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Mar 29th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Wednesday’s story about which attractions received the most visitors was very London-centric since the top ten venues are all in London. In Scotland, the National Museum of Scotland was the most visited attraction (11th place) outside London with a 3% increase and 2,227,773 visits. In 12th position was Edinburgh Castle with a 2% increase (2,111,578) – continuing to be the most visited paid for attraction in Scotland. The Scottish National Gallery (in 16th place) saw a 9% increase to 1,739,128. One Scottish attraction that has
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Tags: ALVA, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, National Museum of Scotland, Walker Art Gallery, World Museum
Nov 25th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
Tax rises (here and in Greece) Christmas markets and the Northern Lights all go to make up some of the smaller news stories of the week.
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Tags: APD, Canada, Cayman Islands, Greece, Greek mooring tax, Hong Kong, Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Highway, IPK International, Israel, National Museum of Scotland, Northern Lights, paperless ticketing in Greece, Solomon Islands, spain, TEPAI, UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office, valencia, VAT on tourism
Mar 10th, 2017 |
By The Editor
ASVA – the Association of Scottish Visitor Attractions – has announced that visits to its member sites rose in 2016. It has 249 members and they received almost 30 million visits last year.
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Tags: ASVA – the Association of Scottish Visitor Attractions, Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre, Edinburgh Castle, Highland Wildlife Park, Loch Ness by Jacobite, National Museum of Scotland, The Black Watch Castle & Museum, The Royal Yacht Britannia, Urquhart Castle
Mar 13th, 2013 |
By The Editor
Yesterday the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) released the figures of how many of us visited their members during 2012. As its name suggests, membership is among most but not all of the attractions that immediately spring to mind. And what they have found is that having headline grabbing exhibitions or changes is what seems to pull us in.
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Tags: ALVA, British Museum, Museum of Liverpool, National Museum of Scotland, Wakefield One
Nov 25th, 2011 |
By Adrian Lawes
It seems that it was only yesterday that I was in Edinburgh at the re-opening of the National Museum in Chambers Street. But it was four months ago. A short time. So it is surprising to learn that the museum welcomed its one millionth visitor yesterday since its re-opening.
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Tags: ancient Egypt, Catherine the Great, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland, Scotland
Jul 31st, 2011 |
By The Editor
According to the BBC, some 22,000 people visited the newly opened Chambers Street part of the National Museum of Scotland on Friday, its opening day. I was one.
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Tags: Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland
Jul 29th, 2011 |
By The Editor
On the day that the National Museum of Scotland reopens in Chambers Street, Edinburgh, there has been news lately that two other visitor attractions have received grants so that they can improve facilities for visitors.
Bannockburn will receive £10 million
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Tags: Bannockburn, National Museum of Scotland, Scotland, Smith Art Gallery & Museum, Stirling Castle