- To date, the Scottish Arts Council National Lottery
Department has distributed 656 grants worth over £100 million to arts organisations in
Scotland. (Table 15A3)
The Scottish Football League championship attendance figures
totalled over 3.95 million in the 1997/98 season, a rise of over 397,000 during the past
two seasons. (Table 15A4)
888,422 spectators went through the turnstiles at Ibrox in
the 1997/98 season to watch Rangers. (Table 15A5)
Celtic attracted 873,582 fans to Celtic Park during season
1997/98 as the club won its first Premier Division Championship for 10 seasons. (Table 15A5)
Three times Olympian Alison Sheppard continued to perform at
the highest level, breaking two Scottish records at the Scottish National Open
Championships in June 1998. (Table
15A7)
Overseas visitors to Scotland increased by 3% from 1995 to
2,020 thousand in 1996. Visitors were mainly from the USA, Germany and France. (Table 15B1)
Edinburgh Castle is still the most popular paid admission
visitor attraction with over one million visitors in 1997. (Table 15B5)
Glasgow Museum and Art Gallery is the most popular free
admission attraction with one million visitors in 1997. (Table 15B6)
Spain remains the top holiday destination for Scottish
residents. Of 1,410,000 holiday trips taken, 500,000 of them were to Spain. (Table 15B11)
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