One million visitors or more
Sites that receive one million visitors or more per year (excluding those without entry regulations, eg. cities).
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Aachen Cathedral | 1.17 million (2017) | |
| Acropolis | 1.475 million (2016) | |
| Amphitheater of El Jem | "Every year, over one million people visit it." (Carthage magazine, 2021) | |
| Amsterdam Canal Ring | Anne Frank House 1.266 million (2017) | |
| Ancient Kyoto | Kiyomizu Temple (5 Million annually), Nijo Castle (1,776,000 (2015)) | |
| Ancient Nara | Nara's Todaiji (2.5 Million) | |
| Angkor | 2.2 million (2016) | |
| Auschwitz Birkenau | 2.1 million (2017) | |
| Bagan | "Myanmar's renowned archaeological site Bagan welcomed over 2 million tourists including more than 10,000 foreign tourists this year" (2023) | |
| Borobudur | 3.8 million (2016) | |
| Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks | Banff National Park: 4.06 million in 2016/17 | |
| Cape Floral Region | Table Mountain Cableway got over 1 million visitors in 2015/2016 | |
| Central Highlands | Adam's Peak: 2 million | |
| Champaner-Pavagadh | Pavagadh Hill: "These temples are visited by over 22 lakh visitors annually with 1 lakh devotees visiting daily during navaratri fair." | |
| Changdeokgung Palace Complex | "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) | |
| Chichen-Itza | 2,107,410 (2016) | |
| City of Bath | The Roman Baths 1,093,856 (2016) | |
| Cologne Cathedral | 6 million yearly | |
| Edinburgh | Edinburgh Castle 1.8 million (2017) | |
| Ephesus | 2.2 million (2023) | |
| Everglades | 1.018 million (2017) | |
| Florence | Galleria degli Uffizi: 2.010.631 (2016) | |
| Fortified City of Carcassonne | more than 3 million visitors annually | |
| Genbaku Dome | Hiroshima Peace Museum - 1.739 Million (2016) | |
| Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats | "Every year, the 5 tidal flat visitor centers in the nominated property welcome 3,000,000 people" (Nomination text, p. 211) | |
| Granada | Alhambra: 2.4 million (2014) | |
| Grand Canal | 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) | |
| Grand Canyon | 6.2 million (2017) | |
| Great Smoky Mountains | Over 11 million (in 2017) | |
| Great Wall | Badaling is believed annually to get 10 million visitors | |
| Gulf of Porto | 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) | |
| Gusuku of Ryukyu | Shuri Castle: 1,875,000 (2015) | |
| Gyeongju | Gyeongju is today a major cultural site and tourist destination for South Koreans and foreigners with about 8 to 9 million visitors annually. A great deal of this is due to the city's status as a center of Silla heritage, derived from its former role as the capital of that ancient kingdom. (wikipedia) | |
| Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago | one million in 1990 - 1991 (AB ev) | |
| Hawaii Volcanoes | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park - 2.016 million (in 2017) | |
| Hierapolis-Pamukkale | Hierapolis of Phrygia, 1.8 million (2015) | |
| Hill Forts of Rajasthan | Amber Fort attracts 1.4 million visitors a year (2007)(wiki) | |
| Himeji-jo | 2,867,051 (2015) | |
| Huangshan | 3.3 million (2016) | |
| Iguacu | 1,642,093 people (2015) | |
| Iguazu National Park | visitation to Iguazu is now over one million a year (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Imperial Palace | Forbidden City: more than 14 million visitors annually | |
| Independence Hall | 4.79 million (2017) | |
| Istanbul | Hagia Sophia: 1.436.577 (2016) | |
| Itsukushima Shrine | 2.6 Million Annually | |
| Jeju | Ilchulbong Volcanic Cone recieved 1.2 million. | |
| Jiuzhaigou Valley | 5.14 million visits in 2016 | |
| Kew Gardens | 1,477,117 (2016) | |
| Kii Mountain Range | Kii's Koyasan (1.2 Million) | |
| Kremlin and Red Square | 2.2 million at the Kremlin museums | |
| Kulangsu | 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) | |
| Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra | Kyiv Pechersk Lavra attracted over a million tourists in 2011, reports the press service of the museum | |
| Maritime Greenwich | Old Royal Naval College 1,477,117 (2016) | |
| Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor | In 2015, over 5 million people visited the site | |
| Meteora | "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)" | |
| Mogao Caves | "received a record one million visitors so far this year" (Oct 2015) | |
| Mont-Saint-Michel | between 2.4 and 2.8 million visitors per year (source 2015) | |
| Mount Sanqingshan | "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) | |
| Mount Taishan | "Between 1996-2001, the total number of visitors stayed relatively stable at 2.1 million people per annum (with some 18,000 foreign tourists)." | |
| Namhansanseong | "The number of visitors has increased from less than one million per year to more than 3 million (2010)." - AB Evaluation | |
| Old City of Jerusalem | Western Wall, Temple Mount | |
| Olympic National Park | 3.4 million (2017) | |
| Par force hunting landscape | 7.854 million (2003) | |
| Paris, Banks of the Seine | 8.1 million visitors to the Louvre in 2017 | |
| Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro | Prado museum: 3.2 million (2019) | |
| Pilgrimage Church of Wies | Heute besuchen jährlich mehr als eine Million Menschen die Kirche (wiki de) | |
| Plitvice Lakes | Each year, more than 1 million visitors are recorded (wiki) | |
| Pompei | 3.283.740 (2016) | |
| Pont du Gard | ||
| Prague | Prague Castle: 2,100,740 (2016) | |
| Prambanan | 2019: 2,326,122 Indonesian and 183,533 international visitors | |
| Pyramids (Memphis) | "millions" | |
| Qutb Minar | 3,8950,000 | |
| Red Fort | 2,101,000 (2006) | |
| Rome | Colosseum and Forum Romanum: 6.408.652 (2016) | |
| Royal Joseon Tombs | "More than 1.02 million people visited royal tombs of the Joseon scattered around Seoul and the nearby Gyeonggi Province during the same period." | |
| San Antonio Missions | Alamo: roughly 2 million (source 2014) | |
| Schönbrunn | 3.800.000 (2017) | |
| Selimiye Mosque | Nearly 3 million people come to visit the historical mosque every year (see link) | |
| Singapore Botanic Gardens | 4.5 million visitors annually (wiki) | |
| South China Karst | Guilin Lijiang River Karst (2,096,000 visitors in 2012) | |
| St. Petersburg | Hermitage: 4 million (2016) | |
| Statue of Liberty | the Statue of Liberty was visited by 3.14 million people in 2022 | |
| Stonehenge | 1,381,855 (2016) | |
| Sydney Opera House | It attracts more than 8 million visitors a year (2016-2017) | |
| Taj Mahal | 8 million (2017) | |
| Teide National Park | 4.079.823 (2016) | |
| Teotihuacan | It is the most visited archeological site in Mexico, receiving 4,185,017 visitors in 2017 (wiki) | |
| Tongariro National Park | 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) | |
| Tower of London | 2,741,126 (2016) | |
| Trang An | "The property received a total of just over one million visitors in 2011" Nom file | |
| Vatican City | Musei Vaticani: ca. 6.8 million (2019) | |
| Venice and its Lagoon | Palazzo Ducale: 1.276.127 (2015) | |
| Versailles | 7,527,122 | |
| Vienna | Stephansdom receives about 3 million visitors a year | |
| West Lake | 20 million a year! (AB ev) | |
| West Norwegian Fjords | Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord receive more than one million visitors a year. (Nom file) | |
| Westminster | Westminster Abbey 1,819,945 (2016) | |
| Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines | 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) | |
| Works of Antoni Gaudí | Sagrada Familia 4.56 million (2016) | |
| Wulingyuan | Millions, 1.4 million in summer alone | |
| Yellowstone | 4.1 million (2017) | |
| Yosemite National Park | 4.3 million (2017) | |
| Zollverein | 1.5 million (2017) |
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