↑ "Park Statistics". Independence National Historical Park. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  16. ↑ "La Sagrada Família, el monumento más visitado de Barcelona". 30 December 2018.
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  20. ↑ "Istanbul's historical places increase visitor numbers". 4 January 2024.
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  32. ↑ ALVA list, 2018
  33. ↑ "Info list". www.europapress.es. February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  34. ↑ "Info list". www.europapress.es. 13 January 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  35. ↑ "Info list". www.hoyesarte.com. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  36. ↑ "National Palaces host over 6 million visitors in 2022 - Türkiye News". 4 January 2023.
  37. ↑ Deutsche Welle, 19 February 2018
  38. ↑ "Machu Picchu recibió 3 mil 800 turistas diarios en 2017" (in Spanish). La República. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  39. ↑ "Info list". www.elnuevodia.com. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  40. ↑ "Met Museum Welcomes 7 Million Visitors". Metropolitan Museum of Art. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

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