{"id":9118,"date":"2014-12-10T16:32:40","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T16:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=9118"},"modified":"2014-12-10T16:32:40","modified_gmt":"2014-12-10T16:32:40","slug":"edinburgh-castle-crowned-the-uks-best-heritage-attraction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=9118","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Castle crowned the UK\u2019s best heritage attraction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Edinburgh Castle has been named the UK\u2019s Best Heritage Attraction for a record fourth year running at the 2014 British Travel Awards (BTAs)<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Historic Scotland writes<\/span>:<br \/>\nThis year\u2019s prestigious BTAs \u2013 the largest consumer voted awards in the UK \u2013 saw the castle, Scotland\u2019s number one paid for visitor attraction, once again lift the title, following a public vote.<\/p>\n<p>With over one million public votes cast as part of this year\u2019s awards, the accolade of Best UK Heritage Attraction tops off a bumper year for the world-famous Scottish landmark, following a record-breaking summer season for the castle, which welcomes over 1.4 million visitors annually.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the Award, Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs, Fiona Hyslop, said: \u2018With its dramatic setting, centuries of colourful history and panoramic cityscape views over the Scottish capital, Edinburgh Castle continues to enthral visitors from around the world.\u00a0 To be named the winner of this prestigious award for the fourth year running reflects the enduring appeal of this iconic Scottish landmark, which plays a key role in promoting Scotland to visitors both at home and overseas.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotsman.com\/lifestyle\/heritage\/edinburgh-castle-uk-s-best-historic-attraction-1-3618126\" target=\"_blank\">Scotsman article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edinburgh Castle has been named the UK\u2019s Best Heritage Attraction for a record fourth year running at the 2014 British Travel Awards (BTAs). Historic Scotland writes: This year\u2019s prestigious BTAs \u2013 the largest consumer voted awards in the UK \u2013 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=9118\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9119,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9118\/revisions\/9119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}