article_snippet: LondonBritish Museum remains the most popular tourist destination in the UK, welcoming nearly seven million visitors last year as the country’s tourism boom continued.
article_snippet: British Museum was tops out of more than 2,200 tourist sites represented by the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (Alva).
article_snippet: British Museum held on to British Museum status as the UK's most popular attraction with nearly 6.7 million visits .
article_snippet: One of the most popular attractions in London proved to be the Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red installation at the Tower of London.
article_snippet: Visits to the Imperial War Museum in Lambeth, London, which hosted new World War
article_snippet: Glasgow's Riverside Museum had a 41.8 per cent rise in visitors, while the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh welcomed 39 per cent more compared with 2013.
article_snippet: Glasgow's Riverside Museum held on to Glasgow's Riverside Museum status as the UK's most popular attraction with nearly 6.7 million visits, followed by the Scottish National Gallery in London, which was visited by nearly 6.42 million people, an increase of 6.4 per cent.
article_snippet: Figures for London's Southbank Centre have been included for the first time in the Alva table, with the complex welcoming more than 6.25 million visitors, securing London's Southbank Centre third place in the overall list.
article_snippet: Museums and galleries enjoyed a 6.09 per cent increase last year, while London's Southbank Centre helped the Wiltshire monument to an 8.4 per cent rise to more than 1.34 million visits.
highlights_snippet: British Museum ranked first by Association of Leading Visitor Attractions .
  