Folks journey for all kinds of causes—to eat at the most effective eating places on this planet, to hike the tallest mountains, and to expertise vibrant festivals. However in response to a brand new examine by journey planning web site Journey.com, many individuals journey for one easy motive: theme parks.

Journey.com just lately launched the 2025 Global 100, an annual listing the place it ranks issues like the highest motels, sights, and eating places throughout the planet. To find out its rankings, Journey.com combed via information reminiscent of verified consumer rankings, evaluations, and reserving statistics, in addition to components reminiscent of recognition, a vacation spot’s repute, and high quality of service.

However one of the attention-grabbing (and maybe stunning) issues in regards to the report is that the highest world sights are dominated by theme parks. 

Of the highest 10 sights included within the 2025 World 100 rankings, six have been theme parks. Locations reminiscent of Walt Disney World Resort, Common Studios Japan, Shanghai Disney Resort, and Disneyland in California, mingled amongst heavy-hitting cultural establishments reminiscent of The Palace Museum in Beijing, the Louvre, La Sagrada Familia, and the Vatican. These have been the highest 10 sights on this planet, in response to Journey.com:

1. Louvre Museum
2. Walt Disney World Resort
3. The Palace Museum
4. Disneyland Park California
5. La Sagrada Familia
6. Shanghai Disney Resort
7. Common Orlando Resort
8. Vatican Museums
9. Common Studios Japan
10. Common Beijing Resort

And, when you take a step additional again and have a look at the highest 30 of the listing, there are three extra theme parks (Disneyland Paris, Universal Studios Hollywood, and Hong Kong Disneyland) within the combine, for a grand complete of 13.

For these trying so as to add a go to to a theme park to their subsequent worldwide journey, there are solely going to be extra choices within the coming years. Each Disney and Common are planning improvements and expansions to current parks, and Common just lately introduced it should open its first European park simply exterior of London in 2031.