Global theme park attendance
by Arthur
Posted on Friday, April 6th, 2007 at 8:07 pm CET
Park World has a very cool report with figures for theme park attendance over 2006. Eight of the top ten parks are Disney; Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom tops the list with 16,640,000 visitors. I was also surprised to see that Disneyland Paris wasn’t doing all that bad at number five in the world with 10,600,000 visitors, just ahead of Epcot’s 10,460,000.
Here’s the top 20:
#
Theme Park
2006 Attendance
1.
MAGIC KINGDOM at Walt Disney World, Florida, USA
16,640,000
2.
DISNEYLAND, Anaheim, Calfornia, 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, Florida, USA
10,460,000
7.
DISNEY MGM STUDIOS at Walt Disney World, Florida, USA
9,100,000
8.
DISNEY’S ANIMAL KINGDOM, Florida, USA
8,910,000
9.
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS JAPAN, Osaka, Japan
8,500,000
10.
EVERLAND, Kyongii-Do, South Korea
7,500,000
11.
BLACKPOOL PLEASURE BEACH, Blackpool, England
6,000,000
12.
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, Florida, USA
6,000,000
13.
DISNEY’S CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE, 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, Orlando, Florida
5,300,000
18.
HONG KONG DISNEYLAND, Hong Kong, China
5,200,000
19.
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD, California, USA
4,700,000
20.
TIVOLI GARDENS, Copenhagen, Denmark
4,396,000
Our very own De Efteling, a very nice fairy-tale theme park here in the Netherlands, makes the global list at number 29, with 3,200,000 visitors last year.
I thought it would be fun to compare the theme park attendance to country population. After some cutting and pasting in Excel I got the following result. Numbers 1, 2 and 4 are in Denmark and number 3 is in Sweden! Does this mean that Scandinavians are crazy about amusement parks? I think it does! 😉
#
Theme Park
2006 Attendance
Population
Percentage
1.
TIVOLI GARDENS, Copenhagen, Denmark
4,396,000
5,500,000
79.93
2.
BAKKEN,Copenhagen, Denmark
2,700,000
5,500,000
49.09
3.
LISEBERG, Gothenburg, Sweden
2,950,000
9,000,000
32.78
4.
LEGOLAN DBILLUND, Billund, Denmark
1,460,000
5,500,000
26.55
5.
DE EFTELING, Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands
3,200,000
16,000,000
20.00
6.
DISNEYLAND PARIS, Marne-La-Vallee, France
10,600,000
61,000,000
17.38
7.
EVERLAND, Kyongii-Do, South Korea
7,500,000
49,000,000
15.31
8.
LOTTE WORLD, Seoul, South Korea
5,500,000
49,000,000
11.22
9.
TOKYO DISNEYLAND, Tokyo, Japan
12,900,000
128,000,000
10.08
10.
BLACKPOOL PLEASURE BEACH, Blackpool, England
6,000,000
61,000,000
9.84
Park World has a very cool report with figures for theme park attendance over 2006. Eight of the top ten parks are Disney; Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom tops the list with 16,640,000 visitors. I was also surprised to see that Disneyland Paris wasn’t doing all that bad at number five in the world with 10,600,000 visitors, just ahead of Epcot’s 10,460,000.
Here’s the top 20:
| # | Theme Park | 2006 Attendance |
| 1. | MAGIC KINGDOM at Walt Disney World, Florida, USA | 16,640,000 |
| 2. | DISNEYLAND, Anaheim, Calfornia, 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, Florida, USA | 10,460,000 |
| 7. | DISNEY MGM STUDIOS at Walt Disney World, Florida, USA | 9,100,000 |
| 8. | DISNEY’S ANIMAL KINGDOM, Florida, USA | 8,910,000 |
| 9. | UNIVERSAL STUDIOS JAPAN, Osaka, Japan | 8,500,000 |
| 10. | EVERLAND, Kyongii-Do, South Korea | 7,500,000 |
| 11. | BLACKPOOL PLEASURE BEACH, Blackpool, England | 6,000,000 |
| 12. | UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, Florida, USA | 6,000,000 |
| 13. | DISNEY’S CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE, 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, Orlando, Florida | 5,300,000 |
| 18. | HONG KONG DISNEYLAND, Hong Kong, China | 5,200,000 |
| 19. | UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD, California, USA | 4,700,000 |
| 20. | TIVOLI GARDENS, Copenhagen, Denmark | 4,396,000 |
Our very own De Efteling, a very nice fairy-tale theme park here in the Netherlands, makes the global list at number 29, with 3,200,000 visitors last year.
I thought it would be fun to compare the theme park attendance to country population. After some cutting and pasting in Excel I got the following result. Numbers 1, 2 and 4 are in Denmark and number 3 is in Sweden! Does this mean that Scandinavians are crazy about amusement parks? I think it does! 😉
| # | Theme Park | 2006 Attendance | Population | Percentage |
| 1. | TIVOLI GARDENS, Copenhagen, Denmark | 4,396,000 | 5,500,000 | 79.93 |
| 2. | BAKKEN,Copenhagen, Denmark | 2,700,000 | 5,500,000 | 49.09 |
| 3. | LISEBERG, Gothenburg, Sweden | 2,950,000 | 9,000,000 | 32.78 |
| 4. | LEGOLAN DBILLUND, Billund, Denmark | 1,460,000 | 5,500,000 | 26.55 |
| 5. | DE EFTELING, Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands | 3,200,000 | 16,000,000 | 20.00 |
| 6. | DISNEYLAND PARIS, Marne-La-Vallee, France | 10,600,000 | 61,000,000 | 17.38 |
| 7. | EVERLAND, Kyongii-Do, South Korea | 7,500,000 | 49,000,000 | 15.31 |
| 8. | LOTTE WORLD, Seoul, South Korea | 5,500,000 | 49,000,000 | 11.22 |
| 9. | TOKYO DISNEYLAND, Tokyo, Japan | 12,900,000 | 128,000,000 | 10.08 |
| 10. | BLACKPOOL PLEASURE BEACH, Blackpool, England | 6,000,000 | 61,000,000 | 9.84 |