Eiffel Tower among world's most complained of destinations for queues

By Phuong Anh    December 15, 2023 | 03:52 pm PT
Eiffel Tower among world's most complained of destinations for queues
Children cool off in a water fountain near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on June 24, 2020. Photo by Reuters
The Eiffel Tower topped a world ranking of 10 most complained about tourist destinations for long queues, followed by the London Eye in the U.K., and the Colosseum in Italy.

The list was compiled by U.S.-based travel site hawaiianislands.com based on an analysis of 10.74 million Tripadvisor reviews for the top 100 "Traveler Favorite" attractions in 64 countries, with complaints containing the phrase "long queue."

The Eiffel Tower, a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, received 4,799 "long queue" mentions while London Eye received 4,756 queue complaints and the Colosseum 4,262.

The U.K.'s Legoland Windsor Resort theme park is in fourth place with 4,017 mentions of "long queue", followed by Barcelona's Sagrada Familia (2,992) and the Empire State Building (2,842).

Universal Studios Singapore, Southeast Asia's first and only Universal Studios theme park, was the only Asian destination in the top 10, with 2,054 complaints.

 
 
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