Chief executive Paul Jennings said, “At the moment we are approximately 25% up on our target for August and it looks like we’re on course for our busiest year ever.

“You’ll find places like Camperdown Park probably suffering due to the bad weather, but indoor attractions tend to benefit.

“Last year at this time, when we had very little rain, our business was severely affected as people were outside enjoying the good weather.

“We’ve had a popular Dinosaur exhibition running in the centre, which finished today, so that could have had an impact on the number of visitors.”

Operations director of Dundee Industrial Heritage Mark Munsie, said Verdant Works and Discovery Point were both showing very good trade.

He said, “Verdant Works has had a very good year and has been substantially busier than last year.

“Sometimes when the weather is persistently bad, people get fed up and don’t want to leave their houses. But we’ve not been badly affected.”

Discovery Point has also recorded high numbers of visitors during the past month.

Mr Munsie continued, “Over the summer, we have seen a large influx of European visitors, especially German and Spanish.

“I would say that around 20% of our visitors are European. Perhaps this is a result of our recent marketing campaigns to tour operators.

“At the moment, we’re carrying out an exit survey, which quizzes a selection of customers on their way out of the attraction.

“It asks them very simple questions — such as where they’ve travelled from — and results of this survey will be available at the end of September.

“We thought that after such high numbers, we might suffer a slump, but that doesn’t seem to be happening, which is good.

“It’s hard to say if better weather would have perhaps brought in more customers.

“But as far as we can see, the persistent rainfall we’ve been experiencing has not been detrimental to our trade.”

Chief executive of Angus and Dundee Tourist Boards, Dr Colin Smith, said visitors to the tourist information centre have gone up 2.1% on last year’s figures.

The number of inquiries to the tourist information centre has increased substantially since last summer.

He said, “The weather doesn’t seem to have had an adverse effect on tourism. The proof will be in next year’s figures.”

A spokesperson for Dundee City Council said, “The rainfall doesn’t seem to have affected the number of visitors coming to tourist attractions in the city.

“The Olympia Leisure Centre has been very busy, but this could be a result of the Pass-sport to Sport scheme for young Dundonians, instead of just the weather.

“The wildlife centre at Camperdown Park was really busy when the weather was good, but when there was torrential rain it wasn’t busy at all.”

The bad weather hasn’t affected the Dundee Flower and Food Festival, which is due to start next Friday.

Preparations are well under way for the event in Camperdown Park.