Tourism in Atlanta

Beluga Whales at the Georgia Aquarium

As of 2010, Atlanta is the seventh-most visited city in the United States, with over 35 million visitors per year.^[1] The city was the 12th most popular destination for overseas visitors, who numbered 712,000 in total (2010).^[2]

Atlanta's premier tourist attraction is the world's largest aquarium, the Georgia Aquarium, located a 20-acre (81,000 m²) site at Pemberton Place that is also home to the World of Coca-Cola and within walking distance of Centennial Olympic Park, the Georgia Dome, Philips Arena, the CNN Center and other downtown Atlanta tourist attractions.

Atlanta also attracts visitors with its performing arts venues, museums and historical sites, parks, cuisine, and its many festivals and events.

Sites of interest to tourists

Atlanta Botanical Garden Atlanta Civic Center Atlanta Contemporary Art Center Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum Atlanta History Center Atlanta Monetary Museum APEX Museum CNN Center Callanwolde Center for Fine Arts Carter Center Centennial Olympic Park Center for Puppetry Arts Chastain Park Amphitheater College Football Hall of Fame Fernbank Forest Fernbank Museum of Natural History Fernbank Science Center Federal Reserve Bank Museum Fox Theatre Georgia Aquarium Georgia Dome Georgia World Congress Center Grant Park Herndon Home High Museum of Art Imagine It! The Children's Museum of Atlanta Lakewood Amphitheatre LEGOLAND Discovery Center Atlanta Lenox Square Kennesaw Mountain

Margaret Mitchell House Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site Mary Mac's Tea Room Michael C. Carlos Museum Millennium Gate Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia Museum of Design Atlanta National Center for Civil and Human Rights National Museum of Patriotism Oakland Cemetery Philips Arena Phipps Plaza Plaza Theatre Piedmont Park Robert C. Williams Paper Museum Six Flags Over Georgia Six Flags White Water Stone Mountain Park Sweet Auburn Curb Market The Varsity Turner Field Underground Atlanta William Breman Jewish Heritage & Holocaust Museum Woodruff Arts Center World of Coca-Cola Zoo Atlanta

Exhibit at the World of Coca-Cola Artwork at the High Museum Superman, a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia

References

1. Murray, Valaer. "List: America's Most-Visited Cities". Forbes.
2. Office of Travel and Tourism Industries, "Overseas Visitation Estimates for U.S. States, Cities and Census Regions: 2010"

External links

• City of Atlanta attractions
• Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau
• Limo Service Atlanta