The Ministry of Culture has released data on the attendance at state museums, monuments, and archaeological sites in 2024. Visitors outnumber the Italian population: 60,850,091, up 5.3% from 2023, with 382,004,344 euros in revenue, up 23%. "It is the best result ever for state museums and archaeological parks", says Alessandro Giuli, the minister, "even higher than pre-Covid levels: in 2019 there were 54.8 million visitors". The Colosseum is the most visited location, with 14,733,395 visitors and 101,902,884 euros in revenue, representing a nearly 20% increase in visitors and over 28% in revenue, compared to the previous year. The Uffizi Galleries in Florence came in second place, with 5,294,968 tickets sold and 61,943,626 euros in revenue. The Archaeological Park of Pompeii takes third place. The Pantheon's fourth position is noteworthy, as it recorded 4,086,947 admissions and 14,712,752 euros in revenue during the first year where the paid ticket was no longer available for all twelve months, following the not particularly smooth introduction of the ticket. Rounding out the top ten most visited sites are the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome, the Egyptian Museum in Turin, the Royal Palace of Caserta, Villa Adriana and Villa d’Este in Tivoli, and the Bargello Museum in Florence.
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