City Sightseeing

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City Sightseeing Gozo King Long in 2012
Parent	Enrique Ybarra
Founded	1999
Headquarters	Seville, Spain
Service type	Open top bus tours, boat tours, sightseeing trains, and guided walking tours
Fleet	1000+
Chief executive	Enrique Ybarra
Website	https://city-sightseeing.com/en/home

City Sightseeing is an open-top, sightseeing tour bus operator. It provides tour bus services in more than 130 cities around the world. As City Sightseeing has grown and expanded, the company now also provides boat tours, sightseeing train tours, and guided walking tours.^[1]

The buses pass by main tourist attractions and major landmarks, while a prerecorded audio commentary is provided through headphones in multiple languages giving important facts and information about what is being seen. Many tours also have a live guide. Tourists may board and leave the buses within their ticket's time limit at the different bus stops on the circular routes. This is called hop-on-hop-off. Many cities have more than one route to showcase all the different sights and attractions. On some routes, buses leave the city for suburban sights. In some cities (New York City, Philadelphia, Sharjah) buses also operate at night. In some cities (Moscow, Cape Town, Amsterdam, Boston) a boat tour is available. The United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, and the United States are the countries with the largest number of cities with City Sightseeing service.^[2]

Each city has different ticketing options available, which range from a 24-hour pass to a 14-day pass. Furthermore, many tours include discounts for local attractions and restaurants. There are bundle packs, where customers can buy tickets for several attractions when they purchase a bus or boat ticket. In 2015, more than 14 million tourists hopped-on a City Sightseeing tour.^[3]

In 2015, US officials raised safety concerns about City Sightseeing tours after certain irregularities were discovered and a major crash occurred in San Francisco.