1. Wangfujing Street

Location: Dongcheng district, Beijing

Total visits: 895,000

Wangfujing Street is an iconic commercial area and tourist attraction which is more than a century old. The 892-meter-long pedestrian street features a mix of large shopping malls, such as the Beijing Department Store and Beijing Apm, and smaller retail shops. It is also home to two large bookstores — the Wangfujing Xinhua Bookstore and the Beijing Foreign Languages Bookstore — and St. Joseph's Church, also known as Wangfujing Church.