The latest Survey of Visits to Visitor Attractions 2022 from VisitEngland shows that while visits overall showed recovery, numbers were still significantly down on pre-Covid levels.
The survey reports that during 2022 visits to visitor attractions in England increased by 42%, however this was still down more than a third (35%) on 2019 figures.
London witnessed the largest regional increase in visits to attraction, with numbers up 141% during 2022 compared to 2021. Other regions in England saw average growth of between 16% and 42% for the same period.
In the Cotswolds region, New Brewery Arts in Cirencester and the Museum in the Park in Stroud both ranked in the top 20 list of free attractions, with Westonbirt, WWT Slimbridge and Dyrham Park positioning equally high in the list of paid attractions. Unsurprisingly, both Blenheim Palace and the Roman Baths made it into the top 20 list for England.