The traffic of cultural heritage sights in Scotland has increased last year, as tourists attracted historical sites and places, where television and cinema were filmed.

At Sights in Scotland 49,708,483 visits last yearincreased by 3.9% compared to 2023, according to data from the Moffat Center at the University of Caledonia in Glasgow and the Association of Tourist Attractions (ASVA).

The castle of Edinburghwhich appears as a backdrop to Netflix’s One Day movie, remained in the first place as Scotland’s most popular attraction with an entry ticket, with the number of visitors increasing by 4% to 1,981.152 in 2024.

The number of people who visited the Caloden Visitor Center on the Caloden Battlefield increased 42.8% to 374,443, while the number of visitors to the Stirling Castle was greater by 14.8% and amounted to 594,938. To browse the visitor to the two attractions, he pays a ticket.

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At St Giles’s Cathedral which is visited free of charge and appeared in the films “Avengers: Infinity War”, “Frankenstein” and “Fast & Furious 9”, the number of visitors increased by 18.3% and amounted to 1,742,147 in 2024.

Chris Greenwood senior researcher at the Moffat Center for travel and tourism at the University of Caledonia in Glasgow said: “Heritage and culture are an important attraction between our international visitors, as castles, cultural heritage centers and historical sites have great traffic.”

“Many of Scotland’s cultural heritage monuments are used as shooting sites that encourage visitors to travel” Set-Tget “to experience their favorite film and television productions, such as the” Outlander “series» He stressed.

The Scottish National Museum remained the number one free sightseed with visitors increasing by 5.9% to 2,314,974.

The Burrell Collection in Glasgow recorded 555,888 visits, increasing 11.6%, while Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh increased 8.9% to 1,999.196.