On Jan 16, 9:48 am, d4g...@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
(*)) wrote:
> Mike....... wrote:
> > Following up to d4g...@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
> > (*)) wrote:
>
> > >Regardless, the numbers of visitors is huge. London only gets twice as
> > >many visitors...
>
> > and most of those go to Madame Tussaud,
>
> Not any more they don't. The top visitor attraction in London is Tate
> Modern now, at almost 5 million. Almost as many visit the British Museum
> and the National Gallery. Madame Tussauds no longer makes it's numbers
> available AIUI, but it's between 2-3 million.
The museums are visited in large numbers by London residents as well
as tourists, while Madame Tussaud's is visited almost entirely by
tourists. |