The Louvre was the most visited museum in the world last year

A recent survey of theme parks and museums would make the Mona Lisa smile: the Louvre was the most visited museum in the world last year, with 8.1 million people admiring the art in the Parisian institution.

Cinderella does not have to feel threatened by the woman's enigmatic expression. Nearly 20.5 million viewers chose the Magic Kingdom of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

For the 12th consecutive year, the Themed Entertainment Association and Aecom, a development services company, have published their thematic index and index. The ranking ranks the best museums, water parks and theme parks in the world according to their attendance.

The major theme park operators had an exceptional year with overall growth of 8.6% driven largely by properties in China.

The mouse dominated as Disney welcomed 150 million visitors to cinemas around the world, taking first place in the top 10 theme park groups. In North America, its parks swept the top five out of 20 places.

Overall, 244 million visitors headed to the 25 best amusement parks in the world, nearly 5 % more than the previous year.

30.1 million people dipped in the 20 largest water parks and 108 million explored the top 20 museums

As the theme park population thrived, the number of visitors remained stagnant – just a few exceptions. For example, the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London increased by 22% and 25% respectively.

Museums introduce technological advances such as augmented reality and virtual reality; renovations and expansions; traveling exhibitions; and blockbuster shows. The V & A Museum, for its part, has audited two of these boxes: the Museum of Decorative Arts unveiled major additions last summer and also held major exhibitions on Pink Floyd, plywood and Balenciaga stylist [19659003] China has shown its cultural rise by winning three places in the top 20 museums, one more than New York and Paris. The National Museum of China in Beijing (2nd place) attracted 8.1 million visitors, one million more than the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which are tied for third place

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In the category of water parks, Chimelong's first waterpark in Guangzhou, China, gained 6% more visitors and Typhoon Lagoon's second place at Walt Disney World dropped by 5%

. -count terms, this translates to more than half a million people splashing at Chimelong than splishing at Typhoon Lagoon.

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