The world's most popular destinations
Eight categories in one place: three lists taken straight from published rankings (the Top 100 City Destinations, the top landmarks & attractions and the 100 most visited art museums) and our editors' selection of 25 national parks, 25 beaches, 25 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, 25 islands and 25 day trips, all with in-depth guides.
Photo: Jorge Royan, CC BY-SA 3.0
The lists
100 cities · 2025 edition
The world's 100 leading city destinations, in the order of Euromonitor International's Top 100 City Destinations Index 2025. The index scores cities on 55 metrics across six pillars: economic and business performance, tourism performance, tourism infrastructure, tourism policy and attractiveness, health and safety, and sustainability.
Source: Euromonitor International, Top 100 City Destinations Index 2025
View all 10025 landmarks · 2026 edition
The world's most-loved attractions, in the order of Tripadvisor's Travelers' Choice Awards: Best of the Best Things to Do 2026, Top Attractions in the World. The ranking is based on the volume and quality of traveller reviews and ratings over 12 months. Tripadvisor publishes 25 winners; we list all of them and do not pad the list.
Source: Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice Awards: Best of the Best Things to Do 2026, Top Attractions (World)
View all 25100 museums · 2025 edition
The world's 100 most visited art museums, in the order of The Art Newspaper's annual Visitor Figures survey, with the 2025 attendance each museum reported. The survey covers art, archaeology and history museums, but not science or natural history museums.
Source: The Art Newspaper, Visitor Figures 2025: The world's 100 most visited art museums
View all 10025 national parks · 2026 edition
Twenty-five national parks around the world, chosen by GoTourist's editors for their scenery, wildlife and ease of visiting. This is a curated selection grouped by region, not a ranking: the numbers are for ease of use only.
Source: GoTourist editors' selection
View all 2525 beaches · 2026 edition
Twenty-five beaches around the world, chosen by GoTourist's editors for their setting, water and sand. This is a curated selection, not a ranking: the numbers are for ease of use only.
Source: GoTourist editors' selection
View all 2525 unesco sites · 2026 edition
Twenty-five UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the world, chosen by GoTourist's editors as famous and rewarding places to visit. This is a curated selection, not a ranking: the numbers are for ease of use only. Many other places on GoTourist are also World Heritage Sites, including Angkor Wat, Pompeii, the Colosseum, the Sagrada Família and national parks such as Yosemite, Banff, Kakadu and the Serengeti; they have their own guides in the Landmarks and National Parks lists.
Source: GoTourist editors' selection
View all 2525 islands · 2026 edition
Twenty-five islands around the world, chosen by GoTourist's editors for their landscapes, culture and ease of visiting. This is a curated selection, not a ranking: the numbers are for ease of use only. Some islands already have their own guides elsewhere on GoTourist: Bali (Denpasar), Mallorca (Palma), Crete (Heraklion), Rhodes, Phuket and Oʻahu (Honolulu) are city guides, and island beaches such as Navagio, Matira (Bora Bora), Cala Macarella (Menorca) and the El Nido beaches (Palawan) are in the Beaches list.
Source: GoTourist editors' selection
View all 2525 day trips · 2026 edition
Twenty-five classic day trips from cities covered on GoTourist, from Versailles and Sintra to Nara, Ayutthaya, Niagara Falls and the Blue Mountains. Each guide explains roughly how to get there by train or bus, what to see and practical tips, and links back to the city guide. This is a curated selection, not a ranking: the numbers are for ease of use only. Journey times are approximate.
Source: GoTourist editors' selection
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9,046,000 visitors in 2025
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6,933,822 visitors in 2025
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6,507,483 visitors in 2025
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6,440,120 visitors in 2025
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5,984,091 visitors in 2025
Full guideHow we work
Every rank comes from a published, citable ranking. We never invent an order. Each list names its source and edition.
We only quote visitor numbers and statistics when the source publishes them. When a fact changes often, such as ticket prices, we link to the official site instead.
Photos come from Wikimedia Commons under open licences, are served from our own server, and are credited on every page and on the credits page.
