You will never guess which is the biggest tourist attraction in Europe. It had tough competition, as it faced the Eiffel Tower, Buckingham Palace, the Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona, the Roman Colosseum, the Acropolis of Athens and the Guinness Storehouse brewery in Dublin, which celebrated last year. The World Travel Awards Association awarded the tourism Oscar for the biggest tourist attraction this time to an attraction in Northern Ireland.
The biggest tourist attraction in Europe 2016 it is maritime museum Titanic Belfast in Northern Ireland, who dethroned the attraction Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, Ireland. Before that, there is an association World Travel Awards crowned the Acropolis of Athens (2014), the Eiffel Tower (2013) and the London Eye (2012).
Titanic Belfast, which was just opened in 2012, has already visited so far over 3 million visitors from over 145 countries. The museum is dedicated to British ocean liners the Titanic, which in 1912 was the largest and most luxurious passenger ship in the world. Why Belfast? Because it is there by order of the company White Star Line produced there Harland and Wolff shipyard. The ship left on the night of April 14 to 15 1912 ran into an iceberg and sank.
On the 100th anniversary of the sinking ships (in 2012), the Titanic reached land again. He returned to the scene of the crime, to Belfast, the place where he was 'born' and where he was laid to rest. The museum otherwise architecturally reflects the image of an ill-fated ship.
The Titanic mausoleum lies in the area Queen's Island, in a bay that was drained from the sea in the middle of the 19th century and is today the 'king of the world' (remember the scene when Leonardo DiCaprio jumps off the deck in the movie Titanic ”I'm the King of the World”), when it comes to tourist attractions.
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"We are thrilled to have been named the best attraction in Europe," said the director of the museum Team Husbands. The Titanic Belfast Museum brought Northern Ireland at all the first recognition of its kind, the very museum and popularity TV series Game of Thrones, which is filmed here, are largely responsible for the fact that last year Northern Ireland was visited by 2.3 million people.
Since its opening, the museum has sold over 338 thousand postcards and 20,000 Titanic-themed snow globes.
Titanic Belfast Maritime Museum, Northern Ireland:
More information:
titanicbelfast.com
worldtravelawards.com
