NEW YORK – New York City Empire State Building is a global icon.
It has been named the top attraction in the world according to Tripadvisor’s 2024 Travellers’ Choice Awards.
According to the wesbite, the awards “reflect travelers’ favorite destinations, hotels, restaurants, things to do and more, based on the reviews and opinions collected from travelers and diners around the world over a twelve-month period.”
And the Empire State Building takes the top spot in the site’s “Best of the Best – Top Attractions” category. It has a rating of 4.5 based on more than 95,000 reviews.
Second on the list is another architectural icon: the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Here’s the full list of the top 10 attractions:
- Empire State Building, New York
- Eiffel Tower, Paris
- Anne Frank House, Amsterdam
- Basilica of the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
- Cayman Crystal Caves, Cayman Islands
- Colosseum, Rome
- Louvre Museum, Paris
- Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
- Duomo di Milano, Milan
- Sheikh Zayed Mosque Centre, Abu Dhabi
About the Empire State Building
Construction of the Empire State Building began on March 17, 1930. It was completed in just one year and forty-five days and first opened on May 1, 1931. With 102 floors it was the tallest building in the world.
It has been featured in countless films. Just two years after it opened in 1933, it was the setting for the classic scene from ‘King Kong’.
The radio antenna was added to the top of the building in 1950. By 1976, the building had received more than 50 million visitors.
It was declared a New York City Landmark in 1981 and a National Historic Landmark in 1986.
