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TABLE 2 - Visits to the most popular tourist attractions

    Great Britain

                                                  1981     1991     1998                                      1981          1991            1998

Museums and galleries                                                 Historic houses and monuments

     British Museum                         2.6        5.1       5.6        Tower of London                   2.1       1.9         2.6
     National Gallery                         2.7        4.3       4.8        Windsor Castle                     0.7       0.6         1.5
     Tate Gallery                              0.9        1.8       2.2        Edinburgh Castle                  0.8       1.0         1.2
     Natural History Museum             3.7        1.6       1.9       Roman Baths, Bath              0.6       0.8         0.9
     Science Museum                       3.8        1.3       1.6       Stonehenge                          0.5       0.6         0.8

Theme parks                                                                 Wildlife parks and zoos

     Blackpool Pleasure Beach          7.5        6.5       7.1       London Zoo                          1.1       1.1         1.1
     Alton Towers                             1.6        2.0       2.8        Chester Zoo                         ..          0.9         0.9
     Pleasureland, Southport           ….          1.8       2.1       London Aquarium                  .           .            0.7
     Chessington World of Adventure  0.5        1.4       1.7       Edinburgh Zoo                      ..          0.5         0.5
     Legoland, Windsor                      .           .         1 .5         Knowsley Safari Park           ..          0.3         0.5

Source: National Tourist Boards


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