The Dubai Mall

The Dubai Mall is the world's most visited mall by any metric — 80 million annual visitors, 1,200 stores, an Olympic-size ice rink, a dinosaur skeleton in the atrium, and the Dubai Aquarium behind a 32.88-million-litre viewing panel that stops shoppers mid-stride every time. Its visitor count is 33% higher than Mall of the Emirates, and it boasts 50% more stores than the average super-regional mall globally.