Most Dangerous Tourist Attractions on Earth

This yearly tradition every July attracts around 2,000 participants, who run through the streets ahead of a dozen bulls. Every year hundreds are injured by falls, trampling, and goring. While deaths are infrequent, 16 people have lost their lives in the event since 1910.

Every year, over 30,000 people attempt to climb the highest mountain in Western Europe, which has claimed hundreds of lives and is the site of half of all mountaineering accidents in France. Most of those are along a particularly perilous stretch on the climb to Goûter Hut, where climbers are prone to falling, being hit by falling rocks, or getting lost in poor weather conditions.

With majestic views of the Aran Islands and Atlantic Ocean, these emerald green clifftops have no railings to keep intrepid tourists from tumbling over the edges. The sheer 700-foot drop from the cliffs has killed about nine people per year, some of whom have fallen while taking selfies.

Built in the early 20th century to allow construction workers to carry supplies to a nearby dam, this narrow walkway sits on a sheer cliff face 350 feet above a turquoise river. After several adventurous tourists died at the site in a two-year span, the walkway was closed and repaired with safety upgrades.

This steep twin-peaked crag contains the ruins of a 13th-century monastery, and can be accessed by a winding stone staircase. Featured in “Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens,” the site has become a tourist hotspot. After multiple falling deaths, visitor numbers are now limited, and safety features including chains and handrails have been added.