The total number of admissions to the Royal Estate in the United Kingdom declined by roughly 95 percent in 2020/2021 over the previous fiscal year due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Overall, Royal Estate locations recorded around 155 thousand visits in 2020/2021, while they reported over three million admissions in 2019/2020. Both prior and after the pandemic, Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace were the Royal establishments recording the highest number of admissions.
Total number of admissions to the Royal Estate in the United Kingdom from fiscal year 2015 to 2021
(in 1,000s)
Figures refer to paid visitors and include complementary tickets.
The Royal Estate here refers to the part that is open to the public, namely, Windsor Castle and Frogmoor House, Buckinham Palace (during its summer opening), the Queen's Gallery (London), the Queen's Gallery (Edinburgh), the Royal Mews, Clarence House, and the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
Data from 2019/2020 onwards do not include visits to the Clarence House, since it closed to the public that year.
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Royal Collection Trust. (July 9, 2021). Total number of admissions to the Royal Estate in the United Kingdom from fiscal year 2015 to 2021 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 18, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/373102/uk-royal-tourism-admission-numbers/
Royal Collection Trust. "Total number of admissions to the Royal Estate in the United Kingdom from fiscal year 2015 to 2021 (in 1,000s)." Chart. July 9, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 18, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/373102/uk-royal-tourism-admission-numbers/
Royal Collection Trust. (2021). Total number of admissions to the Royal Estate in the United Kingdom from fiscal year 2015 to 2021 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 18, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/373102/uk-royal-tourism-admission-numbers/
Royal Collection Trust. "Total Number of Admissions to The Royal Estate in The United Kingdom from Fiscal Year 2015 to 2021 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/373102/uk-royal-tourism-admission-numbers/
Royal Collection Trust, Total number of admissions to the Royal Estate in the United Kingdom from fiscal year 2015 to 2021 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/373102/uk-royal-tourism-admission-numbers/ (last visited May 18, 2022)
