Sometimes it’s difficult to decide which tourist attraction you should visit first. It puts you in dilemma where you should go first and what you should see first. If time is limited and budget is tight, it makes this sweet problem even more challenging. You may wonder which place you could sacrifice if you are forced to make a decision.
Travelers going to Vancouver may face the same issue. According the Tourism Association of British Columbia, the city had 22 million arrivals in 2019. The city is named by Captain George Vancouver from the 18th century and it was voted twice as the best city for quality of life, according InfoVancouver . The city if full with beautiful places that deserve a visit. Therefore we checked several internet sources to see which Vancouver tourist attractions appear on the top five of the “must see list”.
According TripAdvisor, Touropia, To Do Canada, Planetware, Tourism Vancouver, The Culture Trip and Destination Canada the following five attractions deserve the attention:
| TripAdvisor | Touropia | To Do Canada | Planetware | Tourism Vancouver | The Culture Tri | Destination Canada |
| Stanley Park | Capilano Suspension Bridge | Stanley Park | Stanley Park | Capilano Suspension Bridge | Stanley Park | Stanley Park |
| Granville Island | Gastown | Seawall | Granville Island | Vancouver Aquarium | FlyOver Canada | Granville Island |
| Vancouver Aquarium | Granville Island | English Bay Beach and Roedde House Museum | Grouse Mountain | Stanley Park Horse-DrawnTours | Gastown | Capilano Suspension Bridge |
| Queen Elizabeth Park | Stanley Park | Gastown | Museum of Antropology | VanDusen Botanical Garden | Metropolis at Metrotown | Vancouver Aquarium |
| VanDusen Botanical Garden | Chinatown Vancouver | Granville Island | Kitsilano Beach | FlyOver Canada | Granville Island | Seawall |
- Stanley Park appears in all of the sources, and it takes the first spot five times out of seven.
- Granville Island appears in six of the above mentioned sources.
- Vancouver Aquarium appears three times out of seven.
- Capilano Suspension Bridge appears three times too and shares the same spot as Vancouver Aquarium, but the Vancouver Aquarium never takes the first spot, so maybe the Capilano Suspension Bridge should have a priority over the Vancouver Aquarium as a first place to visit.
- Gastown appears three times too.
- VaDusen Botanical Garden appears two times.
- Seawall appears two times.
- FlyOver Canada appears two times.
- Queen Elizabeth Park appears only once.
- Chinatown Vancouver appears only once.
- English Bay Beach and Roedde House Museum appears once.
- Grouse Mountain appears once.
- Museum of Anthropology appears once.
- Kitsilano Beach appears once.
- Metropolis at Metrotown appears once.
In total there are 15 attractions and it seems that five of them (Stanley Park, Granville Island, Vancouver Aquarium, Capilano Suspension Bridge and Gastown) can be easily put on the must see list, while for the others one can consider his/her personal preferences when making this choice. Hopefully this summary makes you trip to Vancouver easier. If your next travel happens to be to Vancouver you would be prepared.
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