In 2005, the top 50 tourist attractions by number of annual visitorswere as follows: Visitor Attraction Visitor Numbers Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh 1,187,342 Royal Museum and Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh 828,367 National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh 810,054 World Famous Old Blacksmith’s Shop Centre, Gretna Green 679,132 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh 619,946 Edinburgh Zoo, Edinburgh 614,321 National War Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh 567,744 Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow 530,751 Edinburgh Bus Tours, Edinburgh 458,963 Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow 422,848 Museum of Transport, Glasgow 376,115 Stirling Castle, Stirling 373,766 New Lanark Village and Visitor Centre, Lanark 362,850 Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Glasgow 350,000 People’s Palace, Glasgow 342,904 David Welch Winter Gardens, Aberdeen 319,905 Falkirk Wheel, Falkirk 298,562 Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee 279,717 Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh 273,279 Royal Yacht Britannia, Edinburgh 265,659 Burns National Heritage Park, Ayr 264,247 Deep Sea World, North Queensferry 260,000 Dean Castle and Country Park, Kilmarnock 257,857 Eilean Donan Castle and Visitor Centre, by Kyle of Lochalsh 257,240 Urquhart Castle, Drumnadrochit 237,910 Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre, Edinburgh 235,714 Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow 235,237 The Burrell Collection, Glasgow 228,007 Scottish Wool Centre, Aberfoyle 225,009 Museum of Childhood, Edinburgh 222,584 Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh 201,098 Boardwalk, Aberdeen 200,000 Culzean Castle and Country Park, Maybole 195,433 Baxters Highland Village, Fochabers 195,190 The Lighthouse, Glasgow 184,565 Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen 183,776 Teviot Watergardens, Kelso 179,053 Johnston’s Cashmere Visitor Centre, Elgin 164,570 Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh 162,781 CairnGorm Mountain Railway, near Aviemore 162,702 Dean Gallery, Edinburgh 159,348 David Marshall Lodge, near Aberfoyle 156,198 Nevis Range, Fort William 155,301 Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh 153,977 Museum of Flight, nr Haddington 150,908 Queens’ View Visitor Centre, Dunkeld 147,948 Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick 142,823 James Pringle Weavers of Inverness, Inverness 141,250 Isle of Bute Discovery Centre, Rothesay 136,325 Blair Castle, nr Pitlochry 135,330 Source: Scottish Visitor AttractionMonitor 2005.Two visitor attraction operatorsprovided figures for inclusion in the general analysis but indicated they did notwant their figures published.