BLACKPOOL, the famed north-west seaside town, is still the UK”s most popular place, with six million visitors last year. Although this was down on 2004, the numbers were still way ahead of the British Museum in London at 4.5 million. The eight most popular sights in the UK are in London, according to the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions, but the negative affects of last July”s bombings meant more visitors went out of the capital.
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