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Forbes made a list of the 25 most visited tourist attractions in America. I actually was suprised at the order of the list (many theme parks are above the grand canyon?! I thought that was a required vacation for Americans...) Anyway...discuss!
Times Square - New York, NY - 37.6 Million
Las Vegas Strip – Las Vegas, NV – 30.0 Million
National Mall and Memorial Parks – Washington, DC – 25.0 Million
Faneuil Hall Marketplace – Boston, MA – 20.0 Million
Disney’s Magic Kingdom – Lake Buena Vista, FL – 17.1 Million
Disneyland Park – Anaheim, CA – 14.9 Million
Fisherman’s Wharf/Golden Gate Park – San Francisco, CA – 14.1 Million
Niagara Falls – Niagara Falls, NY – 12 Million
Great Smokey Mountains Park – TN/NC – 9.04 Million
Navy Pier – Chicago, IL – 8.6 Million
Lake Mead – AZ/NV – 7.6 Million
Universal Studios – Orlando, FL – 6.2 Million
Sea World – Orlando, FL – 5.8 Million
Delaware Gap Park – PA/NJ – 5.13 Million
San Antonio River Walk – San Antonio, TX – 5.1 Million
Temple Square – Salt Lake City, UT – 5.0 Million
Universal Studios – Hollywood, CA - 4.7 Million
Metropolitan Museum – New York, NY – 4.7 Million
Cape Cod National Sea Shore – MA – 4.64 Million
Grand Canyon – AZ – 4.43 Million
Busch Gardens – Tampa Bay, FL – 4.4 Million
Sea World – San Diego, CA – 4.26 Million
Independence National Historic Park – Philadelphia, PA – 4.08 Million
American Museum of Natural History – New York, NY – 4.00 Million
Waikiki Beach – Oahu, HI – 3.67 Million
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Funny thing is, Times Square is one of my least favorite parts of NYC.
Times Square is the type of place that a tourist wants to see just once--just to say they've been there and saw the hype of it. After the first visit, most tourists don't go out of their way to see it again if they don't need to. There are other much nicer places in the city to see.
Times Square is the type of place that a tourist wants to see just once--just to say they've been there and saw the hype of it. After the first visit, most tourists don't go out of their way to see it again if they don't need to. There are other much nicer places in the city to see.
Not so fast Knickerbocker, I've been to 16 of these and happy to say that the three NYC sites are not included and likely never will be, or maybe I'm not a tourist.
What is Fanueil Hall Marketplace(Boston) and how on earth does it get 16 million more visitors than Independence Hall. Independence Hall has lines 2 blocks long from 8 am to 8 pm , April to NOV.
Vegas Strip gets 30 M visitors a year but Atlantic City doesnt make the list at all. Thats hard to fathom.
Did people actually think there was a bigger tourist location than NYC?
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