MJ's home most requested by visiting tourists

[SimplyMagic]

Michael Jackson home most requested by visiting tourists

http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-michael-jackson-20120406,0,2488129.story

Japanese tourists take photos in front of Michael Jackson's last home in the Holmby Hills neighorhood. (Christina House / For The Times / April 6, 2012)

By Hugo Martin April 6, 2012, 10:40 a.m.


This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details.
Michael Jackson and Simon Cowell are hot.
Elvis Presley, Larry King and Christina Aguilera -- not so much.
At least those are the sentiments of tourists who requested views of celebrity homes from StarLine Tours, the largest tour bus company in Los Angeles.
Based on such requests, the tour company Friday released its top 10 list of most requested celebrity homes for 2011 and the Holmby Hills mansion where the King of Pop died in 2009 was the most requested stop, followed by the Beverly Hills estate of former"American Idol"judge Cowell.
The rest of the top 10, in order, are: Tom Cruise, Jennifer Aniston, David and Victoria Beckham, Lucille Ball, Al Pacino, the former home of Katy Perry and Russell Brand, Phil McGraw (TV's "Dr. Phil") and the Playboy Mansion.
The Pacino home, the former Perry-Brand residence and the Playboy Mansion are all new to the top 10 list in 2011. The homes of Presley, King and Aguilera dropped off the list from last year.
Thanks to a swell in international visitors, Los Angeles hosted a record number of tourists in 2011.
The 27 million tourists who visited the city last year represented a 4.2% increase from 2010, breaking the previous record of 25.6 million in 2007.
[For the record, 3:07 p.m. April 6: An earlier version of this post misspelled Jennifer Aniston's last name as Anniston.]


Not surprised about Michael, but Simon Cowell?

 

[raz2911]

Not surprised, personally I'd rather go to see Neverland than the Holmby Hills house though.

 

[Rhilo]

Yeah, the Estate should take note. Turning the Encino house or even part of Neverland, both of which they own and are vacant into a museum with displays of Michael memorabilia might be a great revenue source for the Estate. Fans would also appreciate this no doubt, and there would be many visitors as the demand is high.

 

[KOPV]

We all would rather probably see Neverland, but the truth is being in the LA area its much much easier to get all your trip plans done and seeing the beverley hills home than neverald.. neverland would be 1 day trip alone considering where its located.

 

[mysterygirl7]

bump!

 

[Petrarose]

^^That's true--it is easier to visit sights in and around LA for tourists who want to see as much as possible on their trips. I am surprised by some of the names on the list as well, but I guess if you are on TV it makes people curious about your home.