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TOP 25 AMUSEMENT/THEME PARKS WORLDWIDE (2006)
Rank 2006 Park & Location Attendance
1 MAGIC KINGDOM at Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA 16,640,000
2 DISNEYLAND, Anaheim, California, USA 14,730,000
3 TOKYO DISNEYLAND, Tokyo, Japan 12,900,000
4 TOKYO DISNEY SEA, Tokyo, Japan 12,100,000
5 DISNEYLAND PARIS, Marne-La-Vallee, France 10,600,000
6 EPCOT at Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA 10,460,000
7 DISNEY-MGM STUDIOS THEME PARK at Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA 9,100,000
8 DISNEY'S ANIMAL KINGDOM at Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA 8,910,000
9 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS JAPAN, Osaka, Japan 8,500,000
10 EVERLAND, Kyonggi-Do, South Korea 7,500,000
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UNIVERSAL STUDIOS at Universal Orlando, Florida 6,000,000
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BLACKPOOL PLEASURE BEACH, England 6,000,000
13 DISNEY'S CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE, Anaheim, California, USA 5,950,000
14 SEAWORLD FLORIDA, Orlando, Florida, USA 5,740,000
15 LOTTE WORLD, Seoul, South Korea 5,500,000
16 YOKOHAMA HAKKEIJIMA SEA PARADISE, Yokohama, Japan 5,400,000
17 ISLANDS OF ADVENTURE at Universal Orlando, Orlando, Florida, USA 5,300,000
18 HONG KONG DISNEYLAND, Hong Kong, SAR, China 5,200,000
19 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD, Universal City, California, USA 4,700,000
20 TIVOLI GARDENS, Copenhagen, Denmark 4,396,000
21 OCEAN PARK, Hong Kong, China 4,380,000
22 BUSCH GARDENS TAMPA BAY, Tampa Bay, Florida, USA 4,360,000
23 SEAWORLD CALIFORNIA, San Diego, California, USA 4,260,000
24 EUROPA-PARK, Rust, Germany 3,950,000
25 NAGASHIMA SPA LAND, Kuwana, Japan 3,910,000
Note: + indicates a tie
Source: TEA and Economics Research Associates (ERA)
Some Key Figures:
innovation has begun to have sister * 119.8 million: Total visits to the Top * 68.3 million: Visits recorded for the
facilities worldwide, most recently in 20 parks in North America in 2006, Asia/Pacific Top 10 parks in 2006,
Tokyo. Asia is experiencing stronger
representing growth of an esti- up 4.4% from 2005. The increase
growth, especially dramatic in China
mated 1.5% compared to the pre- is mainly due to the opening of
where the middle class is expanding
vious year. Hong Kong Disneyland and a
rapidly. Several major attraction
* 59.2 million: The 2006 attendance
record year at Ocean Park.
projects are in the pipeline in the
total for the Top 20 parks in Eu- * 11.8 million: Visits for the Top 15
region including a Universal Studios
rope, representing a growth rate waterparks in the United States in
of 1.9% compared to 2005 (higher 2006, up 2.5% from the previous
theme park in Singapore in 2010.
than the comparable US growth year. Several new entrants on the
European parks are being well-
rate for the same period). list helped to achieve this healthy
maintained and replenished by
* 11 million: Visits to the Top 10 parks
growth figure.
continuing private investment.
in Latin America for 2006. This * 186.5 million: Total attendance for
number is estimated to be flat or 2006 among world’s Top 25 parks
slightly down compared to 2005, (parks with attendance above 3.9
tempered by a couple of parks in million), up 2.9% from 2005.
Brazil and Mexico having per-
* 2.2% growth: Percentage by which
formed very well.
the report found that worldwide
theme park attendance continued
its growth from last year.
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