View from The Shard visitor numbers decline amid competition from free viewing galleries

The View from the Shard visitor attraction is still attracting paying customers despite the opening of several free viewing galleries on the other side of the river.
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However, while their annual accounts show that while visitors still pay to visit, fewer are doing so, and that’s also affecting their income from the rooftop bar and shop.
Ticket sales fell to just over £8.9 million in 2023 from just under £10.6 million in 2022. Bar and shop sales also declined to &po