Attendance
Visitor attendance figures for Alton Towers from 2009 state that 2,668,576 people entered the park that year. In 2010 visitor numbers increased to 3,010,533, coinciding with the opening of the resort's new ride Th13teen. In 2011, a year with no new major attractions, visitor numbers declined to 2,732,179. The figures imply that attendance figures are affected by new investments and attractions in the park and by any major events that are happening throughout the year. A survey that took place in 2008 showed that 85.7% of people came to the resort in a car; 5.0% by private coach or bus; 4.3% by public bus; 2.5% by train and bus; 1.2% by train and taxi; and then 1.3% by other modes of transport. Alton Towers is located in the rural Staffordshire countryside and there are consequently no main roads immediately surrounding the resort to cope with the traffic; one of the Resort's main aims however is to reduce the amount of car dependence and encourage more people to use public transport.
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