Featured here are the world's top heritage sites according to the Global Heritage's "Saving Our Vanishing Heritage" report.
The Great Wall of China
A Chinese couple kiss as they visit the Great Wall of China. The 5500.3 mile-long Great Wall of China is ranked as the world's top heritage site according to the Global Heritage's "Saving Our Vanishing Heritage" report, with total site visitors of 24,200,000 and total revenues of $2,888,000,000.
A major portion of the Great Wall of China was built by the Ming Dynasty. It begins at Shanhaiguan in the East and stretches till Lop Nur in the West and consists of many walls. The construction of these numerous walls started from the 5th century BC and many were re-built between the 5th and 16th century AD.
Forbidden City in Beijing
A tourist walks in Beijing's 600-year-old Forbidden City, the world's largest surviving palace complex. The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor has total site visitors of 18,000,000 and total revenues of $1,920,000,000.
During the period 1420 to 1912, the sprawling palace complex changed hands from the Ming dynasty that ruled from 1368 to 1644 to the Qing dynasty that ruled from 1644 to 1911.
Great Pyramids of Giza
A boy rides a horse in front of the Great Pyramids of Giza on the outskirts of Cairo. Historic Cairo has total site visitors of 4,000,000 and total revenues of $576,000,000.
Of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis, the Pyramid of Khufu (also known as the Pyramid of Cheops) is the oldest and also the largest. It held the record as the tallest building in the world for 3800 years.
Celsus Library
A visitor admires the facade of the Celsus Library built in AD 135 in the ruins of ancient Ephesus near Selcuk, 70km (43 miles) from the western Turkish coastal city of Izmir. Ephesus has total site visitors of 3,500,000 and total revenues of $572,000,000.
Built in 117 AD, the monolithic library was built in honour of Tiberiuis Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, governor of Asia in 115 AD, by his son Gaius Julius Aquila. The library houses the tomb of Polemaeanus and it was during this time the third richest library in the world.
Golden Temple
The holy Sikh shrine in Amritsar is illuminated on the 343rd birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh. Amritsar has total site visitors of 5,500,000 and total revenues of $460,000,000.
The temple was built under the patronage of Guru Arjan Dev, the fifth Sikh Guru. Interstingly, the foundation stone of the temple was laid by the Sufi saint Hazrat Mian Mir, a friend of the guru, in 1588 AD.
Angkor Wat temple
The famous Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia is reflected in a pond. Angkor has total site visitors of 2,500,000 and total revenues of $436,000,000.
The temple was built by King Suryavarman II in the early half of the 12th century AD and is the world's largest religious building.
Teotihuacan
Hot air balloons float past people watching the sunrise at the Sun pyramids of Teotihuacan outside Mexico City during a festival as part of the spring equinox. Teotihuacan has total site visitors of 4,200,000 and total revenues of $432,000,000.
Machu Picchu
A view of the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in Cuzco. Built around 1450, Machu Picchu also called 'The Lost City of the Incas' has total site visitors of 2,400,000 and total revenues of $384,000,000.
A Chinese couple kiss as they visit the Great Wall of China. The 5500.3 mile-long Great Wall of China is ranked as the world's top heritage site according to the Global Heritage's "Saving Our Vanishing Heritage" report, with total site visitors of 24,200,000 and total revenues of $2,888,000,000.
A major portion of the Great Wall of China was built by the Ming Dynasty. It begins at Shanhaiguan in the East and stretches till Lop Nur in the West and consists of many walls. The construction of these numerous walls started from the 5th century BC and many were re-built between the 5th and 16th century AD.
Forbidden City in Beijing
A tourist walks in Beijing's 600-year-old Forbidden City, the world's largest surviving palace complex. The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor has total site visitors of 18,000,000 and total revenues of $1,920,000,000.
During the period 1420 to 1912, the sprawling palace complex changed hands from the Ming dynasty that ruled from 1368 to 1644 to the Qing dynasty that ruled from 1644 to 1911.
Great Pyramids of Giza
A boy rides a horse in front of the Great Pyramids of Giza on the outskirts of Cairo. Historic Cairo has total site visitors of 4,000,000 and total revenues of $576,000,000.
Of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis, the Pyramid of Khufu (also known as the Pyramid of Cheops) is the oldest and also the largest. It held the record as the tallest building in the world for 3800 years.
Celsus Library
A visitor admires the facade of the Celsus Library built in AD 135 in the ruins of ancient Ephesus near Selcuk, 70km (43 miles) from the western Turkish coastal city of Izmir. Ephesus has total site visitors of 3,500,000 and total revenues of $572,000,000.
Built in 117 AD, the monolithic library was built in honour of Tiberiuis Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, governor of Asia in 115 AD, by his son Gaius Julius Aquila. The library houses the tomb of Polemaeanus and it was during this time the third richest library in the world.
Golden Temple
The holy Sikh shrine in Amritsar is illuminated on the 343rd birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh. Amritsar has total site visitors of 5,500,000 and total revenues of $460,000,000.
The temple was built under the patronage of Guru Arjan Dev, the fifth Sikh Guru. Interstingly, the foundation stone of the temple was laid by the Sufi saint Hazrat Mian Mir, a friend of the guru, in 1588 AD.
Angkor Wat temple
The famous Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia is reflected in a pond. Angkor has total site visitors of 2,500,000 and total revenues of $436,000,000.
The temple was built by King Suryavarman II in the early half of the 12th century AD and is the world's largest religious building.
Teotihuacan
Hot air balloons float past people watching the sunrise at the Sun pyramids of Teotihuacan outside Mexico City during a festival as part of the spring equinox. Teotihuacan has total site visitors of 4,200,000 and total revenues of $432,000,000.
Machu Picchu
A view of the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in Cuzco. Built around 1450, Machu Picchu also called 'The Lost City of the Incas' has total site visitors of 2,400,000 and total revenues of $384,000,000.
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