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The number of pilgrims who visit some of these shrines every year can be significant.

E. g.

Lourdes with a population of around 15, 000 people, receives about 5, 000, 000 pilgrims every year and within France only Paris has more hotel rooms than Lourdes.

Over 1, 000, 000 pilgrims visit the Black Madonna statue in the Chapel of Grace in Altötting, Germany every year, where for more than 500 years miracles have been attributed to praying to the Virgin Mary at that shrine.