Arte e Cultura
Tower of London Crowned Top London Attraction in 2014
It's estimated that over five million visitors from around the world visited the First World War commemorative poppy installation, with this being largely responsible for the increase in visitor numbers during 2014.
The number of visitors to the Tower of London tour during the installation doubled in September, and more than tripled in October, compared to the previous year. This led to 365Tickets seeing a year on year ticket increase of 35% compared to figures from 2013.
Between 17th July and 12th November, over 100,000 visitors a day queued to pay their respects to the installation.
Bryn Parry , Co-Founder and CEO of Help for Heroes, explains that: "The Poppies at the Tower installation has been extraordinary. It has become the symbol of reflection, a National focus for remembrance. We remember all those who have died in the service of our country; countless numbers, generations of the dead, but we must also remember those who live."
The installation provided a welcome boost in tourism for the entire region and demonstrated the power the poppies had.
"It's great that the poppy installation had such an impact on visitors to London ," says Neil Langdon , Marketing Manager at 365Tickets. "It just goes to show how proud we are as a nation of those who serve our country."
From 365Tickets data, the top 10 London attractions in 2014 were:
Notes To Editor
365Tickets are one of the world's leading providers of online tickets sales, with over one million admissions tickets sold to date. They have specialised in gate price or less discount tickets since 1997, and were the originators of the Print-N-Go tickets in 1999.