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Introduction

UK tourists visit Attractions all year round, for example Alton Towers, The Tower of London etc. these attractions are known as visitor attractions. Visitor attractions over the last 3 years have been a big boost for UK tourism. Visitors travelling to various attractions always look at what's new as, we can see from the table that show most paid attractions in 2000. As the millennium dome opened it attracted 6,516,874 visitors that year. After this year the owners decided to close it down because it was only planned for the millennium year.

The two tables on pages three and four show the most paid visitor attractions over 2000 and 2001. In 2000 the most paid visitor attraction was the millennium dome because this was the year that it was open on. It shows that the visitor attractions that open up on the same year tend to do well in attracting visitors.

In 2001 the most paid visitor attraction was the London Eye. This was because it was a unique attraction; it allows visitors to see for miles over London. Visitors also take time to book the London Eye for special occasions, like booking weddings, for family bookings etc. The London Eye is located around various other attractions, Parliament, The Tower of London, plus it is located on the Themes, which makes it even more appealing because people that are visiting these attractions might take the time out to visit the London Eye as well. The Eden project over the last year has doubled in the number of visitors that it has gained. It is located in Cornwall, which makes it easy over visitors to get to it.

Most Visited Paid Admission Attractions in the UK 2000

Attraction 

Location 

Visits 2000 

Visits 1999 

Millennium Dome 

London 

6,516,874 

N/A 

British Airways London Eye 

London 

3,300,000 

N/A 

Alton Towers 

Alton 

2,450,000 

2,650,000 

Madame Tussaud`s 

London 

2,388,000 

2640,000 

Tower of London 

London 

2,303,167 

2,428,603 

Natural History Museum 

London 

1,577,044 

1,696,725 

Chessington World of Adventures 

Chessington 

1,500,000 

1,550,000 

Legoland Windsor 

Windsor 

1,490,000 

1,620,000 

Victoria & Albert Museum 

London 

1,344,113 

1,251,396 

Science Museum 

London 

1,337,432 

1,483,234 

Flamingo Land Theme Park & Zoo 

Kirby Misperton 

1,301,000 

1,197,000 

Canterbury Cathedral 

Canterbury 

1,263,140 

1,318,065 

Westminster Abbey 

London 

1,230,000 

1,260,000 

Edinburgh Castle 

Edinburgh 

1,204,285 

1,219,720 

Windermere Lake Cruises 

Newby Bridge 

1,172,219 

1,140,207 

Windsor Castle 

Windsor 

1,127,000 

1,280,000 

Chester Zoo 

Chester 

1,118,000 

1,065,000 

St.Paul`s Cathedral 

London 

937,025 

1,068,336 

Roman Baths 

Bath 

932,566 

918,867 

 

 

In this table there are 6 historic sites. This shows that the people from different countries and the UK are travelling more and taking time out to see the history of Britain develop. For example the Tower of London has around 60% of foreign visitors a year. In 2000 it had 2,303,167.

Then again in 2001 it went up the table in second place with the most paid admission attractions 2,019,210. As we can see the numbers are going down but it still is going up the table this because the other attractions are not attracting enough visitors to go a head of the Tower of London.

Major paid admission attractions 2001

Attraction 

Location 

Visits 2001 

Visits 2000 

British Airways London Eye 

London 

3,850,000* 

3,300,000* 

Tower of London 

London 

2,019,210 

2,303,167 

Eden Project 

St Austell 

1,700,000 

498,000 

Natural History Museum 

London 

1,696,176 

1,576,048 

Legoland Windsor 

Windsor 

1,632,000 

1,490,000 

Victoria & Albert Museum 

London 

1,446,344 

1,344,113 

Science Museum 

London 

1,352,649 

1,337,432 

Flamingo Land Theme Park & Zoo 

Kirby Misperton 

1,322,000* 

1,301,000* 

Windermere Lake Cruises 

Ambleside 

1,241,918* 

1, 172,219 

Canterbury Cathedral 

Canterbury 

1,151,099* 

1,263,140* 

Edinburgh Castle 

Edinburgh 

1,127,389 

1,204,285 

Chester Zoo 

Chester 

1,060,433 

1,118,000 

Kew Gardens 

Richmond 

989,352 

860,340 

Westminster Abbey 

London 

986,354 

1,241,876 

Royal Academy of Arts 

London 

910,276 

760,800 

London Zoo 

London 

906,923 

930,000 

Windsor Castle 

Windsor 

904, 164 

1,126,508 

Roman Baths 

Bath 

864,989 

932,566 

St.Paul`s Cathedral 

London 

837,894 

937,025 

 

 

Note: Excludes one attraction where operator did not authorise figures for publication. *Estimates

Note: *Estimates

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