West Lothian tourism by numbers Increasing total visitor spend per year
£169
£146
Visitor Economy worth
million
£169
million
in 2010
million
in 2015
in 2015 (UP 1.8% on previous year)
361,000
overnight trips were taken in West Lothian (+2.4% on previous year)
1.14 million
Visitors to West Lothian in 2015
2.1 million
visitor days in total in 2015
In 2015 there were
776,000 day visitors
FTE jobs supported
2,834 by tourism
15,000+
In attendance at Party @ the Palace Music Festival 2015
Livingston is the
11.13 million
2nd largest
Number of passengers through Edinburgh Airport per year (+9.4% on 2014)
indoor shopping venue in Scotland
Edinburgh Airport has 173 routes to 122 destinations
Edinburgh’s playground
1,510 Cairnpapple
Linlithgow Canal Centre
13,582
16,040 Owl Centre
21,556 Blackness Castle
50,000 Hopetoun House
68,865 Linlithgow Palace
94,266 Howden Park Centre
123,274 Five Sisters Zoo
The number of visitors in 2015 to West Lothian’s paid attractions. Almond Valley Heritage Centre is the most visited attracton in 2015 with 136,000 visitors.
136,000 Almond Valley
Paid Attractions in West Lothian
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