1. Times Square, New York City:
37.6 miliona
Ke hoʻomau nei kēia koʻikoʻi o Manhattan i ka wahi kiʻekiʻe ma kā mākou papa inoa, mahalo i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka kipa ʻana i ka Big Apple i ka makahiki 2008 ʻoiai ke emi ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai. Wahi a ka Times Square Alliance, "80% o ka poʻe malihini kipa i NYC e hana i kahi manawa e kipa aku ai i Times Square." ʻO ka nui o ka kipa ʻana ma NYC i ka makahiki i hala he 47 miliona, e hāʻawi ana iā mākou i kahi kuhi he 37.6 miliona mau huakaʻi ma o ka "Crossroads of the World."
Nā kumu: Forbes Traveler koho e pili ana i nā helu mai The Times Square Alliance a me NYC & Company.
2. ʻO ka Las Vegas Strip, Nev.:
30 Miliona
ʻO ka "Neon Trail" ka puʻuwai o Sin City kekahi ʻāpana o ka National Scenic Byways Program o ke aupuni federal, e koho ana i nā alanui e pili ana i "archeological, moʻomeheu, mōʻaukala, kūlohelohe, ʻoliʻoli a me nā ʻano nani." He paʻakikī ke haʻi i ka mea o kēia mau ʻano maikaʻi e wehewehe iā Vegas, akā hiki iā mākou ke hōʻole i ka "kūlohelohe." I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, he 37.5 miliona ka nui o na malihini kipa i Las Vegas; Ua ʻike ʻia kahi koho balota a ka Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority he awelika o 80% o ka poʻe malihini i noho i ka pō a i ʻole pāʻani ma ka Strip, e hāʻawi ana iā mākou i kā mākou malihini kipa he 30 miliona.
Source: Forbes Traveler manaʻo e pili ana i nā helu mai ka Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
3. National Mall a me Memorial Parks, Wakinekona, DC
25 miliona
Loaʻa ka nui o nā ʻāina ākea ākea o ka lāhui ma ka 1,000-plus ʻeka o ka National Mall a me Memorial Parks, me ka Washington, Lincoln, a me Jefferson Memorials, a me ka Korean and Vietnam War Veterans Memorials. ʻO nā hale hōʻikeʻike ʻo Smithsonian Institution he 19 e pili pū ana me The Mall; i ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ka 25 miliona mau kipa i ka pūnaewele o nā hale hōʻikeʻike manuahi.
Source: US Department of the Interior, The Trust for the National Mall, Pressroom of the Smithsonian Institution
4. Hale Makeke o Faneuil Hall, Boston:
20 Miliona
Ua kūkulu ʻia ʻo Faneuil Hall i ka makahiki 1742 e Peter Faneuil, he kanaka kālepa waiwai ma Bosetona, ua lawelawe ʻo Faneuil Hall ma ke ʻano he kikowaena kalepa o ke kūlanakauhale no nā kenekulia a he kahua no nā haʻiʻōlelo kaulana, e like me ka haʻi ʻōlelo kūʻokoʻa a Samuel Adams i ka poʻe colonists. Hoʻokomo pū ʻia ʻo Faneuil i ka Quincy Market o ka makahiki 19 i hoʻihoʻi ʻia. I kēia mau lā, helu ka poʻe kūʻai i ka hapa nui o ka poʻe malihini kipa, a ʻoiai mākou e kāpae nei i nā hale kūʻai kūʻai wale nō (e like me Minnesota's Mall of America) mai kēia papa inoa, ʻo Faneuil koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi e hoʻopili iā ia i ke kūlana o ka moʻomeheu moʻomeheu.
Source: Faneuil Hall Marketplace
5. Disney World's Magic Kingdom, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.:
17.1 miliona
ʻO ka Magic Kingdom ka mea kaulana loa o nā mea hoʻohiwahiwa o Disney ma Florida, a ukali ʻia e Epcot, Disney Hollywood Studios a me Animal Kingdom, a ua hoʻohana mākou ia mea ma ke ʻano he kaha wai no ke kaʻa ʻana aku i ka paʻa pāka manaʻo nui o Disney Florida. Aia ka Magic Kingdom Park i nā holo kaʻa e like me Big Thunder Mountain Railroad a me Country Bear Jamboree.
Puna: TEA/ERA Theme Park Attendance Report 2007
6. Pāka Disneyland, Anaheim, Kaleponi:
14.9 miliona
Me kahi kokoke i 15 miliona mau malihini kipa ma 2007, ʻo ka Disney Park ma Anaheim, Kaleponi he mea hoʻokipa koʻikoʻi ʻAmelika mai kona wehe ʻana i ka makahiki 1955. ʻO kāna mau holo kaʻa kaulana mai Space Mountain a i ka Pirates of the Caribbean.
Puna: TEA/ERA Theme Park Attendance Report 2007
7. ʻO ka uwapo o Fisherman/Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Kapalakiko:
14.1 miliona
Ua loaʻa i ke kūlanakauhale ma ka Bay ma kahi o 16.1 miliona mau malihini kipa i ka makahiki 2007 (ka ʻikepili hou loa i loaʻa), a ʻo Fisherman's Wharf kāna mea hoʻokipa maikaʻi loa (nā manaʻo kipa no ka Fisherman's Wharf mai 12 miliona a 15 miliona). ʻO ka Golden Gate National Recreation Area, kahi i loaʻa ai ke alahaka gula kaulana a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe he nui a puni ka Bay Area, ua huki ʻia he 14.6 miliona mau malihini kipa i ka makahiki 2008. He paʻakikī ke ʻike i ka uhi ʻana o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ma ka uapo, ke alahaka kokoke a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka National. Wahi Lealea. Ua awelika mākou i nā helu a hiki i kā mākou helu 14 miliona.
Nā Puna: National Park Service 2008 Annual Recreation Visits Report, Fisherman's Wharf Merchants Association, City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Chronicle.
8. Niagara Falls, NY:
12 miliona
ʻO ka wailele, kahi e kū ana i ka palena ʻo US-Kanada, he māka mākaʻikaʻi mai ka waena o ke kenekulia 19. ʻIke ʻia nā wai hekili mai nā hale kiaʻi, ma ka waʻa a mai nā ala hele wāwae like ʻole a, ma ka ʻaoʻao Kanada, mai ka Whirlpool Aero Car, kahi kaʻa uwea kahiko. Me nā helu helu mai ka Niagara Falls Tourism Bureau a me ka Niagara Falls Bridge Commission, ua kokoke ka poʻe malihini kipa ma 12 miliona i ka makahiki.
Puna: Niagara Falls Tourism (Visitor and Convention Bureau) a me Niagara Falls Bridge Commission
9. Pāka National Smoky Mountains Nui, Tenn./NC:
9.04 miliona
ʻAʻole ʻo Grand Canyon a ʻaʻole ʻo Yosemite ka paka ʻāina i kipa nui ʻia ma ʻAmelika. Me ka ʻoi aku o 800 mau mile o nā ala i hoʻomalu ʻia, ua hoʻokipa kēia mea kupanaha ma kahi o 9 miliona mau mea hele wāwae, manu a me nā mea hoʻokele i ka makahiki i hala.
Puna: National Park Service 2008 Annual Recreation Visits Report
10. Navy Pier, Kikako:
8.6 miliona
Ua wehe ʻia i ka makahiki 1916, ua lilo kēia ʻāina ʻāina ʻo Chicago ma kahakai o Lake Michigan ma ke ʻano he pā kula a me ke kahua hoʻomaʻamaʻa koa. I kēia lā, hoʻokipa ia i 50 mau ʻeka o nā hale kūʻai, nā hale ʻaina a me nā hale hōʻikeʻike. Aia ma ʻaneʻi ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Chicago Shakespeare a me ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o nā keiki ʻo Chicago, me kahi kalena piha o nā hōʻike ahi i ka pō.
Puna: Metropolitan Pier a me Exposition Authority
