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Most visited tourist attractions worldwide as of April 2014 (in millions)

Characteristic	Annual number of visitors in millions
Las Vegas Strip	39.67
Times Square, New York City	39.2
Central Park, New York City	37.5
Union Station, Washington D.C.	32.85
Niagara Falls	22.5
Grand Central Terminal, New York City	21.6
Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston	18
Disneyworld's Magic Kingdom, Orlando	17.54
Disneyland Park, Anaheim	15.96
Forbidden City, Beijing	15.3
Grand Bazaar, Istanbul	15
Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo	14.85
Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris	13.65
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco	13
Tokyo Disney Sea	12.66
Disneyland Park, France	11.2
Epcot, Florida	11.06
Sacre Coeur Basilica, Paris	10.5
Tsim Sha Tsui Waterfront, Hong Kong	10.09
Pike Place Market, Seattle	10
The Zocalo, Mexico City	10
Disney's Animal Kingdom, Florida	10
Disney's Hollywood Studios, Florida	9.91
Universal Studios Japan, Osaka	9.7
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee	9.69
Navy Pier, Chicago	9.2
Musee du Louvre, Paris	9.2
Great Wall of China	9
Sout Street Seaport, New York City	9
Pier 39, San Francisco	8.5
Sydney Opera House, Sydney	8.2
National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian), Washington D.C.	8
Islands of Adventure, Universal Orlando	7.98
Disney's California Adventure	7.78
Ocean Park, Hong Kong	7.44
Victoria Peak, Hong Kong	7
National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian), Washington D.C.	7
Eiffel Tower, Paris	7
Everland, Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea	6.85
British Museum, London	6.7
Disneyland, Hong Kong	6.7
Lotte World, Seoul	6.38
Lake Mead, Nevada	6.29
Universal Studios, Florida	6.2
Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.	6.19
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City	6.12
Bourbon Street, New Orleans	6.02
Universal Studios, Hollywood	5.91
Palace of Versailles, France	5.9
Nagashima Spa Land, Japan	5.85

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This statistic shows the most visited tourist attractions worldwide as of April 2014. Each year, 22.5 million people visit Niagara Falls.

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Attracting just short of 40 million visitors per year, the Las Vegas Strip was the most visited tourist attraction in the world as of April 2014, closely followed by Times Square in New York City with 39.2 million. The top nine tourist attractions, and 28 out of the top 50, were located in the United States. With so much to see and do in their own country, it is not surprising that many U.S. travelers choose to take domestic trips over international ones – in 2014, 84 percent of people taking trips were traveling domestically, compared to just 16 percent traveling abroad.

The Las Vegas Strip, situated in Las Vegas in the state of Nevada, is well-known for its gambling and casino scene, nightlife, restaurants and shopping. The city is packed with resorts offering a variety of entertainment for visitors. Nevada’s most famous industry, casino gaming, was expected to generate around 13 billion U.S. dollars in 2015. Las Vegas is also a leader in the U.S. meetings and conventions industry, hosting more than 22 thousand conventions in 2013.

Outside of the U.S., the most visited tourist attraction was the Forbidden City in Beijing, receiving more than 15 million visitors annually. Built in the early fifteenth century, the Forbidden City was home to Emperors and the center of Chinese government from the Ming dynasty until the end of the Qing dynasty in 1912. The most visited tourist attraction in Europe was the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey. The ancient market received 15 million visitors in 2014, although only ranked 11th worldwide.