Footprint client, Clifford’s Tower was the only ‘leading attraction’ to see an increase in visitor numbers in North Yorkshire, with 122,000 visitors – 3% up on 2009.

The news was reported by BBC News North Yorkshire, on 23 February 2011, following a survey published by the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA), who compiled the figures for members of its organisation in the county for 2009 and 2010.