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No. 1 Destination: Times Square

Here’s a fun and interesting resource to help you plan your next getaway: Forbes Magazine’s list of the Top 25 most-visited tourist sites in the U. S. for 2008.

Forbes concentrated on “sites of historical or cultural interest; natural phenomena and landmarks; and delimited (or officially designated) spaces of entertainment and recreation.” Some destinations, such as Times Square, have commercial components. However, the magazine did not include stand-alone shopping malls and casinos (if they had, Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut and Minnesota’s Mall of America would have topped the list).

Attendance numbers were taken from the tourist attractions themselves, along with data from government agencies and other reliable tourism sources.

Here’s the list, together with the number of yearly visitors in 2008:

Times Square (New York City): 35 million

The Las Vegas Strip (Las Vegas): 31 million

National Mall and Memorial Parks (Washington, D.C.): 24 million

Faneuil Hall Marketplace (Boston): 20 million

Disney World’s Magic Kingdom (Lake Buena Vista, Florida): 17.1 million

Disneyland Park (Anaheim, California): 14.9 million

Fisherman’s Wharf (San Francisco): 14 million

Niagara Falls (New York): 12 million

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Tennessee/North Carolina): 9.4 million

Navy Pier (Chicago): 8.6 million

Lake Mead National Recreation Area (Arizona/Nevada): 7.6 million

Universal Studios Orlando/Isle of Adventure (Orlando, Florida): 6.2 million

SeaWorld Florida (Orlando, Florida): 6 million

San Antonio River Walk (Texas): 5.1 million

Temple Square (Salt Lake City): 5 million

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (Pennsylvania/New Jersey): 4.8 million

Universal Studios (Hollywood): 4.7 million

Metropolitan Museum (New York City): 4.5 million (tie)

Waikiki Beach (Oahu, Hawaii): 4.5 million (tie)

Grand Canyon (Arizona): 4.41 million

Busch Gardens Africa (Tampa Bay, Florida): 4.4 million

Cape Cod National Seashore (Massachusetts): 4.35 million

SeaWorld San Diego (San Diego, California): 4.26 million

American Museum of Natural History (New York City): 4 million (tie)

Atlantic City Boardwalk (New Jersey): 4 million (tie)

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