Tourists attractions aren't always what you'd necessarily assumed. There are the expected ones--The Taj Mahal, Great Pyramids, and Stonehenge for example that have worldwide appeal but there are also lesser known attractions that are surprisingly popular such as Everland, a South Korean theme park that beat all the aforementioned tourist hot spots to make it to the top 50. Surprisingly those three didn't even make it on the list at all.
Last year Travel + Leisure compiled a list of the 50 most visited tourist attractions. To compile the comprehensive list the magazine gathered the most recent data supplied by various attractions or government agencies, media outlets and industry reports.
From their findings, theme parks have an overwhelming presence as tourist attractions. With Disney Parks landing two of the coveted top ten spots on the list as well as many New York hot-spots crawling into top ten.
Tourist attractions count as cultural and historical sites, natural landmarks and officially designated spaces.
Here is the top five:
1) Times Square, New York
The massive waterfall draws in approximately 22,500,00 visitors annually. Spilling six million cubic feet of water, it is one of the most visited falls in the world.
See the full list of fifty here.
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