Published on : Thursday, March 6, 2014
London emerged as the most visited city in the world in 2013. Glorious weather last summer was surely one of the reasons that boosted international visits to the United Kingdom last year.
According to the tourism experts, the museums and galleries were crowded throughout the year due to the sunny weather.
The main attractions welcomed 6% more people last year than in rainy 2012, with an 8% increase at outdoor destinations.
The Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, south-west London, had a 29% rise in visitor numbers, while at London zoo numbers rose 26.4% – thanks to the opening of the Tiger Territory exhibition – and Stonehenge was up 18.9%.
The figures were published by ALVA, the Association of Leading visitor Attractions, whose members include the UK’s most popular and important galleries, museums, palaces, castles, cathedrals, zoos, heritage sites, gardens and historic houses.
The 53 members manage nearly 2,000 tourist sites and have more than 100 million visitors a year – 25% of the annual UK total. Overall, London attractions enjoyed a 12% increase in 2013, with English attractions up 5% and Scottish attractions also up 5%.
The British Museum in central London remained the UK’s most popular visitor attraction for the seventh year running, with a 20% rise in visitor numbers, to 6.7 million, making it the museum’s most successful year on record.
n second place, up from third the previous year, was the National Gallery (6.03 million visitors), followed by the Natural History Museum with 5.35 million visitors.
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