1,023,688 foreign tourists (2024) / 2019 (record year) -  2.2 million foreign visitors (6.6 million total visitors) / 2.2 million (2016)

12,055,376 visits to the park in 2024 / Over 11 million (in 2017)

Insgesamt stiegen die Besucher-Zahlen von rund 3.159.000 im Jahr 2022 auf ca. 4.348.000 im Jahr 2023. // 3.800.000 (2017)

In 2023, over 1.67 million people visited the Auschwitz Memorial. / 2.1 million (2017)
See www.auschwitz.org

6.76 million visitors in 2023 // Musei Vaticani: ca. 6.8 million (2019)

Annual visitor numbers have been stable at 2.8 million (2022) // between 2.4 and 2.8 million visitors per year (source 2015)

Hermitage: 2,812,913 visitors (2022) // 4 million (2016)

received 11 million visitors in 2023, hitting a record-high number since its opening // In 2015, over 5 million people visited the site

Qutub Minar surpassed Agra Fort, attracting 220,017 foreign and 3.12 million domestic visitors in 2023-24, boosted by laser light shows. // 3,8950,000

Palazzo Ducale: draws around 1.4 million visitors annually (2023) // 1.276.127 (2015)

approximately 1.3 million tourists visited the temple in 2024 / 3.8 million (2016)
See en.antaranews.com

5.1in the first half of the year (2024), Jiuzhaigou hosted 3.5 million visitors // 4 million visits in 2016

Over 8.4 million people visited the Acropolis of Athens, home to the Parthenon and other ancient Greek monuments, in 2023. In 2022, Acropolis welcomed 3 million visitors. / 1.475 million (2016)

Kiyomizu Temple (5 Million annually), Nijo Castle (1,776,000 (2015))
See www3.nhk.or.jp

1,427,941 in 2022 // Ilchulbong Volcanic Cone recieved 1.2 million.

nearly 4 million visitors flock here every year! (official website 2025) / more than 3 million visitors annually
See www.remparts-carcassonne.fr

2 million two hundred thousand visitors in 2023 / Hierapolis of Phrygia, 1.8 million (2015)

Visited by almost 1,000,000 French and foreign visitors every year (official website 2025)

more than 10.9 million visitors a year (off website, 2025) // It attracts more than 8 million visitors a year (2016-2017)

"The property received a total of just over one million visitors in 2011" Nom file

Edinburgh Castle 1,904,723 (2023) / Edinburgh Castle 1.8 million (2017)

Visitor numbers to the Roman Baths have grown by 25% from 851,854 in 2022 to 1,061,240 in 2023. // The Roman Baths 1,093,856 (2016)

This year, the site is expected to receive a record 3 million visitors. (2024) // "received a record one million visitors so far this year" (Oct 2015)

Plitvicka jezera was the most popular national park in Croatia, having recorded approximately 1.45 million visitors in 2023. // Each year, more than 1 million visitors are recorded (wiki)

"Every year, over one million people visit it." (Carthage magazine, 2021)
See carthagemagazine.com

2019: 2,326,122 Indonesian and 183,533 international visitors
See www.researchgate.net

Overall, attendance at the Colosseum reached nearly 12.3 million in 2023 // Colosseum and Forum Romanum: 6.408.652 (2016)

The most frequently visited sites on the canal are: Slender West Lake at Yangzhou (3.2 million visitors in 2012), Suzhou (2.3m), Jiaxing-Hangzhou (1.3m), Nanxun (4.0m), the old city of Beijing (3.0m) and Taierzhuang (1.8m). (AB ev)

Pavagadh Hill: "These temples are visited by over 22 lakh visitors annually with 1 lakh devotees visiting daily during navaratri fair."
See en.wikipedia.org

Heute besuchen jährlich mehr als eine Million Menschen die Kirche (wiki de)

Visited by more than 1 million believers and tourists every year (Aachen Tourism website 2025); 1.17 million (2017)

1,363,252 (2024) // 1,381,855 (2016)

In 2023, Ha Long Bay welcomed about 2.6 million visitors / one million in 1990 - 1991 (AB ev)

Westminster Abbey, 1,717,296 (2024) // Westminster Abbey 1,819,945 (2016)

Forbidden City (Palace Museum) (Beijing, China). Visitors (2023): ~9.3 million (daily-capped) // Forbidden City: more than 14 million visitors annually

On the Argentine side, meanwhile, they received 1,337,176 visits (2024) // visitation to Iguazu is now over one million a year (UNEP-WCMC)

In 2023, over 2.6 million people visited the monument of La Alhambra in Granada, (Statista) / Alhambra: 2.4 million (2014)

"Every year, the 5 tidal flat visitor centers in the nominated property welcome 3,000,000 people" (Nomination text, p. 211)

a record number of visitors in 2024, a total of 2.7 million / 2.2 million (2023)
See www.hurriyetdailynews.com

6 million yearly
See www.nrw-tourismus.de

Chichén Itzá was also Mexico's top archaeological site in 2023, with 2.33 million tourists, / 2,107,410 (2016)
See www.theyucatantimes.com

Adam's Peak: 2 million

Neuschwanstein has around 1.4 Million visitors per year
See www.neuschwanstein.de

1.5 million (2017)
See www.waz.de

In 2023, Yosemite National Park welcomed a total of 3.9 million visitors // 4.3 million (2017)

the park experienced its second-biggest visitation year in history, with 4,744,352 visitors (2024) // 4.1 million (2017)

Zhangjiajie Number of visitors: 15.917 million // Millions, 1.4 million in summer alone
See www.globalgeoparksnetwork.org

In 2023, the Sagrada Família received 4.7 million visitors // Sagrada Familia 4.56 million (2016)

In 2024, the number of visitors increased by 13% compared to the same period in 2023, when the mine hosted 838.7 thousand people. Surpassing the million-visitor mark two weeks earlier than in the previous year. // The Wieliczka Salt Mine in August said it attracted 1.4 million visitors in the first seven months of this year and was on track to set its all-time annual record in the number of visitors. (Oct 2018)

Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord receive more than one million visitors a year. (Nom file)
See www.kystverket.no

Each year, the scenic area receive more than 30 million visitors. (wiki) // 20 million a year! (AB ev)

Jährlich kommen über 6 Millionen Besucher in den Dom (off website) // Stephansdom receives about 3 million visitors a year

About 15,000,000 people visit the palace, park, or gardens of Versailles every year, making it one of the most popular tourist attractions in the world. (wiki) // 7,527,122 (2015)

Tower of London, 2,902,385 (2024) // 2,741,126 (2016)

About one million people visit Tongariro National Park each year. (off website 2025) // Of the 1 million annual visitors to the national park, large numbers of visitors do short walks within or on the fringes of the park (see link)

Teotihuacán welcomed approximately 1.7 million domestic and international visitors in 2023. // It is the most visited archeological site in Mexico, receiving 4,185,017 visitors in 2017 (wiki)

Teide was the most visited national park in Spain in 2022, having welcomed more than four million people. // 4.079.823 (2016)

The Taj Mahal receives 7 to 8 million visitors every year (including both domestic and foreign), according to the mausoleum's official website. // 8 million (2017)

The Statue of Liberty was visited by 3.74 million people in 2023 // the Statue of Liberty was visited by 3.14 million people in 2022

Guilin Lijiang River Karst (2,096,000 visitors in 2012)

receives about 4.5 million visitors annually (wiki 2025)

In 2023, we estimate that around 5 million tourists visited Selimiye Mosque. // Nearly 3 million people come to visit the historical mosque every year (see link)
See www.dailysabah.com

The Alamo sees about 1.6 million visitors a year now, and expects an extra one million annual visitors by 2027 // Alamo: roughly 2 million (source 2014)

Around 2.36 million visitors went to see the Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty in South Korea in 2023 // "More than 1.02 million people visited royal tombs of the Joseon scattered around Seoul and the nearby Gyeonggi Province during the same period."

over 2.1 million visits in fiscal year 2023 // 2,101,000 (2006)

Egypt's Giza pyramid complex hosted 14.7 million tourists from around the world during 2023.

The Prague Castle attracted 54% more visitors year-on-year – a total of 2.192 million visitors (2023) // Prague Castle: 2,100,740 (2016)

Nearly four million people visited the main Pompeii site in 2023 (BBC News) // 3.283.740 (2016)

Big numbers for Spanish museums in 2024: the Prado, with nearly 3.5 million visitors, breaks an all-time record. // Prado museum: 3.2 million (2019)

The Louvre welcomed 8.7 million visitors in 2024. // 8.1 million visitors to the Louvre in 2017

7.854 million (2003)

2.9 million visitors to Olympic National Park in 2023 // 3.4 million (2017)

Western Wall, Temple Mount
See www.israelnationalnews.com

"The number of visitors has increased from less than one million per year to more than 3 million (2010)." - AB Evaluation

On August 5 (2024), the number of mountaineering tourists in Mount Taishan Scenic Area exceeded 5 million this year. // "Between 1996-2001, the total number of visitors stayed relatively stable at 2.1 million people per annum (with some 18,000 foreign tourists)."
See whc.unesco.org

23.95 million in 2019 // "After Mount Sanqingshan National Park (MSNP) was declared a WHS in 2008, tourist numbers have soared from 1.48 million in 2008 to 23.27 million in 2018" (see link)

"Roughly 2.5 million tourists from around the world are estimated to visit Meteora each year (source 2025) // Large numbers of visitors, around two million per year, flood the site (conventional forms of tourism mainly, but also partly related to religious, cultural, eco-tourism, and sports tourism) (Lyratzaki, 2007)"

Royal Museums Greenwich 2,255,753 (2024)// Old Royal Naval College 1,477,117 (2016)

Kyiv Pechersk Lavra attracted over a million tourists in 2011, reports the press service of the museum

attracting more than 10 million visitors per year (wiki 2025) (capped to 35000 per day) // The State Party indicates that Kulangsu has recently faced a sharp rise in visitor numbers, which increased from 5,748,500 in 2009 to 12,463,000 in 2014. (AB ev)

In 2023, the Moscow Kremlin Museums welcomed 1 024 610 visitors. // 2.2 million at the Kremlin museums
See www.kreml.ru

In 2023, the World Heritage site attracted about 1.39 million tourists from abroad and Japan // Kii's Koyasan (1.2 Million)

Kew Gardens, 2,273,976 (2024) // 1,477,117 (2016)

This year, nearly 3 million tourists have visited the island (2023) // 2.6 Million Annually

rose from 3.7 million in 2019 to 13.6 million in 2022. // Hagia Sophia: 1.436.577 (2016)
See www.lonelyplanet.com

At Independence National Historical Park visitation numbers for 2023 reached 3,042,598 // 4.79 million (2017)

The tourist influx is over 3 million (2023) / 3.3 million (2016)
See english.news.cn

Himeji City announced that the number of visitors to Himeji Castle in 2023 was 1,479,567. / 2,867,051 (2015)

Amber Fort is the most visited tourist spot in the state attracting 2 million sight-seers in 2023-24 / Amber Fort attracts 1.4 million visitors a year (2007)(wiki)

Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, 1,620,294 people visited in 2023, / Hawaii Volcanoes National Park - 2.016 million (in 2017)

In addition to general visitors, students on field trips and tourists from visiting cruise ships are returning to Shuri Castle Park, with the number rebounding to around 1.44 million in fiscal 2023 / Shuri Castle: 1,875,000 (2015)

Ce site est fréquenté par 1.1 millions de visiteurs sur une période s'étalant du mois d’avril au mois d’octobre 2012 (Periodic Reporting)

Badaling is believed annually to get 10 million visitors
See skift.com

4.7 million visitors to Grand Canyon National Park in 2023 / 6.2 million (2017)

"With an average of 1 million visitors annually, Göbeklitepe is one of Türkiye's most visited archaeological sites." (article Daily Sabah Feb 2025)
See www.dailysabah.com

The total number of visitors to the museum since April of last year reached 2,003,718 on Feb. 15, according to the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation. (2024) / Hiroshima Peace Museum - 1.739 Million (2016)

Our interventions in the World Heritage Site of Lahore Fort since 2016 have been instrumental in increasing visitor numbers from 1.6 million in 2016 to about five million in 2019. (Aga Khan dev fund) / "The number of tourists increased from 1.554 million visitors in 2016 to 2.64 million in 2017." (Mission Report 2018)

Uffizi Galleries, one of Florence's most iconic cultural institutions, attracted approximately 5 million visitors in 2023 / Galleria degli Uffizi: 2.010.631 (2016)
See museoguide.it

In 2023, Everglades National Park welcomed a total of 810189 visitors / 1.018 million (2017)

"Of the four palaces, Gyeongbok attracted the most visitors, with 2.97 million, followed by Changdeok with 897,000, Deoksu with 703,000 and Changgyeong with 475,000." January to June 2016 (1/2 year)

more than 1,702,995 tourists visiting the park between December 2023 and January 2024 / Table Mountain Cableway got over 1 million visitors in 2015/2016
See www.sanparks.org

Banff National Park saw 4.28 million visits in 2023/24, the busiest year on record. / Banff National Park: 4.06 million in 2016/17
See parks.canada.ca

Forbidden City (Palace Museum): Visitors (2023): ~9.3 million (daily-capped)

About 3.4 million tourists visited the ancient city of Bagan in central Myanmar's Mandalay region in 2024 / "Myanmar's renowned archaeological site Bagan welcomed over 2 million tourists including more than 10,000 foreign tourists this year" (2023)
See english.news.cn

Nara's Todaiji (2.5 Million)

In 2023, the number of visitors to the museum rose significantly over the previous year, reaching around 1.2 million. Despite the annual increase, attendance did not catch up yet with the peak in visitors recorded in 2019, before the impact of the COVID- / Anne Frank House 1.266 million (2017)

In Iguaçu National Park, the main thermometer of tourist activity, 2024 closed with 1.893.116 visitors // 1,642,093 people (2015)