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attractions, rides, and other events in a location for the enjoyment of large numbers of people. Amusement parks are located all around the world with millions of people visiting them every year. This list of amusement park rankings summarizes the attendance records, park rankings and the results of public polls of amusement parks around the world.

Attendance records

This is a list of annual attendance figures of

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Amusement park corporations

This section lists the top 10 largest amusement park

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Amusement parks

Worldwide

This section lists the top 25 largest

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This section lists the top 20 largest

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in order of annual attendance.

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This section list the top 20 largest

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in order of annual attendance.

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This section list the top 10 largest

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Latin America Latin America is the cultural region of the Americas where Romance languages are predominantly spoken, primarily Spanish language, Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese. Latin America is defined according to cultural identity, not geogr ...

in order of annual attendance.

Asia-Pacific

This section list the top 20 largest

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North America

This section has the top 20 water parks in North America in order of annual attendance.

Latin America

This section has the top 10 water parks in Latin America in order of annual attendance.

Asia-Pacific

This section has the top 15 water parks in Asia-Pacific in order of annual attendance.

Europe / Middle East

This section has the top 10 water parks in

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in order of annual attendance.

Other rankings

Number of operating roller coasters

Amusement parks that contain the most roller coasters are ranked below. ':

References

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Attendance records

Amusement park corporations

Amusement parks

Worldwide

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South Ameri ...

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

Latin America Latin America is the cultural region of the Americas where Romance languages are predominantly spoken, primarily Spanish language, Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese. Latin America is defined according to cultural identity, not geogr ...

Asia-Pacific

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Worldwide

North America

Latin America

Asia-Pacific

Europe / Middle East

Other rankings

Number of operating roller coasters

See also

References

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