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Tourists do visit archeological, ruins, & historic sites in the United States. U.S. National Park Service statistics report over 307 million people visited site
by mch82 10y ago
Tourists do visit archeological, ruins, & historic sites in the United States. U.S. National Park Service statistics report over 307 million people visited sites in 2015, ~24 million of whom visited National Monuments [1]. Travel & Leisure [2] lists three of those Monuments among the top 38 visited ancient ruins in the world [3]:
#19. Canyon De Chelly, >800k visitors
#25. Montezuma Castle, >500k
#26. Mesa Verde, >500k
[1]: https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/SSRSReports/National%20Reports/Annual%20Visitation%20by%20Park%20Type%20or%20Region%20(1979%20-%20Last%20Calendar%20Year) https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/SSRSReports/National%20Reports/An...
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel_%2B_Leisure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel_%2B_Leisure An American travel magazine published since 1937.
[3]: http://www.travelandleisure.com/slideshows/worlds-most-visited-ancient-ruins http://www.travelandleisure.com/slideshows/worlds-most-visit...