France tourism, travel & tours

The top twenty-four most visited paid-entry tourist attractions in France (source French national statistical office, year 2007 ) ;Click here for top historic monuments

1. Disneyland ,  Paris 14.5 million visitors.
2. The Louvre, Paris 8.3 million visitors (photo right)
3. The Eiffel Tower Paris 6.8 million visitors
4. The Georges Pompidou centre and museum of art, Paris 5.5 million visitors
5. Château de Versailles, near Paris 5.3 million visitors
6. Orsay museum of the 19th century Paris 3.2 million visitors
7. La Villette science museum, Paris 3 million visitors
8. Pompidou Centre (Modern art museum) 2.6 million visitors
   
9. Parc Astérix - Parc Astérix theme park Plailly north of Paris 1.6 million visitors
10. Futuroscope theme park, Poitiers 1.6 million visitors
11. Arc de Triomphe, Paris 1.5 million visitors
12. Natural history museum, Paris 1.4 million visitors
13. Mont Saint-Michel, Brittany 1.2 million visitors
14. Puy du Fou theme park Vendée 1.2 million visitors
15. Musée de l'Armée, Paris 1.2 million visitors
    
16. Lille zoo, Lille 1.0 million visitors
17. Musée Carnavalet, Paris 900,000 visitors
    
18. Sainte Chapelle, Paris 900,000 visitors
19. Aquarium, La Rochelle 800,000 visitors
20. Mer de Glace rack-and-pinion railway, Chamonix, Alps 800,000 visitors
21. La Palmyre zoo, Charente Maritime 700,000 visitors
22. Musée Grévin waxworks, Paris 700,000 visitors
23. Château de Chambord, Loire Valley 700,000 visitors
24. Boat trip round old Strasbourg 700,000 visitors