TripAdvisor reveals most booked attractions of 2019

TripAdvisor has revealed its most booked attractions ranking for 2019, and it’s Rome’s Colosseum that's number one.

The list was produced following analysis of the travel site’s 250,000 bookable tours and activities, the Daily Mail reports.

The Louvre comes in second place followed by the Vatican Museums. The top-ranked US attraction is New York's Statue of Liberty in fourth place while most popular in the UK is the Tower of London.

The rest of the world top 10 list is made up of the Eiffel Tower in Paris (fifth), Barcelona's Basilica of the Sagrada Familia (sixth), the French Quarter in New Orleans (seventh), Anne Frank House in Amsterdam (eighth), the Skydeck in Chicago's Willis Tower (ninth) and the Piazza San Marco in Venice (10th).

The top-ranking Colosseum, a former gladiator arena, is almost 2,000 years old and was built to hold more than 50,000 spectators.

The second-place Louvre is considered one of the world's greatest art museums with an unparalleled collection of items, including Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.

Third-placed Vatican Museums has a huge collection of art amassed by popes over hundreds of years - including significant examples of Roman sculpture and Renaissance art.

The Statue of Liberty, recognised as a universal symbol of freedom and democracy, has stood in New York's harbour since 1886. She was a gift of friendship from France.

Meanwhile, top-rated UK attraction the Tower of London, which missed out on a place in the global top 10, houses the Crown Jewels, the prison cell of Sir Walter Raleigh, known as the Bloody Tower, the Chapel of St. John and the Royal Armories.

TripAdvisor also produced a list of the 10 most popular UK attractions.

Following the Tower of London is Stonehenge in second place and the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland in third.

Colosseum

Louvre

Vatican museums

Statue of Liberty

Eiffel Tower

Sagrada Familia

New Orleans French Quarter

Anne Frank House

Skydeck Chicago

St. Mark's Square