This article is not about Exposition Architecture, but rather about some phenomenal attendance numbers as they pertain to the pre-commercial flight era World Fairs (Expositions, Exhibitions, Centennials, Jubilees, etc). I will allow the reader to make any appropriate conclusions on the matter. Whether these numbers were spiked by the lack of any entertainment people had those days, or they show that we do not really understand population numbers shenanigans, I do not really know. It appears that today people have more options as far as sightseeing, and venue attending goes.
I used the time frame, when people did not have an opportunity to hop on an airplane (at least officially), and fly across any ocean out there. Basically, we have to be real with the modes of transportation available at the time, and general population numbers, as compared to today.
First International Commercial Flight:
KD: Basically, that is what we have, a global indoctrination into the new life. Would like for the blog members to pitch in with their opinions on the attendance of the World Expos.
I used the time frame, when people did not have an opportunity to hop on an airplane (at least officially), and fly across any ocean out there. Basically, we have to be real with the modes of transportation available at the time, and general population numbers, as compared to today.
First International Commercial Flight:
- February 1919: The first airline to operate international flights was Chalk's Ocean Airways, established 1917, which operated scheduled seaplane services from Florida to the Bahamas.
- 25 August 1919: The first regular international service in the world was covered by the British Aircraft Transport and Travel, from Hounslow Heath Aerodrome to Le Bourget, near Paris.
- FlightWare: 9,728 planes / 1,270,406 people were in the 2017 sky at any given time.
- Over 4 billion passengers flew in 2017
- In (2019?) US FAA only handled over: 15.8 millions flights
- 1800: 1 billion
- 1850: 1.26 billion
- 1900: 1.65 billion
- 2018: 7.5 billion
- 1850: 23.19 million
- 1860: 31.4 million
- 1870: 38.55 million
- 1880: 50.19 million
- 1890: 62.98 million
- 1900: 76.21 million
- 1910: 92.23 million
- 1920: 106.02 million
- 1890 United States Census
- Abandoned City Series
- World population: where are the missing trillions of people?
Six Months/180 days
The reason I used this generalized 6 months/180 days increment was due to our Expos always lasting for approximately 6 months/180 days. Our contemporary stats are based on yearly figures. For this amateur experiment, I simply divided these yearly numbers in two, to get the desired 6 months data.- These are just general numbers, and not by any means, any attempt at any sort of a scientific calculation. All numbers were obtained from public sources.
1850-1919 Most Visited World Fairs - TOP 5
- 1900 Paris: 48.13 million - (267,388 a day)
- 1889 Paris: 32.25 million
- 1893 Chicago: 27.3 million
- 1904 St. Louis: 19.69 million
- 1915 San Francisco: 18.87 million
2018 Most Visited Cities in the World
- Bangkok: 10.025 million - (55,694 a day)
- London: 9.9 million
- Paris: 8.72 million
- Dubai: 7.9 million
- Singapore: 6.95 million
- New York: 6.56 million
- Kuala Lumpur: 6.29 million
- Tokyo: 5.96 million
- Istanbul: 5.35 million
- Seoul: 4.77 million
2018 Most Visited Countries in the World
- France: 43.45 million - (241,388 a day)
- Spain: 40.9 million
- USA: 38.45 million
- China: 30.35 million
- Italy: 29.15 million
- Mexico: 19.65 million
- UK: 18.85 million
- Turkey: 18.8 million
- Germany: 18.75 million
- Thailand: 17.7 million
2018 Most Visited Theme Parks in the World
- Magic Kingdom, Florida: 10.45 million - (58,055 a day)
- Disneyland Park, California: 9.35 million
- Tokyo Disneyland, Japan: 8.95 million
- Tokyo DisneySea, Japan: 7.35 million
- Universal Studios, Japan: 7.15 million
- Disney's Animal Kingdom, Florida: 6.9 million
- Epcot at Walt Disney, Florida: 6.2 million
- Shanghai Disneyland, China: 5.9 million
- Disney's Hollywood Studios, Florida: 5.65 million
- Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, China: 5.4 million
2015 Most Visited Tourist Attractions - link to TOP-50
- Las Vegas Strip: 19.83 million - (110,166 a day)
- NYC Times Square: 19.6 million
- NYC Central Park: 18.75 million
- Union Station D.C.: 16.42 million
- Niagara Falls: 11.25 million
Most Visited Whatever Whenever
- 1900 Paris Expo: 48.13 million - (267,388 a day)
- 2018 France: 43.45 million - (241,388 a day)
KD: Basically, that is what we have, a global indoctrination into the new life. Would like for the blog members to pitch in with their opinions on the attendance of the World Expos.
- Inspired by: 1876: Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia
