| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| Table 15B4 Visitor attractions, number of visits by Tourist Board Area, 1997 |
(thousands) |
| Tourist Board Area | All |
Castles |
Churches, Abbeys, Cathedrals |
Country Parks |
Gardens |
Historic Houses |
Industrial/ Craft Premises |
Interpre- tation Visitor centres |
Miscell- aneous |
Monu- ments |
Museum and Art Galleries |
Wildlife/ Zoo/ Safari Parks |
| Scotland | 43,576.7 |
4,008.7 |
1,223.1 |
11,614.0 |
1,913.2 |
1,818.6 |
2,076.6 |
6,633.5 |
3,253.4 |
302.5 |
9,148.7 |
1,684.3 |
| Aberdeen & Grampian | 2,948.6 |
321.8 |
88.5 |
432.2 |
25.3 |
195.7 |
564.4 |
378.3 |
196.0 |
3.0 |
743.7 |
- |
| Angus & City of Dundee | 1,084.3 |
181.1 |
9.8 |
244.8 |
13.0 |
26.3 |
27.2 |
140.9 |
50.0 |
- |
317.3 |
74.0 |
| Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, | ||||||||||||
| Stirling & Trossachs | 4,348.2 |
647.2 |
148.7 |
50.0 |
37.6 |
162.8 |
129.3 |
1,966.2 |
163.7 |
197.8 |
537.8 |
307.1 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 2,136.6 |
503.5 |
3.8 |
254.3 |
- |
308.5 |
35.0 |
555.9 |
308.7 |
- |
119.8 |
47.2 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 1,308.6 |
54.3 |
28.4 |
- |
113.9 |
7.2 |
41.1 |
666.4 |
79.5 |
0.4 |
258.7 |
58.8 |
| Edinburgh and Lothians | 9,813.5 |
1,328.6 |
353.1 |
2,361.0 |
906.4 |
429.1 |
42.0 |
469.8 |
210.4 |
67.6 |
3,097.1 |
548.4 |
| Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley | 13,168.3 |
17.2 |
149.3 |
7,663.0 |
427.4 |
247.8 |
- |
246.5 |
1,312.3 |
- |
3,104.8 |
- |
| Highlands of Scotland | 3,393.0 |
607.4 |
72.6 |
100.0 |
209.4 |
- |
292.8 |
1,078.6 |
583.8 |
33.7 |
284.7 |
130.0 |
| Kingdom of Fife | 1,586.3 |
85.3 |
- |
466.3 |
59.0 |
99.1 |
138.8 |
466.1 |
14.7 |
- |
- |
257.0 |
| Orkney | 271.5 |
- |
81.7 |
- |
- |
45.3 |
- |
15.5 |
19.4 |
- |
37.6 |
- |
| Perthshire | 2,386.6 |
188.7 |
- |
- |
76.5 |
121.7 |
842.8 |
863.4 |
16.1 |
- |
224.7 |
52.7 |
| Scottish Borders | 909.9 |
70.5 |
128.4 |
42.4 |
103.8 |
174.6 |
99.9 |
45.3 |
207.7 |
- |
37.2 |
- |
| Shetland | 92.1 |
3.0 |
- |
- |
- |
0.5 |
2.1 |
15.3 |
19.1 |
- |
52.1 |
- |
| Western Isles | 129.1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
52.7 |
- |
- |
76.5 |
- |
Source: Scottish Tourist Board Visitor Attractions Survey 1997 |