SACREBLEU! It can't be true. The Eiffel Tower no longer has that je ne sais quoi? And the Leaning Tower of Pisa is no longer fantastico?

According to a new survey, UK tourists are no longer enamoured with tourist attractions once considered hot spots.

Among the most disappointing are The Louvre in Paris, Times Square and the Statue of Liberty in New York, The White House in Washington DC and The Pyramids in Egypt.

It seems the new millennium tourist demands more from their attractions. Tourist traps that have held a place in our hearts for so long, have lost their appeal.

It's adiós Las Ramblas, Barcelona and g'day mate to Kings Canyon, Australia.

Travel expert Felice Hardy believes the cliched sights have become mainstream, overcrowded and disappointing and that wer're more in awe of natural phenomena than the man-made.

More than five million people visit the Eiffel Tower every year, but almost a quarter of British tourists have dubbed the Paris landmark a flop.

And yet in the UK, the survey reveals even some natural structures fail to have kerb appeal.

Among the most disappointing sights in the UK were Stonehenge, Land's End in Cornwall and the White Cliffs of Dover.

Even former hotspot Stonehenge is leaving the British cold - the 4,000 year-old structure is considered past it.

Other sights in the UK whose time is up are Big Ben, The London Eye, Blackpool Tower, Buckingham Palace and perhaps rather controversially, the Princess Diana Memorial Foundation, whose fountain has received a drenching since it first opened in 2004.

So where should tourists go to quench their never-ending thirst for discovering new sights?

At the top of the list of most desirable sights in the UK is the medieval Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, Carric-a-Rede Rope Bridge in County Antrim - that has provided local fisherman with the means of access to Carrick-a-Rede Island for over 300 years - and The Royal Crescent in Bath - one of the finest examples of Georgian architecture.

WHEN it comes to Dorset, there's a cavern of amazing sights that draw people from all over the world, and won't leave the average tourist disappointed.

Here are our seven wonders of Dorset.

  • Durdle Door: This natural limestone arch near Lulworth is a honeypot for tourists.

It's one of the most visited natural tourist attractions in the country, and with the Lulworth Estate, the number of people hiking across between Lulworth and Durdle Door is estimated at over 250,000 annually.

  • Brownsea Island: This is the largest of eight islands in Poole Harbour. The island is owned by the National Trust and includes areas of woodland and heath and a wide variety of wildlife. The island is most notable as the home of the first Boy Scout movement camp in 1907. The island receives well over 105,938 visitors a year.
  • Golden Cap: Located between Bridport and Charmouth this 626ft hill is visible for tens of miles in each direction along the coastline, and is the highest point on the south coast of Great Britain. The name derives from the distinctive outcropping of golden Greensand rock present at the very top of the cliff.
  • Hengistbury Head: This headland jutting into the English Channel between Bournemouth and Christchurch has witnessed a long sequence of human occupation but is most famous as a fortified Iron Age mercantile centre playing an important role in cross-Channel trade between Britain and Gaul. This is a popular destination with both locals and tourists.
  • Corfe Castle: The castle, which is currently undergoing renovation, dates back to the 11th century. Corfe Castle has been used as everything from a royal treasure storehouse to a prison. English science fiction writer Keith Roberts set his novel Pavane partly around the castle and children's author Enid Blyton spent time in the area and some of her adventure stories featured castles that were said to be based on Corfe Castle.
  • Cerne Abbas Giant: Also referred to as the Rude Man or the Rude Giant. This hill figure of a giant naked man is found on a hillside north of Dorchester. Local legend says that a real giant was killed on the hill and that the people from Cerne Abbas drew round the figure and marked him out on the hillside. In modern times the Giant has been used for several publicity stunts and as an advert everything from jeans and bicycles to condoms. For the opening of the Simpsons Movie, a giant Homer brandishing a doughnut was outlined in water-based paint to the left of the Cerne Abbas giant.
  • Clavell Tower: This folly built in 1830 by Rev John Richards Clavell lies on top of Hen Cliff just east of Kimm-eridge Bay. The tower is in the process of being moved 25 metres away from the crumbling cliff top and rebuilt to be suitable for letting.