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Top 200 Universities in Europe
International Tourists per year
0
Italy
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Spain
Russian Federation
Netherlands
Czech Republic
Sweden
Switzerland
Finland
Poland
Republic of Ireland
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Rest of UK
London
Other
Singapore 15,567,900
11,446,422
Seoul
15,500,000
Paris
11,805,400
New York
17,400,000
London
11,842,983
Istanbul
13,000,000
Dubai
10,500,000
Amsterdam
14
London is home to 43 universities which is the
largest concentration of higher education in
Europe.
(Source: Top 200 universities in Europe; Times
Higher Education World University Rankings 2016-2017)
09
London Fashion Week generates
over £100m of orders and over
32,000 hours of digital content
watched in the UK from more than
100 countries.
(Source: BFC, 2015 &
Google Internal Data, 2015)
10
Open House Weekend – which
opens up parts of the City not
normally accessible to the public
has been held on one weekend
each September since 1992 with
a total of 292,885 visits over the
2016 event.
(Source: Open House
London 2016 Annual Review)
11
Cultural tourists spend £7.3bn
per year, generating £3.2bn for
the economy and supporting
80,000 jobs in the capital.
12
London has more green spaces than
any other European city. Roughly
47% of Greater London is green.
(Source: Greenspace Information for
Greater London 2015)
13
London has the highest proportion of International
Tourists per Year.
(Source: World Cities Culture Report 2015).
London was the top-ranked city in Europe for Inbound
Arrivals 2015, with international arrivals growing by just
under 7% in 2015.
(Source: Euromonitor International
“Top 100 City Destinations Ranking”)
08
There are 173 museums and
857 art galleries available and
open to the public. Six of the
top 20 museums and galleries in
the world are in London. These
are The British Museum, The
National Gallery, the Natural
History Museum, Tate Modern,
the Victoria & Albert Museum
and the Science Museum
(South Kensington).
(Source: TEA/AECOM 2015 Theme
Index and Museum Index: The Global
Attractions Attendance Report)
£100m+
of orders
6 of top 20
museums
are in
London
292,885
Visits
£7.3bn
spent
47%
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LONDON IN FIGURES