List of amusement park attendance figures

This is a list of annual attendance figures of amusement parks and water parks.

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Amusement park corporations in terms of attendance

This section lists the top 10 largest amusement park corporations in order of annual attendance.

Rank Amusement park corporations Country 2008[1] 2009[2] 2010[3]
1 Walt Disney Parks and Resorts  United States 118,000,000 119,100,000 120,600,000
2 Merlin Entertainments Group  United Kingdom 35,200,000 38,500,000 41,000,000
3 Universal Studios Recreation Group  United States 25,700,000 23,700,000 26,300,000
4 Parques Reunidos  Spain 24,900,000 24,800,000 25,800,000
5 Six Flags Inc.  United States 25,300,000 23,800,000 24,300,000
6 Cedar Fair Entertainment Company  United States 22,700,000 21,100,000 22,800,000
7 SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment  United States 23,000,000 23,500,000 22,400,000
8 OCT Parks China  People's Republic of China 13,400,000 15,800,000 19,300,000
9 Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation  United States 8,300,000 N/A 9,600,000
10 Compagnie des Alpes (Grévin & Compagnie SA)  France 9,500,000 10,000,000 9,000,000

Amusement parks in terms of attendance

Worldwide

This section list the top 25 largest amusement parks worldwide in order of annual attendance.

Rank Amusement park Location 2008[1] 2009[2]
1 Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA 17,063,000 17,233,000
2 Disneyland at Disneyland Resort Anaheim, California, USA 14,721,000 15,900,000
3 Tokyo Disneyland Tokyo, Japan 14,293,000 13,646,000
4 Disneyland Park at Disneyland Paris Marne-la-Vallée, France 12,688,000 12,740,000
5 Tokyo DisneySea Tokyo, Japan 12,498,000 12,004,000
6 Epcot at Walt Disney World Resort Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA 10,935,000 10,990,000
7 Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World Resort Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA 9,608,000 9,700,000
8 Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA 9,540,000 9,590,000
9 Universal Studios Japan Osaka, Japan 8,300,000 8,000,000
10 Everland Yongin, Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea 6,600,000 6,169,000
11 Disney's California Adventure at Disneyland Resort Anaheim, California, USA 5,566,000 6,095,000
12 SeaWorld Orlando Orlando, Florida, USA 5,926,000 5,800,000
13 Universal Studios Florida at Universal Orlando Resort Orlando, Florida, USA 6,231,000 5,530,000
14 Ocean Park Hong Kong Hong Kong, China 5,030,000 4,800,000
15 Nagashima Spa Land Kuwana, Japan 3,734,000 4,700,000
16 Islands of Adventure at Universal Orlando Resort Orlando, Florida, USA 5,297,000 4,627,000
17 Hong Kong Disneyland Hong Kong, China 4,500,000 4,600,000
18 Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise Yokohama, Japan 4,555,000 4,500,000
19 Universal Studios Hollywood Universal City, California, USA 4,583,000 4,308,000
20 Lotte World Seoul, South Korea 4,236,000 4,261,000
21 Europa-Park Rust, Germany 4,000,000 4,250,000
22 SeaWorld San Diego San Diego, California, USA 4,174,000 4,200,000
23 Busch Gardens Tampa Bay Tampa, Florida, USA 4,410,000 4,100,000
24 Efteling Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands 3,200,000 4,000,000
25 Tivoli Gardens Copenhagen, Denmark 3,972,000 3,870,000

North America

This section list the top 10 largest amusement parks in North America in order of annual attendance.

Rank Amusement park Location 2008[1] 2009[2]
1 Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA 17,063,000 17,233,000
2 Disneyland Anaheim, California, USA 14,721,000 15,900,000
3 Epcot at Walt Disney World Resort Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA 10,935,000 10,990,000
4 Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World Resort Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA 9,608,000 9,700,000
5 Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA 9,540,000 9,590,000
6 Disney California Adventure Park Anaheim, California, USA 5,566,000 6,095,000
7 SeaWorld Orlando Orlando, Florida, USA 5,926,000 5,800,000
8 Universal Studios Florida at Universal Orlando Resort Orlando, Florida, USA 6,231,000 5,530,000
9 Islands of Adventure at Universal Orlando Resort Orlando, Florida, USA 5,297,000 4,627,000
10 Universal Studios Hollywood Universal City, California, USA 4,583,000 4,308,000

Europe

This section list the top 10 largest amusement parks in Europe in order of annual attendance.

Rank Amusement park Location 2008[1] 2009[2]
1 Disneyland Park at Disneyland Paris Marne-la-Vallée, France 12,688,000 12,740,000
2 Europa-Park Rust, Germany 4,000,000 4,250,000
3 Efteling Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands 3,200,000 4,000,000
4 Tivoli Gardens Copenhagen, Denmark 3,972,000 3,870,000
5 Liseberg Gothenburg, Sweden 3,050,000 3,150,000
6 PortAventura Salou, Spain 3,300,000 3,000,000
7 Gardaland Castelnuovo del Garda, Italy 3,100,000 2,900,000
8 Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Paris Marne-la-Vallée, France 2,612,000 2,655,000
9 Alton Towers Staffordshire, England 2,520,000 2,650,000
10 Phantasialand Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 1,900,000 1,950,000

Mexico and South America

This section list the top 10 largest amusement parks in Mexico and South America in order of annual attendance.

Rank Amusement park Location 2008[1] 2009[2]
1 Six Flags México Mexico City, Mexico 2,020,000 1,950,000
2 Playcenter São Paulo, Brazil 1,600,000 1,700,000
3 Hopi Hari São Paulo, Brazil 1,458,000 1,500,000
4 La Feria Chapultepec Mágico Mexico City, Mexico 1,473,000 1,400,000
5 Fantasialandia Santiago, Chile 1,100,000 1,100,000
5 Parque de la Costa Tigre, Argentina 1,036,000 1,100,000
7 Beto Carrero World Santa Catarina, Brazil N/A 1,000,000
7 El Salitre Magico Bogotá, Colombia 1,071,000 1,000,000
9 Parque Plaza Sésamo Monterrey, Mexico 1,025,000 970,000
10 Kidzania Mexico City, Mexico 792,000 601,000

Asia-Pacific

This section list the top 10 largest amusement parks in the Asia-Pacific region in order of annual attendance.

Rank Amusement park Location 2008[1] 2009[2] 2010[3]
1 Tokyo Disneyland Tokyo, Japan 14,293,000 13,646,000 14,452,000
2 Tokyo DisneySea Tokyo, Japan 12,496,000 12,004,000 12,663,000
3 Universal Studios Japan Osaka, Japan 8,300,000 8,000,000 8,160,000
4 Everland Yongin, Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea 6,800,000 6,169,000 6,884,000
5 Lotte World Seoul, South Korea 4,236,000 4,261,000 5,551,000
6 Hong Kong Disneyland Hong Kong, China 4,500,000 4,600,000 5,200,000
7 Ocean Park Hong Kong Hong Kong, China 5,030,000 4,800,000 5,100,000
8 Nagashima Spa Land Kuwana, Japan 3,734,000 4,700,000 4,465,000
9 Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise Yokohama, Japan 4,555,000 4,500,000 4,023,000
11 Happy Valley Shenzhen, China 3,180,000 2,800,000 3,050,000

Water parks in terms of attendance

Worldwide

This section list the top 20 largest water parks worldwide in order of annual attendance.

Rank Water park Location 2008[1] 2009[2] 2010[3]
1 Typhoon Lagoon at Walt Disney World Resort Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA 2,059,000 2,059,000 2,038,000
2 Blizzard Beach at Walt Disney World Resort Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA 1,891,000 1,891,000 1,872,000
3 Chime-Long Water Park Guangzhou, China 1,600,000 1,800,000 1,800,000
4 Caribbean Bay at Everland Resort Gyeonggi-do, South Korea 1,500,000 1,450,000 1,736,000
5 Aquatica Orlando, Florida, USA 950,000 1,600,000 1,500,000
6 Ocean World Gangwon-do, South Korea 1,260,000 1,310,000 1,375,000
7 Wet 'n Wild Orlando Orlando, Florida, USA 1,300,000 1,235,000 1,223,000
8 Wet'n'Wild Water World Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 1,025,000 1,095,000 1,175,000
9 Aquaventure Dubai, United Arab Emirates N/A N/A 1,040,000
10 Sunway Lagoon Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1,100,000 907,000 1,000,000
11 Summerland Tokyo, Japan 898,000 920,000 925,000
12 Schlitterbahn New Braunfels, Texas, USA 882,000 900,000 882,000
13 Atlantis Water Adventure Jakarta, Indonesia N/A 720,000 850,000
14 Water Country USA Williamsburg, Virginia, USA 758,000 700,000 784,000
15 Beach Park Fortaleza, Brazil N/A 683,000 739,000
16 Ocean Park Water Adventure Jakarta, Indonesia N/A N/A 700,000
17 Wild Wadi Water Park Dubai, United Arab Emirates 825,000 677,000 690,000
18 Noah's Ark Waterpark Wisconsin Dells, USA N/A N/A 637,000
19 Adventure Island Tampa, Florida, USA 603,000 600,000 626,000
20 Deoksan Spa Castle Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea 800,000 555,000 583,000

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g TEA/ERA Theme Park Attendance Report 2008, Themed Entertainment Association. Retrieved on August 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "2009 TEA/AECOM Report". Themed Entertainment Association. 2009. http://www.themeit.com/etea/2009report.pdf. Retrieved 7 November 2010. 
  3. ^ a b c "TEA/AECOM 2010 Global Attractions Report". Themed Entertainment Association. 2010. http://www.themeit.com/etea/2010Report.pdf. Retrieved 17 June 2011. 
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