Tate Modern becomes nation’s top attraction as experts say Britons are fuelling growth
Visitor numbers at Britain’s museums, galleries, zoos, castles and country houses increased by nearly 9% last year despite a decrease in numbers of overseas tourists.
Figures published on Wednesday show striking rises across the UK helped by stories as diverse as Dippy the “150m-year-old dinosaur”, a regiment of 2,200-year-old terracotta warriors and a one-year-old polar bear called Hamish.
The Highland Wildlife park in the Cairngorms had a 51.5% increase in visitor numbers to 205,930 due to Hamish, the first polar bear born in the UK for 25 years. He turned one in December and shares an enclosure with his mother, Victoria.
Carlisle Castle experienced a 285% rise in visitor numbers to 177,247 in 2018. The main reason for the rise was the display of Paul Cummins and Tom Piper’s Weeping Window poppies sculpture, originally displayed at the Tower of London in 2014.
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