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This year I was dedicated to making up for lost time. After the pandemic, tourists flooded Europe’s big cities and America’s national parks.revenge trip”, going to and returning to some destinations that were inaccessible during the Covid-19 pandemic.
However, the world has changed significantly since the pandemic began. Many businesses closed as people transitioned to remote work, and not all tourist attractions survived this period unscathed.
Here’s a list of places you won’t be able to visit in 2024, whether permanently or temporarily closed.
Although the Paris Museum of Fine Arts looks strikingly modern inside and out, the Center Pompidou is actually 60 years old. After the Summer Olympics held this summer in the French capital, pompidou He will take time off to undergo a 260 million euro ($282 million) modernization program.
Our Lady of the Pipes is scheduled to remain closed until 2030. Meanwhile, Pompidou’s sister museum in Brussels is Currently under constructionscheduled to open in 2025.
Next plan: The biggest problem for art lovers in Paris is that their options are limited. The Palais de Tokyo also has a vast contemporary art collection, and the Musée du Quai Branly, which opened in 2006, exhibits historic art and artifacts from around the world.
Splash Mountain in Orlando, Florida and Anaheim, California
One of Disney’s most famous attractions ended its last ride in 2023. splash mountain. The Log Flume ride was originally inspired by the movie “Song of the South,” which he once said the NAACP wasA dangerously glorified picture of slavery”
Splash Mountain at California’s Disneyland and Florida’s Disney World will reopen as “Tiana’s Bayou Adventure,” inspired by the movie “The Princess.”
Next plan: The reopening in Asia makes it an ideal time for Disney superfans to visit the company’s parks in Japan and China. Hong Kong Disneyland, the smallest park, has unveiled its first-ever Disneyland. Frozen world In the fall of 2023.
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René Redzepi’s Noma has been awarded three Michelin stars.
The world’s best restaurant has officially taken its crown.
Nomathe Copenhagen restaurant that popularized New Nordic cuisine, plans to serve its last customers in 2024, but it won’t disappear completely.
Noma plans to reopen in 2025 as a “pioneering test kitchen dedicated to food innovation and developing new flavors,” according to a statement on its website.
Next plan: The best restaurant in the world today is Central, located in the gourmet hotspot. Lima. Even if you can’t get a seat at a table, Peru’s capital is full of great places showcasing quinoa, potatoes, herbs, fish, chili peppers, and other local produce.
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Lovers of “The Phantom of the Opera” are known as “fans.”
After 35 years and approximately 14,000 performances, the iconic musical “phantom of opera: In 2023, he took his final bow on stage in New York.
It closed with the honor of being the longest-running show in Broadway history, beating out other popular musicals such as “Cats,” “Les Misérables,” and “A Chorus Line.”
Next plan: Although the Phantom has disappeared into the night, Broadway remains as entertaining as ever for theatergoers. But these days, it’s easier to get tickets to “Spamalot” or “Kimberly Akimbo” on the TodayTix app than to stand in line for his famous TKTS. After reserving your seat, head to Times Square early. amazingly cool place It’s a place that even the most nifty New York locals love to visit.
Home to the world-famous Ishtar Gate, the Pergamon Museum is part of Berlin’s UNESCO World Heritage Museum Island complex.
The museum will be closed until 2027 as part of an ambitious renovation project that will include the creation of a new central pedestrian zone and the expansion of exhibition halls.
Next plan: Travelers who want to get a feel for the Pergamon Museum can visit nearby museums. das panorama, some works from the museum will be on display during renovations. Other attractions on Museum Island are open as well, such as the New Museum (which houses a rich collection of Egyptian art and artifacts).
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Front and back views of Zou-no-hana Rock.
A popular photo spot in Taiwan that actually looks like an elephant’s trunk collapsed into the sea December 15, 2023.
The site, on the island’s northeast coast, has long been threatened by erosion and has been closed to the public since 2010.
Next plan: Travelers who want to experience the beauty of Taiwan have many options.of Lake Suifeng promenadeThe world’s first certified “Quiet Trail” debuted last year. If you want to drive, southern cross island highway Weave your way through some of Taiwan’s most beautiful countryside.
Widely known as the first Western-style luxury hotel in the Japanese capital when it opened in 1994, Park Hyatt has lived a life of glamor.
However, the hotel is scheduled to close in May 2024 for what Hyatt calls a “total renovation” to mark its 30th anniversary.
The rooftop New York bar, familiar to movie buffs from the movie “Lost in Translation,” will begin renovations in January and close its doors early. It will reopen in 2025.
Next plan: Consider leaving Tokyo and taking the time to explore other parts of the country and other top-notch accommodations. Two notable rural getaways are: Nishiyama Onsen KeiunkanInn, the world’s oldest hotel, and tree fulla series of handmade tree houses deep in the forests of Okinawa.
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Notre Dame Cathedral is scheduled to reopen to the public at the end of 2024.
In 2019, the world watched in horror when Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral caught fire, but donations quickly poured in to help restore the beloved icon.
French President Emmanuel Macron initially supported a more modern reconstruction of the famous church, but the traditionalists won out and the 850-year-old charm will be restored to its original appearance. I did.
Notre Dame Cathedral is December 2024 Resuming.
Next plan: When it comes to churches, France is embarrassingly rich. Highlights outside the capital include Marseille’s impressive Notre-Dame de la Garde, the pink-tinged Strasbourg Cathedral, or more modern designs such as Le Corbusier’s Colline and his Notre-Dame-du-His Haut in the town of Ronchamp. included.
The first building to bear the Smithsonian’s name has been dormant for some time for renovations.
The main building of the museum complex is often referred to as “. smithsonian castlewill close in February 2023 and will remain closed for “approximately five years” to complete repairs and upgrades to the building, which opened in 1855. During this time, digital tours, talks and other events will be held.
Next plan: Although the castle is currently closed to visitors, two of Washington, DC’s major museums have reopened after undergoing their own renovations. National Air and Space Museum And that National Museum of Women in the Arts.
After being a tourist destination for half a century, a billionaire buyer took the ruins away. Leonardo da Vinci’s Italian vineyards On private land.
Bernard Arnault, the French billionaire who is CEO of luxury conglomerate LVMH, bought a property in Milan in December 2022, but is unsure when tourists will be able to visit the city again. There is no statement as to whether or not you will be able to visit.
Next plan: Even if Da Vinci’s former properties are closed to the public, many of his most famous works of art are still on display. Several of his paintings, including a self-portrait, are on display in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, “The Last Supper” is in the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, and “Vitruvian Man” is in the Accademia Gallery in Venice. It is exhibited in.
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Stormtroopers walk through the crowd in “Star Wars: Galactic Cruiser.”
Despite the splashy announcement and connection to one of the world’s most famous intellectual properties, the Star Wars-themed galaxy cruiser Walt Disney World will close in 2023.
The immersive experience was a full-service hotel, but also featured lightsaber training, encounters with droids and characters from the movie, and drinks at Oga’s cantina. Disney called the closure of Galactic Cruiser a “business decision.”
Next plan: some real life Star Wars filming locations It makes a great vacation destination. Hotel Sidi Doris in Tunisia served as the Skywalker family’s headquarters on Tatooine, and the black sand beaches of Reynisfjara in Iceland were the planet of Eadu in “Rogue One.”