The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (Alva) said the London venue attracted 5.6 million visitors.
He said 15% of the economy, such as shops, pubs, restaurants and visitor attractions do well.
Judges rated the town on its levels of crime, hygiene standards and the range of visitor attractions.
Other lottery projects stuck visitor attractions into areas with no links to the theme of the project.
The British are known to celebrate the eccentric and the quirky -- even when it comes to their visitor attractions.
The centre was one of the most popular visitor attractions in Wales, attracting over 750, 000 people a year.
BBC: The leisure centre attracted over 750,000 visitors a year
Scottish museums have enjoyed a record year for visitors, according to figures published by the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions.
Data from the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (Alva) also suggests the Olympics had a negative impact on visitor numbers in London.
The issue was raised at question time in the Lords on 26 October 2011 by Liberal Democrat Lord Lee of Trafford, who chairs the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions.
"For London attractions, the Olympic period was one of their worst trading periods in living memory and for visitor attractions, the summer is their equivalent of retailers' Christmas, " said Alva chief executive Bernard Donoghue.
On Tuesday, the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (Alva) said that the wet summer and Olympics had meant that some London attractions had hosted 60% fewer visitors than usual during the two-week period of the Games.
Historic Scotland is blaming the wet summer for a drop in visitor numbers at some of its key attractions.
His British friends were, as you can imagine, somewhat surprised, particularly as the visitor had been to some of the great attractions of the country.
Of the 30 attractions in Scotland, 12 saw an increase in visitor numbers.
The wettest summer in a century caused visitor numbers to plummet at many of the UK's top tourist attractions, new figures show.
While devoted Elvis fans might spend an entire day examining the many exhibits, the average visitor can easily do Graceland well in three hours or less on a normal day, and as tourist attractions go, it is three hours very well spent.
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