For the past years up to the present, we can say that the Americans are really number one travelers of the races in the world. It the report of Philippines’ Department of Tourism (DoT), visitor arrivals for the five-month period from Jan to May 2008 reached 1,372,680, up 7.4% from 1,278,280 a year ago with Americans registering the most number of visits with 20.3% of it all, followed by Koreans and Japanese.

American maybe tried another place to see and visit where in fact there are a lot of beautiful places also in the US. Forbes Traveler’s 25 Most Visited have their list of top 25 most visited places in United States. The complete list from my top 10 most visited are in the previous article posted.

1.Times Square, New York City, N.Y
2.The Las Vegas Strip, Nevada
3. National Mall and Memorial Parks, Washington, D.C.
4. Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston, MA
5. Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, Lake Buena Vista, FL
6. Disneyland Park, Anaheim, CA
7. Fisherman’s Wharf/Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, CA
8. Niagara Falls, N.Y.
9. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tenn./N.C.
10. Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
11. Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Ariz./Nev.
12. Universal Studios Orlando/Islands of Adventure at Universal Orlando, FL
13. SeaWorld Florida, Orlando, FL
14. San Antonio River Walk, Texas
15. Temple Square, Salt Lake City, UT
16. Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Penn./N.J.
17. Universal Studios,Hollywood, CA
18. Metropolitan Museum, New York, N.Y.
19. Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii
20. Grand Canyon, AZ
21. Busch Gardens Africa, Tampa Bay, FL
22. Cape Cod National Seashore, MA
23. SeaWorld San Diego, San Diego, CA
24. American Museum of Natural History, NY
25. Atlantic City Boardwalk, New Jersey

Maybe this is the one of the reasons why Philippine Travel Agencies Association said that they find difficulty in hitting the government’s target of attracting 3.4 millions of tourists this year. With all the travel competition worldwide, prospective travelers think twice about their plans due to rising fuel prices and, consequently, ticket costs.