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Visitors on the Grand Staircase inside the Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza
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A year of the Grand Egyptian Museum: Tutankhamun whole at last — but how many visitors, exactly?

The Grand Egyptian Museum opened beside the Giza Plateau on 1 November 2025, displaying King Tutankhamun's complete collection together for the first time. A year on, the museum is a global draw — though Egypt's own official counts of its visitors disagree with each other by millions, and ticket prices rise on 1 November 2026.

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Zanzibar's record year: 917,167 visitors — and an argument about whether more is better

Zanzibar received 917,167 international visitors in 2025, up 24.5% on 2024 and the highest total in its history, on official statistics. December alone brought more than 100,000 arrivals. Now operators and officials are debating whether the island should chase a million visitors — or chase higher spending per visitor instead.

  • VerifiedZanzibar received 917,167 international visitors in 2025, an increase of 24.5% on the 736,755 recorded in 2024, and the highest annual total in its history.
  • VerifiedDecember 2025 brought 100,729 visitors, with bed occupancy close to 89% and more than 815,000 bed nights sold in the month.
  • VerifiedThe climb has been steep and sustained: from 260,644 arrivals in 2020 through 638,498 in 2023 and 736,755 in 2024 to the 2025 record, with August 2025 the busiest month ever at 105,506 arrivals.
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Victoria Falls' record 565,083 visitors — and the question of how many the Falls can take

The Victoria Falls area received a record combined 565,083 visitors in 2024, passing the pre-pandemic 2019 total, and its airport broke the half-million passenger mark the same year. Growth continued into 2025. Conservation specialists are asking what the ceiling should be for one of the world's great waterfalls.

  • VerifiedThe Falls area received a record combined total of 565,083 visitors in 2024, surpassing the previous record of 537,980 set in 2019.
  • VerifiedThe south-bank rainforest park in Zimbabwe received 394,681 visitors in 2024, including 295,084 international visitors — just short of its 2019 record of 397,436.
  • VerifiedIn the first quarter of 2025 the rainforest recorded 61,139 visitors, up from 59,718 a year earlier: international arrivals rose from 44,110 to 47,633 while domestic visits fell from 15,608 to 13,506.
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Notre-Dame's first year back: 11 million visitors, more than before the fire

More than 11 million people visited Notre-Dame Cathedral in the year after it reopened on 7 December 2024 — a record, roughly 30% above its pre-fire levels, and more than the Louvre or the Eiffel Tower draw. The towers reopened in September 2025, entry remains free, and the argument over whether it should stay that way continues.

  • VerifiedMore than 11 million people visited Notre-Dame in the year after its 7 December 2024 reopening — the highest annual figure in the cathedral's history.
  • VerifiedAttendance is running about 30% above pre-fire levels, at an average of roughly 30,000 visitors a day.
  • VerifiedThe reconstruction was funded by €843 million in donations, entry to the cathedral is free, and the inflow of visitors is reduced during services — from 50 to 30 people a minute — to protect its use for prayer.
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Japan's record 42.68 million visitors — and the geopolitics already bending the curve

Japan welcomed a record 42.68 million international visitors in 2025, passing 40 million for the first time, and they spent ¥9.5 trillion. In 2026 the curve has bent: arrivals dipped in the first half after Beijing advised its citizens against travelling to Japan, even as other markets kept growing.

  • VerifiedJapan welcomed 42.68 million international visitors in 2025, an all-time record and a 15.8% increase on the previous record of 36.87 million in 2024.
  • VerifiedInternational visitors spent ¥9.5 trillion (about $63 billion) in Japan in 2025, an average of roughly ¥229,000 per visitor.
  • VerifiedSouth Korea was Japan's largest source market in 2025 with about 9.45 million visitors, followed by China (9.09 million), Taiwan (6.76 million) and the United States (3.3 million).
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