Zaha Hadid’s Riverside Museum has attracted more than 1 million visitors since opening in June last year, while the Gareth Hoskins-refurbished National Museum of Scotland was the most visited attraction outside of London.

The data from the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions shows that the national museum in Edinburgh saw a 141% increase in visitor numbers, with nearly 1.5 million people walking through its doors.

Bernard Donoghue, director of ALVA, said: “Scottish attractions successes demonstrate very clearly that political and financial investment in building new attractions or refurbishing existing ones results in real returns on investment for the Scottish local and national economies, for job creation, for regeneration and in delivering a truly quality Scottish experience and welcome for visitors from home and abroad.”

London’s British Museum was the country’s most popular attraction, with 5.8 million visitors.