Most visited paid-for monument

The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, was visited by 7,097,302 tourists in 2014, making it the most popular monument with an entrance fee. Since opening in 1889, an estimated figure of nearly 250 million people have visited the tower, which offers panoramic views of Paris from its 276-m-high (905-ft) viewing platform. Visitors can climb the 1,665 steps to the top or take one of the two duo-lift elevators. The basic cost for an adult visitor as of January 2015 was 9 euros ($9.63; £6.46) to reach the second-floor viewing platform and 15.50 euros ($16.56; £11.14) for a lift pass to the very top. Visitors to the Tower comprised 84% overseas tourists and 16% French. The top 10 nationalities were: France 15.8% (soit 2,5% de plus que l’année dernière), USA 11.9%, UK 7.5%, Italy 6.8%, Spain 6.7%, Germany 4.9%, Brazil 3.3%, Russia 2.8%, Netherlands 2.3% and India 2.2%.