Greenwich had a bumper year for tourism last year with record-breaking numbers of people visiting the borough.

In 2017 Greenwich attracted a record number 19.37 million visitors, an all-time high for the borough.

That is even greater than the number of people who visited in 2012, and that year had both the Olympics and the Jubilee.

Events over the year that helped bring in the staggering numbers include the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, the Tall Ships Regatta, and the Armed Forces Day.

The four-day 2017 Tall Ships Regatta alone brought 500,000 into Woolwich and Greenwich town centres over the Easter weekend.

The number of people staying in local hotels was over the one million mark, which is 60 per cent more than in 2013.

Barrie Kelly, chief executive of Visit Greenwich said: “We are delighted with these destination performance figures.

“Since Visit Greenwich was set up by Royal Greenwich, tourism has grown in value by 26 per cent, which puts us ahead of our plan. Our strategy is to improve the quality and value of tourism, not just visitor numbers.

“Over 1 million people stayed overnight in Greenwich in 2017 which is a big increase reflecting the improving quality and capacity of our hotel stock.”