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Royal Palace of Amsterdam Amsterdam, one of Europe's capitals, has many attractions for visitors. The city's most famous sight is the 17th-century canals of Amsterdam (in Dutch: grachtengordel), located in the heart of Amsterdam, have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Museums Main article: List of museums in Amsterdam Nemo museum in Amsterdam The Rijksmuseum is the national museum ...
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Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Amsterdam" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The defence line of Amsterdam was built between 1883 and 1920. The fortification is based on the principle of controlling the waters around a city. It contains a network of 45 armed forts and can temporarily flood polders extending 135 kilometres (84 mi) around Amsterdam. The site was originally listed as the Defence Line of Amsterdam in 1996.
Mountaineering and other types of adventure tourism and ecotourism are important attractions for visitors. The world heritage site Lumbini , birthplace of Gautama Buddha, is located in southern Nepal, and there are other important religious pilgrimage sites throughout the country.
Tourism in the Netherlands is a relatively small sector of the country's economy with a total contribution of 5.4% to gross domestic product and 9.6% to employment. In 2017 the Netherlands was visited by 17 million foreign tourists (with more than 5 million coming from Germany ), making it the 20th most visited country in the world.
In 2019, there were 69.9 million international tourist arrivals to Africa (excluding Egypt and Libya), an increase of 2.4% from 2018. [5] According to the World Economic forum's Travel & Tourism Development report in 2024, Morocco is the country most dependent on travel and tourism among all countries in MENA region. [6]
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam: Amsterdam: 680,000 2017 [1] 6 Sexmuseum Amsterdam: Amsterdam: 675,000 2015 [3] 7 NEMO Science Museum: Amsterdam: 670,000 2017 [4] 8 Kunstmuseum Den Haag: The Hague: 560,000 2016 [5] 9 Netherlands Open Air Museum: Arnhem: 532.000 2016 [6] 10 Noordbrabants Museum 's-Hertogenbosch: 510,000 2016 [7] 11 H'ART Museum ...