Released on: December 23, 2009, 5:35 am
Author: Hotels.com
Industry: Travel

A new Hotels.com poll of more than 10,000 travellers from around the world has found that the Eiffel Tower has topped the Taj Mahal, Statue of Liberty and Golden Gate Bridge to be crowned the World’s Favourite Landmark.

The iconic Parisian tower was named the greatest structure by nearly one-in-six (16%) travellers from five continents included in the survey, well-ahead of its nearest rivals, St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, Rome and India’s Taj Mahal, which came a distant second and third place with just 9% and 8% of the vote respectively, according to leading accommodation website Hotels.com.

Three American icons - the Golden Gate Bridge, Empire State Building and Statue of Liberty - made up the remainder of the top six spots, each sharing 7% of traveller’s votes. London, meanwhile, missed out on the top ten altogether as Big Ben made eleventh spot and the London Eye came in at number 12.

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