Historic Environment Scotland manages 300 sites across the country. Overall, there has been a significant 17% increase on 2016/17 in the 2017/18 figures passing the 5 million mile-stone. Within this however, there have been even more dramatic increases from some countries and to certain attractions.
Visits from North America went up by 27% and 19% respectively. This has been attributed to Outlander.
The top ten sites are:
| Site | Visitor Numbers | % increase Year on Year |
| Edinburgh Castle | 2,082,048 | 15% |
| Stirling Castle | 574,348 | 18% |
| Urquhart Castle | 487,837 | 22% |
| Glasgow Cathedral | 400,324 | 27% |
| Doune Castle | 125,772 | 36% |
| Skara Brae | 110,497 | 18% |
| St Andrews Castle | 90,253 | 16% |
| Linlithgow Palace | 87,254 | 17% |
| Fort George | 76,126 | 24% |
| Iona Abbey | 66,570 | 3% |
Since 2013, Doune and Blackness castles, which feature in the Outlander TV series, saw staggering increases of 227% and 182% respectively.
This news is by no means unusual. See these other recent reports:
Glasgow and Edinburgh push London into third place in tourism hotspots survey
Scottish tourism growth outpaces that in UK
Talking-up Scotland 
Also Glasgow Cathedral was used to represent the French hospital. We need our own film studio, it should be seen as a priority.
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Absolutely and in Glasgow!
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