London

===Tourism===
{{main|Tourism in London}}
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London is one of the leading tourist destinations in the world and in 2015 was ranked as the most visited city in the world with over 65&nbsp;million visits.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 December 2015 |title=MasterCard Intelligence {{!}} MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index Report 2015|url=http://www.masterintelligence.com/content/intelligence/en/research/reports/2015/mastercard-global-destination-cities-index-report-2015.html |access-date=25 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207062023/http://www.masterintelligence.com/content/intelligence/en/research/reports/2015/mastercard-global-destination-cities-index-report-2015.html |archive-date=7 December 2015}}</ref> It is also the top city in the world by visitor cross-border spending, estimated at US$20.23&nbsp;billion in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Hedrick-Wong |first1=Yuwa |last2=Choong |first2=Desmond |year=2015 |title=MasterCard – 2015 Global Destination Cities Index |url=https://newsroom.mastercard.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/MasterCard-GDCI-2015-Final-Report1.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195105/https://newsroom.mastercard.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/MasterCard-GDCI-2015-Final-Report1.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016 |access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref> Tourism is one of London's prime industries, employing 700,000 full-time workers in 2016, and contributes £36&nbsp;billion a year to the economy.<ref>{{Cite web |year=2017 |title=A Tourism Vision for London |url=https://files.londonandpartners.com/l-and-p/assets/london_tourism_vision_aug_2017.pdf |access-date=27 March 2021 |website=[[London and Partners]] |pages=6–7}}</ref> The city accounts for 54% of all inbound visitor spending in the UK.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 April 2015 |title=VisitBritain |url=https://www.visitbritain.org/visitor-economy-facts |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806112308/https://www.visitbritain.org/visitor-economy-facts |archive-date=6 August 2015 |access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref> {{As of|2016}} London was the world top city destination as ranked by [[TripAdvisor]] users.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 March 2016 |title=London named No.1 city destination on TripAdvisor |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35840394 |access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref>

In 2015 the top most-visited attractions in the UK were all in London. The top 10 most visited attractions were (with visits per venue):<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35730578 |title=British Museum tops UK visitor attractions list |date=7 March 2016 |access-date=19 January 2017 |work=BBC News}}</ref>
#[[British Museum]]: 6,820,686
#[[National Gallery]]: 5,908,254
#[[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]] (South Kensington): 5,284,023
#[[Southbank Centre]]: 5,102,883
#[[Tate Modern]]: 4,712,581
#[[Victoria and Albert Museum]] (South Kensington): 3,432,325
#[[Science Museum, London|Science Museum]]: 3,356,212
#[[Somerset House]]: 3,235,104
#[[Tower of London]]: 2,785,249
#[[National Portrait Gallery, London|National Portrait Gallery]]: 2,145,486

The number of hotel rooms in London in 2023 stood at 155,700 and is expected to grow to 183,600 rooms, the most of any city outside China.<ref>{{cite news |title=London Poised to Take Hotel Crown From Las Vegas |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-26/what-city-has-the-most-hotel-rooms-london-to-pass-las-vegas-tokyo?embedded-checkout=true |access-date=7 April 2024 |work=Bloomberg}}</ref> Luxury hotels in London include [[Savoy Hotel|the Savoy]] (opened in 1889), [[Claridge's]] (opened in 1812 and rebuilt in 1898), [[The Ritz Hotel, London|the Ritz]] (opened in 1906) and [[the Dorchester]] (opened in 1931), while budget hotel chains include [[Premier Inn]] and [[Travelodge]].<ref>{{cite news |title=London's Most Historic Hotels |url=https://londonist.com/london/history/historic-hotels |access-date=7 April 2024 |work=Londonist}}</ref>