Travel Trends 2010 - Office for National Statistics

Travel Trends Edition No.:

2010

Authors:

William Barnes Roger Smith

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Sharon Bruce Rhys Dalgleish Rebekah Binmore Lyndsey Williams Luke Thwaites Jon Cook Angie Osborn

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Contents

Introduction: Travel Trends ................................................................................................ 4

Celebrating 50 years of the International Passenger Survey ............................................. 8

Survey Timeline .......................................................................... 9

Key travel and tourism trends (1961/2 to 2010) ........................ 10

Travel trends by decade ........................................................... 17

Commentary: Travel Trends 2010 ................................................................................... 22

Tables: Section 1 – Travel and Tourism 1985 to 2010 .................................................... 29

Tables: Section 2 – Overseas residents’ visits to the UK 2006 to 2010........................... 38

Tables: Section 3 – UK residents’ visits abroad 2006 to 2010 ......................................... 60

Tables: Section 4 – Overseas residents’ visits to the UK 2010........................................ 78

Tables: Section 5 – UK residents’ visits abroad 2010 .................................................... 100

Appendix A – Definitions on which this report is based ................................................. 120

Appendix B – Concepts used in this report .................................................................... 123

Appendix C – The IPS: Methodology and coverage ...................................................... 127

Appendix D – IPS response rates.................................................................................. 137

Appendix E – Detailed sampling errors.......................................................................... 138

Appendix F – Information available from the International Passenger Survey............... 140

Appendix G – Access to IPS data and analysis ............................................................. 143


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Introduction: The International Passenger Survey

Travel Trends 2010

Introduction: Travel Trends Travel Trends is an annual publication which presents some of the key trends in overseas travel and tourism drawn from the findings of the International Passenger Survey (IPS). Analysis is based on completed visits (for any purpose) of less than 12 months’ duration by: a)

overseas residents to the UK, and

b)

UK residents abroad

What is the International Passenger Survey? The IPS is a continuous survey carried out by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the results of which are used by a number of government departments and organisations. The results are based on face-to-face interviews with a random sample of passengers as they enter or leave the UK by the principal air, sea and tunnel routes. The main aims of the IPS are to: •

collect data in order to measure travel expenditure and how it impacts on the UK balance of payments (on the travel account)

•

provide detailed information about overseas visits to the UK for tourism policy, and

•

provide data to feed into estimates of international migration

Note that, although data collected on the IPS feeds into the estimates of international migration statistics, this report does not provide any information relating to migration. The IPS was 50 years old in 2010. Since it started in 1961 its coverage has been extended so that it includes all the main air, sea and tunnel ports into and out of the UK. The only modes of transport excluded from the survey are sea routes to and from the Channel Islands, the land border with the Irish Republic, and cruise ships travelling to and from the UK. Travellers passing through passport control are randomly selected for interview and all interviews are conducted on a voluntary and anonymous basis. Interviewing is carried out throughout the year, and in 2010 over 300,000 interviews were conducted representing about 0.2 per cent of travellers. The overall response rate for the 2010 survey was 81 per cent. About 95 per cent of passengers entering and leaving the UK have a chance of being sampled in the survey. The remainder are either passengers travelling at night, when interviewing is suspended, or on those routes too small in volume or too expensive to be covered. The IPS data are weighted to produce national estimates of all international travellers to and from the UK on a quarterly basis. Although some monthly data from the IPS are also published, a single quarter is the minimum period over which most detailed analyses of the data can be made. Annual national estimates are created by combining the four quarters of the year together.


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The calculation of the weights on the IPS takes into account its complex sample design and information provided from other sources on, among other things, the non-sampled routes and time periods. For example, estimates of spending by travellers to and from the Channel Islands are modelled from information provided by the Economic Advisor’s Office in Jersey, and the Central Statistical Office in the Irish Republic provides information on travellers crossing the land border with Northern Ireland. A fuller description of the IPS methodology can be found in Appendix C.

Contents of this report The IPS celebrated its 50th year in 2010 and this report starts with a look back at overseas travel and tourism across the past five decades. This is followed by a summary of key findings for 2010. The report includes several data tables, based in most part on annual data although some splits by quarter are included. These data tables are presented in five sections, containing information on: Section 1

The long-term trends in tourism to and from the UK from 1985 to 2010

Section 2

The trends in travel and tourism to the UK over the last five years (2006 to 2010)

Section 3

The trends in overseas travel and tourism by UK residents over the last five years (2006 to 2010)

Section 4

The characteristics of visits made by overseas residents to the UK in 2010, and

Section 5

The characteristics of overseas visits made by UK residents in 2010

All tables which appeared last year have been retained in this edition. Tables such as those numbered 2.10 and 3.10 which list countries of the world visited by UK residents or from which overseas residents have visited the UK have been extended to include Brazil, Russia, Morocco and Nigeria which are countries providing or receiving a relatively large number of visits, or are of particular interest to users. Further, fly cruises have been isolated to reflect the growing importance of cruise holidays in recent years. It is important to note that the tables relating to visits abroad by UK residents report only the main country visited on each trip abroad. This edition of Travel Trends is available only in electronic format.

Accuracy of Overseas Travel and Tourism estimates The estimates contained in this publication are subject to sampling errors that result because not every traveller to or from the UK is interviewed on the survey. Sampling errors are determined both by the sample design and by the sample size - generally speaking, the larger the sample supporting a particular estimate, the proportionately smaller is its sampling error. Table A shows the sampling errors for the main 2010 estimates of the total number of visits, nights and expenditure for both overseas residents visiting the UK and UK residents going abroad. ‘Complex’ sampling errors, which fully account for the clustered sample design of the survey, are shown in the table. Both standard errors and the 95 per cent confidence intervals are quoted, the latter representing the interval into which there are 19 chances out of 20 that the true figure (had all


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travellers been surveyed) would fall. The 95 per cent confidence intervals are given both in absolute and relative (percentage) terms - the estimate plus or minus the value, or percentage, gives the appropriate interval for each estimate. Further details on the confidence intervals of data from the IPS and their interpretation can be obtained from the IPS Branch of ONS.

Table A

IPS sampling errors for 2010 estimates

Overseas visitors to the UK Number of visits (1000s) Number of visitor-nights (1000s) Total earnings (£ million) UK residents going abroad Number of visits (1000s) Number of visitor-nights (1000s) Total expenditure (£ million)

Standard error

Absolute 95% confidence interval

Relative 95% confidence interval

303

594

2.0%

3,061 287

5,999 562

2.6% 3.4%

337

661

1.2%

5,419 292

10,621 573

1.8% 1.8%

Note: any differences in the ‘Estimates’ figures contained in Table A and those in the tables in the main body of this document are due to Table A being calculated purely from IPS sample rather than processed data which includes estimates such as visits made across the Irish land border. Table A should be referenced only for the purpose of identifying sampling errors. More detailed sampling errors, relating to visits and spending by purpose and region of the UK visited, are provided in Appendix E.

Recent changes in the collection and processing of IPS data Airports at Prestwick and Liverpool were added to the sample in 2005, those at Doncaster, Southampton and Bournemouth were added in 2008 and those at Aberdeen and Belfast were added in 2009 due to the growth in the numbers of travellers at these ports. As a result, detailed results for 2005 onwards may show a slight discontinuity from previous years. In 2007, the IPS introduced a new, more accurate method of coding towns in the UK (both visited by overseas residents and resided in by UK residents). This method employed a more comprehensive list of towns and boroughs to code against. This may also result in a discontinuity from previous years. Care should therefore be exercised when comparing results, especially those of a regional nature, with earlier years.


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In 2009, a new method of processing the data was introduced, leading to some discontinuity in estimates, with some downward impact. Details are provided in a separate publication at the following link: www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_transport/Announcement.pdf In 2010 a review took place of the methodology used to estimate the number of visits made by UK residents on foreign-owned cruises which terminate at a UK seaport. Such cruises have never been sampled in the IPS and estimates of visit numbers have been created using information provided to the IPS. This review has resulted in an improved methodology which has been applied to the final 2010 estimates, with an increase of approximately 175,000 in the estimate of visits to ‘Rest of the world’ by UK residents. Further details can be found in Appendix C.

Notes to tables and figures The following conventions have been used in the tables: 0 denotes a figure of less than 0.5 . indicates that data are not available The sum of spending across sub-categories of visit may not add to total spending. Spend per visit and spend per day by overseas visitors broken down by some categories of visit cannot be calculated by dividing spending by the number of visits. See Appendix B for details. In some cases, percentages in tables in this report from years prior to 2004 may differ by 1.0 per cent from those published in previous years. This is because of changes in the method of rounding figures. The figures in this report are the most accurate.

Acknowledgements The IPS is a large continuous survey and ONS would not be able to carry out the survey without the efforts of many different groups of people from a variety of organisations. In particular, ONS wishes to acknowledge the parts played by the following: 1)

The interviewers for their role in collecting the information on which the results of the IPS are based.

2)

The respondents for the information they have provided.

3)

The operators and managers of seaports, airports and rail terminals who give IPS interviewers access to their facilities in order to interview passengers.

4)

The companies and organisations that provide additional information and data which enable the IPS results to be produced, and have been extremely helpful in producing a look back over the past 50 years.


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Celebrating 50 years of the International Passenger Survey

Travel Trends 2010

Celebrating 50 years of the International Passenger Survey The International Passenger Survey (IPS) is 50 years old. In this special edition of Travel Trends, we look back at the survey development with a focus on the travel and tourism and expenditure aspects of the survey. The following statement, marking the inception of the then Passenger Survey, is perhaps best reported verbatim rather than summarised. ‘A new regular sample survey of sea and air passengers travelling between the United Kingdom and the continent of Europe, and on the long air routes beyond Europe, was introduced by the Government Social Survey on behalf of the Board of Trade during 1961 and 1962. This new system of interviewing a small proportion (up to 4 per cent on some routes) of travellers has enabled the important contribution made by tourist and other travellers to the balance of payments to be measured without interfering with the free flow of passengers at our sea and air ports. Nine out of ten of those approached attempted to give all the information asked of them, and more than 80 per cent were able to make an estimate of their expenditure whilst abroad. Over 150,000 successful interviews were made during the year (Board of Trade Journal, Vol. 185 JulyDecember, 1963)’. Since then the IPS has been, and continues to be, a key source of primary data relating to international travel to and from the UK via major airports, seaports and the Channel Tunnel for a wide range of users including government departments, business organisations and academia. The salient aspects of the surveys' evolution are shown in the timeline on the next page.


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Survey Timeline 1961

A stratified random sample survey of passengers on long international air routes from London (Heathrow) and Prestwick airports and smaller (unnamed airports) is introduced in the summer by the Central Office of Information for the Board of Trade and other government departments.

1962

A similar survey is introduced on the short sea routes from Dover to the continent in March 1962. The results of the two surveys, together with administrative data about traffic on the long sea routes are used to prepare the first estimates of the Passenger Survey relating to the 1962 calendar year.

1963

Survey is renamed the International Passenger Survey. Sea data is collected from Dover, Folkestone, Harwich, Hull, London, Newhaven, Southampton, Tyne Ports, Bristol, Glasgow, Liverpool, Plymouth, Fishguard and Holyhead.

1964

Survey is extended to cover long sea routes. Nearly 250,000 successful interviews reported. As with sea passengers, UK residents returning by air from visits abroad are for the first time analysed by the principal country visited rather than country of the airport at which they embarked.

1966

The analysis of purpose of visit is, for the first time, based on three main categories, namely ‘holiday’, ‘business’ and ‘other’. ‘Other’ includes study, visiting friends/relatives, attending sporting events, health or religious purposes and visits for a joint purpose for which no single principal purpose can be distinguished. Survey is supplemented by information from the Central Statistics Office of the Irish Republic covering the routes between the Irish Republic and the UK. Items of expenditure for which direct information is not obtained for the survey (e.g. spending overseas by passengers on cruises and on sea vessels confined to day trips) are estimated independently.

1968

The purpose of visit categories are extended to show separate estimates for holiday, business, staying with friends/family, study and other (miscellaneous reasons e.g. health/religious purposes, attend sporting events).

1980- Specific ‘migration filter shifts’ are introduced for arriving passengers at Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester as 1981 the IPS’s focus on migration increased. 1983 An estimate for purchases by overseas visitors at airport duty-free shops is included in the figures for earnings. 1993

‘Convenience sampling’ tested (but not adopted) to maximise interviewer usage i.e. conducting interviews whenever there is an interviewer available. Data (Travelpac) first made available to external users.

1994

Computer assisted data input (CADI) for recording interview responses introduced. Channel Tunnel sampled for the first time.

1996

IPS conducted by the Office for National Statistics due to a merger of the Central Statistics Office (CSO) and the Office of Population Censuses & Surveys (OPCS). 249,000 successful interviews reported representing about 0.2 per cent of travellers.

1999

Interviewing of passengers on air and sea terminals between UK and the Irish Republic commenced resulting in revisions to weighting and sampling methodology.

2000

Self-completion foreign language questionnaires introduced in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Greek, Portuguese, Japanese, Mandarin, Cantonese and Russian.

2005

Prestwick and Liverpool airports added to sample.

2007

Additional information provided in reporting on enlarged European Union. Revised focus for collecting information, moving from collecting some information at the start of the visit to all at the end of the visit.

2008

Doncaster, Bournemouth & Southampton airports and London Heathrow Terminal 5 included in sample.

2009

Revisions to sample design, weighting and imputation methodology (to address recommendations made by the Inter-Departmental Task Force on Migration Statistics). Aberdeen and Belfast airports included in sample. Monthly reporting of overseas travel and tourism extended to include purpose of visit in response to user demand.

2010

Over 300,000 interviews conducted representing about 0.2 per cent of travellers. Feasibility study on digital pen technology as a mode of data collection.


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Key travel and tourism trends (1961/2 to 2010) Overseas travel and tourism is very different in 2010 to how it was when the IPS commenced in 1961. Tables 1 and 2 summarise key visit estimates for overseas and UK residents respectively and these figures are discussed in the text that follows.

Table 1 - Overseas resident visits to the UK Key indicators Number of visits (thousands) Purpose of visit (thousands) Holiday Business Friends/relatives Miscellaneous Source of visit (thousands) North America Europe Other Number of nights (thousands) Average length of stay (nights) Spending (£million) Average spend per visit (£) Mode of travel (thousands) Air Sea Tunnel

1961/2

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

1,893

6,692

12,421

18,013

25,209

29,803

1,075 (56.8) 426 (22.5) 392 (20.7)

3,121 (46.6) 1,206 (18.0) 1,163 (17.4) 1,202 (18.0)

5,478 (44.1) 2,565 (20.7) 2,319 (18.7) 2,058 (16.6)

(36.9) (29.0) (23.1) (10.9)

11,668 (39.2) 6,793 (22.8) 8,408 (28.2) 2,935 (9.8)

560 (29.6) 955 (50.4) 378 (20.0) 194 67.5

1,975 (29.5) 3,718 (55.6) 999 (14.9) 15 432 63.3

2,082 (16.8) 7,984 (64.3) 2,355 (19.0) 146 11.8 2,961 235.9

3,685 (20.5) 11,060 (61.4) 3,268 (18.1) 196.1 10.9 7,748 428

4,869 (19.3) 16,086 (63.8) 4,253 (16.9) 203.8 8.1 12,805 503

3,397 (11.4) 22,046 (74.0) 4,360 (14.6) 227.8 7.6 16,899 563

1,190 (62.9) 703 (37.1) -

4,190 (62.6) 2,502 (37.4) -

7,325 (59.0) 5,098 (41.0) -

12,751 (70.8) 5,262 (29.2) -

17,831 (70.7) 4,298 (17.0) 3,080 (12.2)

21,430 (71.9) 4,531 (15.2) 3,842 (12.9)

7,725 4,461 3,611 2,216

(42.9) (24.8) (20.0) (12.3)

9,302 7,322 5,834 2,750

Note: Figures in bracket relate to percentage of overall number of visits. Prior to 2000, average length of stay was reported in days.

Table 2 - UK residents visits abroad Key indicators Number of visits (thousands) Purpose of visit (thousands) Holiday Business Friends/relatives Miscellaneous Destination (thousands) North America Europe Other Number of nights (thousands) Average length of stay (nights) Spending (£million) Average spend per visit (£) Mode of travel (thousands) Air Sea Tunnel

1961/2

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

3,319

8,482

17,507

31,150

56,837

55,562

2,612 (78.7) 419 (12.6) 288 (8.7)

5,703 (67.2) 1,231 (14.5) 1,179 (13.9) 369 (4.4)

11,666 (66.6) 2,690 (15.4) 2,317 (13.2) 834 (4.8)

21,273 (68.3) 4,769 (15.3) 3,952 (12.7) 1,156 (3.7)

36,685 (64.5) 8,872 (15.6) 7,178 (12.6) 4,102 ( 7.2)

36,422 (65.6) 6,639 (11.9) 10,850 (19.5) 1,652 (3.0)

84 (2.5) 3,055 (92.0) 180 (5.4) 214 43

256 (3.0) 7,536 (88.8) 690 (8.1) 16 382 43

1,382 (7.9) 14,676 (83.8) 1,449 (8.3) 227.7 13 2,738 151

2,325 (7.5) 26,268 (84.3) 2,557 (8.2) 382.7 12.3 9,886 317

5,060 (8.9) 45,763 (80.5) 6,014 (10.6) 566.9 10 24,251 426

3,653 (6.6) 42,565 (76.6) 9,344 (16.8) 607 10.9 31,820 572

1,727 (52.0) 1,592 (48.0) -

4,894 (57.7) 3,588 (42.3) -

10,748 (61.4) 6,759 (38.6) -

21,368 (68.6) 9,782 (31.4) -

41,392 (72.8) 9,646 (17.0) 5,799 (10.2)

43,239 (77.8) 8,056 (14.5) 4,267 (7.7)

Note: Figures in bracket relate to percentage of overall number of visits. Prior to 2000, average length of stay was reported in days.


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In words and pictures . . . Travel to and from the UK has grown substantially over the past 50 years (with the notable exception of the past few years). Visits to the UK by overseas residents have grown from 1.9 million to 29.8 million, a 15-fold increase. Visits abroad by UK residents, meanwhile, have grown from 3.3 million in 1961 to 55.6 million in 2010, a 16-fold increase. Despite overall growth, there have been a number of short term slow downs impacted by a variety of factors, too numerous to pinpoint as exact causes. However, Figure 1 plots the number of visits to the UK and abroad together with some of the key UK and global events which may have influenced travel during the past 50 years. Some of these events are discussed in the section ‘Travel trends by decade' later in this report.

Figure 1: Visits to and from the UK Million 80

Global economic crisis

Channel Tunnel opens

70

Indian Ocean Tsunami

60

50

40

9/11 Terrorist Attacks

Miners' strike

Queens Silver

Jubilee

30

10 Accession States join the EU

First Gulf War

Royal Wedding

UK residents 20 Foot-and-mouth outbreak

Overseas residents 10

0

1965

1970

1975

1980

1985

1990

1995

2000

2005


2010

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People have changed how they travel. When the IPS started in 1961, air travel was not much more common than sea travel. However, factors such as the emergence of cheaper air fares and quicker access to local airports have given rise to substantial increases in air travel. This contrasts with visits completed by sea which have shown only limited growth since the 1980s. In 1980, 40 per cent of visits to and from the UK were completed by sea but this share had fallen to 30 per cent by 1990 and is now less than 15 per cent (Figure 2).

Figure 2: Visits to and from the UK by mode of travel Per cent

90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Air

Sea UK residents

Tunnel

Air

Sea Overseas residents

Tunnel

1961 1990 (2000 for Tunnel) 2010

The growth of more accessible air travel, and cheaper fares, has contributed to more overseas travel and tourism visits of shorter duration. In particular, visits to the UK have seen average length of stay shrink, from 15 days in 1970 to approximately half that length in 2010. Visits abroad by UK residents have also become shorter, but still average 10.9 nights and are showing some signs of getting longer in recent years as people travel to longer-haul destinations (Figure 3).

Figure 3: Average length of stay Nights 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 1970

UK residents

1980

1990

2000

2010

Overseas residents


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This shorter length of stay on visits to the UK, together with factors such as a declining proportion of North American residents (who are high spenders) within the total set of visitors to the UK, have contributed to lower earnings. From a position of near parity in 1961, balance of payments associated with travel moved to a surplus to the UK in the 1970s before a strong shift to a deficit (that is, UK residents spending more abroad than overseas residents spending in the UK) which peaked at over £20 billion in 2008 (Figure 4).

Figure 4: Balance of Payments travel: surplus/deficit £ billion

Surplus 2 0

Deficit -2 -4 -6 -8 -10 -12 -14 -16 -18 -20 -22

1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

Visits to the UK include a substantial proportion of each of the purposes of holiday, business and to visit friends or relatives. The period 1997 to 2002 saw the differences in the numbers relating to these reasons for visit narrow as holidays to the UK fell. The Asian financial crisis (1997), the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (2001) and the terrorist attacks (2001) were major events that occurred within this period. In recent years, holiday visits have shown a steady growth although those for business and to visit friends or relatives have declined (Figure 5).

Figure 5: Overseas residents' visits to the UK by purpose Million 14 12 10 Holiday

8 6

Business

4 2

Visit friends or relatives

Misc

0 1965

1970 1975

1980 1985 1990

1995 2000

2005 2010


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UK residents, meanwhile, tend to travel primarily for holidays, as has been the case since the IPS began. Until 2009 the growth in visits abroad for all purposes was generally resilient to challenging economic and social pressures. However, a combination of factors such as difficult economic conditions and unfavourable exchange rates has contributed to a decline over the past two years (Figure 6).

Figure 6: UK residents' visits abroad by purpose Million 50

45

40

35

Holiday

30

25

20

Visit friends or relatives

15

10

Business

5

Misc

0

1965

1970 1975

1980 1985

1990 1995

2000 2005

2010

International travel to and from the UK has focused on Europe since the 1960s. Within this generally consistent picture, three sub-trends exist. Firstly, visitors to the UK used to include a higher percentage of North Americans, especially in the 1970s, but the number of visits from North American residents is now lower than it was in 1985 (Figure 7).

Figure 7: Overseas residents' visits to the UK by area of residence Million 25

20

15

10

Europe North American residents account for 29.5% of visits to the UK

North American residents account for 11.4% of visits to the UK

North America

5

Other countries

0 1965

1970 1975

1980 1985

1990 1995

2000 2005

2010


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For many decades the USA provided more visits than any other country to the UK. However, by 2010 this had fallen as the UK attracted more visits from Europe, especially France, as can be seen from Table 3.

Table 3 – Visits to the UK by country of residence (Top 10 countries) 1970

1990

2010

1. USA (1.57 m)

1. USA (3.05 m)

1. France (3.62 m)

2. Irish Republic (0.78 m)

2. France (2.31 m)

2. Germany (3.0 m)

3. Germany (0.66 m)

3. Germany (1.88 m)

3. USA (2.71 m)

4. France (0.64 m)


4. Irish Republic (2.63 m) 5. Spain (1.81 m)

5. Netherlands (0.42 m)


6. Canada (0.41 m)

6. Italy (0.71 m)


7. Belgium/Luxembourg (0.31 m)

7. Canada (0.70 m)

7. Italy (1.47 m)

8. Denmark/Norway/Sweden/Finland (0.29 m)

8. Australia (0.63 m)

8. Belgium (1.14 m)

9. Italy (0.22 m)

9. Spain (0.61 m)

9. Poland (1.10 m)

10. Switzerland (0.19 m)


10. Australia (0.99 m)

Secondly, UK residents have recently travelled more to long-haul destinations outside of Europe and North America (Figure 8).

Figure 8: UK residents' visits abroad by area of visit Million 60 50 40 Europe

30 Visits to other countries move ahead of visits to North America

20

Other countries

10 North America

0 1965

1970 1975

1980 1985

1990 1995

2000 2005

2010

Nonetheless, Spain and France continue to dominate as destinations for visits abroad (Table 4).

Table 4 – Visits from the UK (Top 10 destinations) 1970

1990

2010


1. France (6.87 m)

1. Spain (10.38 m)

2. Spain (1.58 m)

2. Spain (5.10 m)

2. France (9.06 m)

3. France (1.06 m)


3. USA (3.24 m)

4. Italy (0.65 m)

4. USA (1.99 m)


5. Germany (0.57 m)

5. Germany (1.80 m)

5. Italy (2.25 m)


6. Greece (1.63 m)

6. Germany (2.08 m) 7. Portugal (1.87 m)

7. Austria (0.36 m)


8. Switzerland (0.34 m)

8. Italy (1.20 m)

8. Turkey (1.82 m)


9. Gibraltar/Malta/Cyprus (1.09 m)


10. Denmark/Norway/Sweden/Finland (0.25 m)

10. Portugal (0.98 m)

10. Greece (1.67 m)


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Thirdly, although we see quite clear long-term trends, there have been notable short-term trends in travel between the UK and specific regions of the world, driven by a number of factors of which currency exchange rates appear to have a substantial impact. Some of these instances are discussed in the summary by decade, which follows.


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Travel trends by decade This section of the report provides a snapshot of changes in the pattern of travel and some key events which may have impacted on international travel and tourism covering the last five decades. 1960s: Substantial growth of overseas travel and tourism The 1960s could be described as the decade in which overseas travel and tourism ‘took off’, both in terms of a substantial rise in number of visits and an increasing focus on air travel. International travel to and from the UK in the early 60s was split fairly evenly between air and short sea journeys, the exception being business trips which were largely by air (over 80 per cent of business visits from the UK to Western Europe, for example, were airborne). However, this pattern was soon to change as air travel grew throughout the decade buoyed by both changing purposes of travel and technological developments such as the first Boeing 747 flight in 1969. Visits to the UK more than trebled over the decade. 1969, in particular, was a boom year as visits increased by 21 per cent over 1968 figures and expenditure was 27 per cent greater. The effects of the devaluation of sterling in November 1967 appeared to have encouraged a larger number of people to visit the UK and there were particularly large increases in the numbers coming from both the USA and Canada. The average length of stay of overseas visitors to the UK, however, showed a year-on-year decline dropping from 19.8 days in 1964 to 15.5 days in 1969. This can be partly explained by residents from North America including other European destinations in their visit to the UK. Visits abroad by UK residents witnessed a steady increase, up by 143 per cent by 1969, even though currency restrictions (on the amount of cash that one could take abroad) were introduced towards the end of the decade. This growth may be explained by the rapid proliferation of affordable overseas package tours and falling air fares in real terms while British families had increased disposable income and leisure time. The effect of the currency restrictions is believed to mark a shift by UK residents in favour of nearer and cheaper countries. In 1968, this effect was reinforced by changes in the exchange rate levels. As a result, substantially greater numbers went to Spain and fewer to Italy, Austria and Switzerland. There was also a big drop in those going to France, partly because of disturbances there in early summer. The new pattern of travel slowed the growth of expenditure by UK residents abroad during the mid 60s, and by 1968 overall expenditure by overseas residents in the UK was higher than that spent by UK residents abroad. Just under half of the UK’s tourist earnings during this period was attributable to British subjects living abroad, citizens of the Commonwealth or of the Irish Republic.


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1970s: The Queen’s Silver Jubilee and a rise in visits to North America For one year in the 1970s (1977) there were more visits to the UK from overseas residents than visits abroad by UK residents, the only year in IPS history that this has occurred. This was due to a combination of rising visits to the UK – holiday visits to the UK in 1977 were up 22 per cent from a year earlier – and a fall in visits abroad. The decade started slowly in terms of growth in visits abroad, despite the fact that currency restrictions imposed on UK residents from the latter part of 1966 were removed in 1970. Visits fell in 1976 (one of the driest summers on record in the UK), and again in 1977 (the year of the Queens’ Silver Jubilee). Beyond 1977, however, visits abroad were increasing by an average of 15 per cent each year until 1980. More holidays were being taken, in particular packages. By 1979 the proportion of visits abroad that were holidays had increased to 63 per cent from 35 per cent in 1975. Packages accounted for 33 per cent of all holidays. Popular destinations were the Irish Republic, Spain and France. The decade was notable for visits to the UK from Europe and other countries rising much more quickly than visits from North America, whereas UK residents started to take a higher proportion of visits to North America. 1977 saw the launch of Freddie Laker’s ‘Skytrain’, a low-cost service between London and New York. Developments that encouraged trips to the USA in the early 1970s include the opening of Disney World in Florida (1971), the devaluation of the US dollar in 1973, the opening of the World Trade Center, and a feeling by some, that the USA was closer through the launch of Concorde in 1976. By the end of the decade, visits to North America had increased five fold to 1.1 million and accounted for 7 per cent of total visits abroad compared with 3 per cent in 1970.


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1980s: Package holidays abroad doubled The 1980s saw a change in the pattern of travel. Travellers were beginning to move away from a typical ‘single holiday’ each year to more, shorter trips. In 1980 the average length of stay abroad was 13 days, down from 16 days a decade earlier. The decade started with the royal wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981, but visits to the UK from overseas residents fell that year, down 7.8 per cent from a year earlier. They began to grow again in 1983, pushed up by North Americans visiting as sterling weakened substantially by 1985. Growth in visits from Europe, meanwhile, did not occur until the second half of the decade. UK residents were doing the opposite in the first half of the decade and increased their visits to Europe while making fewer trips across the Atlantic as a combination of exchange rate movements, recession and events like the collapse of Laker Airways in 1982 worked against them. 1982 was also the year of the Falklands War in the South Atlantic. However, the second half of the decade saw a different pattern as UK residents increased their visits to all regions and for all purposes. The ongoing development of affordable package tours characterised the decade and packages abroad rose from 6.2 million in 1980 to 12.9 million in 1989. Spain was the favoured destination for many holiday makers, and visits there grew from 2.6 million in 1980 to 5.1 million by 1990. The end of the decade saw some travel tragedies with the Herald of Free Enterprise capsizing in Zeebrugge in 1987 and Pan Am flight 103 being blown up over Lockerbie in 1988. Sea travel fell in 1988 but travel by air saw no notable year-on-year impact.


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1990s: The development of regional airports International travel in the 1990s started slowly as the UK economy sat in recession in 1990 and 1991. Inflation and interest rates remained high. The Gulf War in 1991 brought a decline in travel with visits to the UK by overseas residents falling 4.9 per cent in 1991 and visits abroad down 1.1 per cent compared with a year earlier. It took until 1995 for North American residents to return to their pre-Gulf War visit numbers but European residents soon increased their number of trips to the UK in the first half of the decade, as did residents of ‘other countries’. By 1997 the total number of visits to the UK was 25.5 million, up 42 per cent from 1990. However the period 1997 to 1999 brought an increase of only 121,000 visits as exchange rates appeared less favourable to overseas residents. Holiday visits to the UK declined from 11 million in 1996 to 9.8 million three years later. For UK residents, the 1990s continued to be a more dynamic decade for travel. Visits abroad increased from 31.2 million in 1990 to 53.9 million in 1999, a 73 per cent increase. UK residents continued to flock to Spain (visits up 144 per cent), and travel to the USA grew substantially. New routes and airlines increased, with budget airlines gaining a stronger foothold when airline deregulation in the EU was introduced in 1997. A number of regional airports were undergoing substantial development and the volume of international passengers passing through them grew rapidly from the mid 90s. Data from the Civil Aviation Authority shows that passenger traffic at regional airports increased from 47 million passengers in 1995 to 95 million in 2005. A new mode of travel opened in late 1994 in the form of the Channel Tunnel. In its first full year of operation, the tunnel transported 1.8 million overseas residents home following a visit to the UK and 1.9 million UK residents back to the UK. By the end of the decade, nearly 9 million visits were completed through the tunnel, with the majority being by UK residents. In 1998 they completed 6.1 million visits abroad by travelling through the tunnel, a peak from which numbers fell gradually in subsequent years as air travel grew rapidly. International visits continued to become shorter. The IPS recorded an average of 8.3 nights on visits to the UK in 1999 and 10 nights on visits abroad, down from 10.9 and 12.3 respectively in 1990. Despite the trend for shorter trips abroad, UK residents continued to spend and the travel-related deficit grew substantially in the 1990s. Average spend on a visit abroad in 1999 was £409, up 29 per cent from the1990 figure of £317. Overseas residents meanwhile increased their spend per visit by 14 per cent. By 1999 the travel-related deficit to the UK had grown to £9.5 billion from £2.1 billion at the start of the decade.


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2000s: Global economic recession and a slowdown in overseas travel and tourism The 2000s are remembered for setbacks to travel and tourism with visits to or from the UK at the end of the decade being only slightly higher than at the start. International travel was affected by the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the UK and the September 11th terrorist attacks in the USA in 2001. A large fall in the number of visits by overseas residents of 9.4 per cent occurred in 2001 from the year before. Expenditure in the same year was down by 12 per cent. The number of UK residents’ visits abroad however was relatively unaffected, increasing by 2.5 per cent with spending also rising by 4.5 per cent. The decline in visits to the UK reversed from 2002 and a record 32.8 million overseas visits to the UK were made in 2007, although earnings have continued to increase since then. The fall in the value of the pound is felt to have created additional demand for UK retail goods by overseas visitors. By 2006/7, the UK economy was strong. The expansion of online booking to purchase holiday travel also enabled travellers to acquire the most competitive rates from the comfort of their homes. UK residents made a peak of 69.5 million visits abroad in 2006 although a record expenditure of £36.8 billion was reached in 2008. Visits to friends or relatives grew substantially, reflecting changing population profiles. For example, the number of visits to friends or relatives in the UK by residents of Poland grew from 163 thousand in 2004 to 463 thousand in 2009, and over the same period such visits to Poland from UK residents grew from 139 thousand to 1.0 million. The global economic recession started in late 2007 and took a steep downward turn the following year, bringing a slowdown in the demand for international travel from late 2008. The downward trend was exacerbated in some countries due to the outbreak of H1N1 influenza virus (swine flu) and UK residents were also discouraged from travelling by weak currency exchange rates. They responded by cutting back substantially on travel. By 2009, visits abroad had decreased by 10.4 million (15 per cent) from 69 million in 2008. Holiday trips taken abroad were down 15 per cent. Spending was also down 14 per cent. Overseas residents’ visits to the UK declined by 6.3 per cent although expenditure increased marginally by 1.6 per cent. Business travel in particular was hit hard. From a peak of 9.1 million visits in 2006, UK residents going abroad on a business trip declined to 6.9 million by 2009. Likewise, the number of overseas residents to the UK on a business trip fell from a record high of 9 million in 2006 to 6.6 million in 2009. Between 2008 and 2009, business trips to the UK fell 19 per cent and those abroad fell 23 per cent. Overall, the change in visits between 2000 and 2009 was an increase of just 3.1 per cent for both UK residents’ visit abroad and 18.6 per cent for overseas visitors to the UK.


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Travel Trends 2010 The economic pressures experienced at the end of the 2000s continued to affect overseas travel and tourism in 2010. The UK economy entered the year on the back of recession and debt crises were experienced in the eurozone, in particular Ireland and Greece. Although sterling strengthened slightly from 2009 against the euro and the US dollar, currency exchange rates were substantially less favourable for UK residents travelling abroad (and vice versa for overseas residents visiting the UK) than they were a few years earlier. For example, £1 bought an average €1.17 across 2010, compared with €1.46 in 2007, and bought $1.55 compared with $2.00 in 2007. 2010 also saw a number of disruptions to international travel, mostly affecting air travel. The year started with port closures due to bad weather in January, followed by a closure of airspace in April and May due to the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic ash cloud. It ended with further airport closures due to bad weather in December. In spring and summer there was a series of strikes by British Airways cabin crew. Unsurprisingly, overall travel and tourism fell, mostly visits abroad by UK residents, although there were also some areas of strength in overseas travel and tourism in 2010. The main trends are discussed below.


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Overseas Travel and Tourism fell but was more stable in the second half of the year (Figures 9 and 10, tables 1.01 to 1.04, 2.01, 3.01, 4.02, 5.02) Overseas travel and tourism fell in 2010, albeit at a slower rate than in 2009. Visits to the UK by overseas residents in 2010 fell 0.3 per cent to 29.8 million and visits abroad by UK residents fell 5.2 per cent to 55.6 million. Despite the overall decline, there were signs of stabilisation or recovery in the second half of the year. Figure 9 shows percentage changes in visits to the UK in each quarter over the past three years relative to the same quarter a year earlier. It highlights an increase in visits in quarters 3 and 4 2010.

Figure 9: Change from year earlier in overseas residents' visits to the UK 2008–10 Per cent 10

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Figure 10 shows the same quarterly analysis for visits abroad by UK residents. It highlights substantial percentage falls in visits in the first half of 2010 before more stabilisation in the second half.

Figure 10: Change from year earlier in UK residents' visits abroad 2008–10 Per cent 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -20 -25 Q1 2008

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Travel disruption: The Eyjafjallajökull ash cloud (Tables 2.08 and 3.08) Ash cloud from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland closed large areas of airspace in Western and Northern Europe for a number of days in April 2010, and caused further delays and uncertainty about air travel into May. Many passengers were stranded abroad and extra tunnel and sea services were put on by operators in order to transport travellers home. UK residents who, in comparison with overseas residents visiting the UK, take a higher proportion of travel by air, were impacted most by the disruption. During quarter 2 the number of visits abroad completed by air fell 13.1 per cent from a year earlier whereas those completed by sea rose by 17.3 per cent. The fall in visits completed by air will have included people who changed or put off their travel plans and people who travelled out by plane but returned home by another form of transport. A record number of holiday visits to the UK (Tables 1.03 and 2.03) Despite the small percentage fall in total visits to the UK in 2010, holiday visits increased to a record level. There were 11.7 million holiday visits, up from 11.4 million in 2009, which was a record itself. The increase came from residents of Europe and ‘other countries’ whereas holidays to the UK by North American residents fell by 0.08 million in 2009 to 1.3 million. This figure is 42 per cent lower than that recorded a decade earlier (the figure in 2000 was 2.2 million). The number of package holidays (as defined on IPS as visits for which accommodation and travel were paid together and can’t be separated) to the UK had been subdued in 2008 and 2009 but was more resilient in 2010 with the number of packages rising by 0.1 million to 2.0 million, the third highest figure recorded since 2000.


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Business visits stabilised but visits to friends or relatives fell (Figures 11 and 12, tables 1.03,1.04) While holidays to the UK continued to grow, business visits stabilised following substantial declines in 2009. There were 6.8 million business visits to the UK in 2010 which represents an increase of 3.3 per cent from 2009 but a fall of 25 per cent from a peak figure of 9.0 million in 2006. Business visits abroad fell by 3.6 per cent in 2010 following a much more substantial fall in 2009, but slipped to the lowest level since the mid 1990s.

Figure 11: Overseas residents' visits to the UK Figure 12: UK residents' visits abroad by purpose 2008-10

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Visits to friends or relatives have been relatively subdued in recent years following ongoing increases and they fell in 2010, in both directions. Those to the UK slipped from 8.8 million in 2009 to 8.4 million and those abroad by UK residents fell from 11.6 million in 2009 to 10.8 million. Visits to London increased after a decline in 2009 (Figure 13, tables 2.16, 4.13) The number of visits involving an overnight stay in London increased from 14.2 million in 2009 to 14.7 million in 2010. This recovers some losses in recent years and leaves the number of visits to London down 5.7 per cent from the high of 15.6 million in 2006. The increase in 2010 was driven by European residents, who made 9.7 million visits to the capital, up from 9.3 million a year earlier. This represents the highest number of visits from Europe to London on record.


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London is by far the most visited city in the UK by overseas residents, attracting more than ten times the number of overnight visits than Edinburgh which is the second most visited. The top 20 towns/cities (excluding London) in the UK visited by overseas residents in 2010 is charted in Figure 13 alongside the numbers from 2009. There are no substantial changes from 2009, with the top 5 most visited cities (and most of the top 20) remaining in the same order.

Figure 13: Top 20 UK towns visited for at least one night (excl. London) 2009

2010

Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Manchester

Manchester

Birmingham

Birmingham

Glasgow

Glasgow

Liverpool

Liverpool

Bristol

Oxford

Oxford

Bristol

Cambridge

Cambridge

Brighton / Hove

Brighton / Hove

Cardiff

Bath

Inverness

Cardiff

Nottingham

Inverness

Leeds

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Aberdeen

Nottingham

York

York

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Leeds

Bath

Aberdeen

Canterbury

Southampton

Reading

Windsor

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Visits to non-European destinations by UK residents stabilised in 2010 (Table 1.06) The decline in visits abroad by UK residents in 2010 was driven by a fall of 3.4 million visits (7.4 per cent) to Europe, from 45.9 million in 2009 to 42.6 million in 2010. Visits to North America, meanwhile, were unchanged at 3.7 million and the estimated number of visits to other countries rose from 9.0 million to 9.3 million, an increase buoyed to some extent by an update to the IPS method of estimating the number of cruises on foreign-owned ships terminating at a UK seaport which added nearly 0.2 million to the ‘other countries’ estimate.


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Mexico returned to favour in 2010 (Figure 14, Table 3.10) Mexico was reported as the centre of the ‘swine flu’ outbreak in 2009. Visits to Mexico (defined as completed visits abroad, on which Mexico was the main country of visit) fell that year to 198 thousand from 334 thousand in 2008. However, in 2010 Mexico returned to favour as a destination for UK residents, and the total of 314 thousand visits was within 10 per cent of the 2008 figure. Portugal also experienced a sharp fall in visits from UK residents in 2009, which was followed in 2010 by a small increase of 3.2 per cent. Visits by UK residents to some more traditional holiday destinations within the eurozone such as Spain, Italy, Greece and Cyprus saw continued falls in 2010 (each down by more than 10 per cent from a year earlier) whereas visits to medium-haul destinations outside the eurozone such as Turkey (up 11.9 per cent) and Tunisia (up 15.9 per cent) grew from a year earlier. Despite increases in visits to countries such as Tunisia and Turkey, Spain and France continue to be by far the most visited countries by UK residents, accounting for over a third of visits abroad between them. Spain attracted 10.4 million in 2010 and France 9.1 million. The USA replaced the Irish Republic in third place, the former attracting 3.2 million visits compared with the Irish Republic’s 3.0 million. Visits to the Irish Republic fell quite markedly in 2010, down from 3.5 million in 2009.

Figure 14: Top 10 overseas countries visited by UK residents 2010

2009 Spain

Spain

France

France

Irish Republic

USA

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Italy

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Germany

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This report includes a list (in Table 5.12) of countries visited by residents of specific regions of the UK (London, rest of England, Scotland and Wales). This table highlights that residents of London made 1.1 million visits to Spain in 2010 but a substantially higher 2.0 million visits to France, whereas residents of Scotland are much more likely to visit Spain (0.9 million visits) than France (0.3 million). In fact, Scottish residents make nearly as many visits to the USA as to France. Residents of Wales, meanwhile, have a pattern of visiting specific parts of the world that is more in line with the UK average.


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UK residents’ length of stay abroad increased but longer-stay visits to the UK declined (Tables 2.12, 2.14, 3.12, 3.14) The stronger emphasis on visits to longer-haul destinations by UK residents has brought an increase in average length of stay which, following falls in each decade from the 1960s to the 2000s, has grown from 9.9 nights in 2007 to 10.9 nights in 2010. The ongoing fall in average length of stay on visits to the UK by overseas residents, meanwhile, continued. In 2010 the average stay was 7.6 nights, down slightly from 7.7 nights in 2009, but down substantially from 8.4 nights in 2006 and 15 nights in 1970. Of note is a decline of 25 per cent since 2006 in visits for 28 days or more, down from 1.8 million to 1.3 million. The travel-related deficit remained broadly unchanged in 2010 (Figure 15, tables 1.01 to 1.04) It was highlighted earlier in this report that the deficit to the UK associated with overseas travel grew quite rapidly from the mid 1990s to mid 2000s. However, the deficit fell in 2009 and stayed broadly unchanged in 2010 as the heavier percentage fall in visits abroad (compared to the fall in visits to the UK) was balanced by UK residents tending to take slightly longer trips. Figure 15 plots the 2010 surplus or deficit associated with overseas travel for various purposes and regions of the world. It highlights that there is a deficit associated with each of the three regions of the world reported on, and the three main purposes for visit. To illustrate how things have changed, the chart also plots figures for 1990 when there was a balance of payments surplus associated with travel between the UK and both North America and other countries, and in relation to visits for business and to visit friends or relatives.

Figure 15: Surplus or deficit to the UK associated with overseas travel £ billion Surplus 2 0 Deficit -2 -4 -6 -8 -10 -12 -14 -16 -18

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Tables: Section 1

Travel and Tourism 1985 to 2010


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Section 1: Travel and Tourism 1985 to 2010

1.01

Travel Trends 2010

Overseas residents' visits, nights and spending in the UK 1985 to 2010 Visits

Nights

Constant price spending (1995 constant prices)

Spending

(thousands)

per cent change

(millions)

per cent change

(£ million)

per cent change

(£ million)

per cent change

1985

14,449

5.9

167.0

8.1

5,442

17.9

9,876

9.8

1986 1987 1988 1989 1990

13,897 15,566 15,799 17,338 18,013

-3.8 12.0 1.5 9.7 3.9

158.2 178.2 172.9 186.5 196.1

-5.3 12.6 -3.0 7.9 5.1

5,553 6,260 6,184 6,945 7,748

2.0 12.7 -1.2 12.3 11.6

9,419 9,993 9,142 9,567 9,853

-4.6 6.1 -8.5 4.6 3.0

1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

17,125 18,535 19,863 20,794 23,537

-4.9 8.2 7.2 4.7 13.2

186.4 186.3 189.5 191.8 220.3

-4.9 -0.1 1.7 1.2 14.9

7,386 7,891 9,487 9,786 11,763

-4.7 6.8 20.2 3.2 20.2

8,627 8,784 10,188 10,050 11,763

-12.4 1.8 16.0 -1.3 17.0

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

25,163 25,515 25,745 25,394 25,209

6.9 1.4 0.9 -1.4 -0.7

219.8 222.5 230.8 211.7 203.8

-0.3 1.3 3.7 -8.3 -3.8

12,290 12,244 12,671 12,498 12,805

4.5 -0.4 3.5 -1.4 2.5

11,954 11,542 11,573 11,133 11,102

1.6 -3.4 0.3 -3.8 -0.3

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

22,835 24,180 24,715 27,755 29,970

-9.4 5.9 2.2 12.3 8.0

189.5 199.3 203.4 227.4 249.2

-7.0 5.2 2.1 11.8 9.6

11,306 11,737 11,855 13,047 14,248

-11.7 3.8 1.0 10.1 9.2

9,528 9,641 9,451 10,146 10,714

-14.2 1.2 -2.0 7.4 5.6

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

32,713 32,778 31,888 29,889 29,803

9.2 0.2 -2.7 -6.3 -0.3

273.4 251.5 245.8 229.4 227.8

9.7 -8.0 -2.3 -6.7 -0.7

16,002 15,960 16,323 16,592 16,899

12.3 -0.3 2.3 1.6 1.8

11,641 11,389 11,276 11,032 10,644

8.7 -2.2 -1.0 -1.0 -3.5

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UK residents' visits, nights and spending abroad 1985 to 2010 Visits

Nights

Constant price spending (1995 constant prices)

Spending

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(£ million)

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per cent change

1985

21,610

-2.1

270.0

-2.7

4,871

4.5

7,935

2.3

1986 1987 1988 1989 1990

24,949 27,447 28,828 31,030 31,150

15.5 10.0 5.0 7.6 0.4

310.2 347.3 366.9 390.2 382.7

14.9 12.0 5.6 6.4 -1.9

6,083 7,280 8,216 9,357 9,886

24.9 19.7 12.9 13.9 5.7

8,916 10,364 12,515 12,861 12,021

12.4 16.2 20.8 2.8 -6.5

1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

30,808 33,836 36,720 39,630 41,345

-1.1 9.8 8.5 7.9 4.3

377.8 404.7 427.7 446.6 450.8

-1.3 7.1 5.7 4.4 0.9

9,951 11,243 12,972 14,365 15,386

0.7 13.0 15.4 10.7 7.1

11,775 12,678 13,184 14,852 15,386

-2.1 7.7 4.0 12.7 3.6

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

42,050 45,957 50,872 53,881 56,837

1.7 9.3 10.7 5.9 5.5

449.8 463.5 509.2 540.4 566.9

-0.2 3.1 9.9 6.1 4.9

16,223 16,931 19,489 22,020 24,251

5.4 4.4 15.1 13.0 10.1

15,897 18,652 21,847 24,676 27,281

3.3 17.3 17.1 12.9 10.6

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

58,281 59,377 61,424 64,194 66,441

2.5 1.9 3.4 4.5 3.5

578.8 595.2 618.1 645.9 669.0

2.1 2.8 3.8 4.5 3.6

25,332 26,962 28,550 30,285 32,154

4.5 6.4 5.9 6.1 6.2

27,710 29,311 28,677 30,444 30,954

1.6 5.8 -2.2 6.2 1.7

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

69,536 69,450 69,011 58,614 55,562

4.7 -0.1 -0.6 -15.1 -5.2

701.3 689.6 703.3 614.5 607.0

4.8 -1.7 2.0 -12.6 -1.2

34,411 35,013 36,838 31,694 31,820

7.0 1.8 5.2 -14.0 0.4

30,904 32,477 28,657 22,673 22,116

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Overseas residents’ visits and spending in the UK: by purpose of visit 1985 to 2010 Holiday


Business

visits spending (thousands) (£ million)


Miscellaneous


Total



1985

6,666

2,379

3,014

1,293

2,880

852

1,890

908

14,449

5,442

1986 1987 1988 1989 1990

5,919 6,828 6,655 7,286 7,725

2,228 2,695 2,473 2,757 3,198

3,286 3,564 4,096 4,363 4,461

1,552 1,644 1,852 2,032 2,174

2,946 3,179 3,178 3,497 3,611

844 910 922 1,049 1,147

1,746 1,996 1,870 2,193 2,216

917 1,001 926 1,094 1,213

13,897 15,566 15,799 17,338 18,013

5,553 6,260 6,184 6,945 7,748

1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

7,169 7,949 8,729 9,048 10,323

2,849 3,125 3,925 3,947 4,567

4,219 3,855 4,706 4,986 5,763

2,077 2,146 2,420 2,559 3,219

3,591 3,884 4,109 4,278 4,602

1,148 1,259 1,467 1,551 1,739

2,147 2,847 2,319 2,482 2,849

1,293 1,343 1,654 1,706 2,214

17,125 18,535 19,863 20,794 23,537

7,386 7,891 9,487 9,786 11,763

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

10,987 10,803 10,475 9,826 9,302

4,848 4,555 4,488 4,251 4,383

6,095 6,347 6,882 7,044 7,322

3,220 3,501 3,820 3,967 4,048

4,898 5,155 5,400 5,640 5,834

1,841 1,941 1,970 2,133 2,271

3,182 3,209 2,988 2,884 2,750

2,357 2,223 2,367 2,108 2,068

25,163 25,515 25,745 25,394 25,209

12,290 12,244 12,671 12,498 12,805

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

7,585 7,735 7,973 9,275 9,713

3,446 3,702 3,683 4,218 4,516

6,778 7,158 6,967 7,470 8,168

3,582 3,573 3,432 3,682 4,055

5,898 6,398 6,978 7,861 8,687

2,273 2,514 2,643 3,026 3,218

2,574 2,888 2,797 3,149 3,401

1,964 1,910 2,062 2,077 2,412

22,835 24,180 24,715 27,755 29,970

11,306 11,737 11,855 13,047 14,248

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

10,566 10,758 10,923 11,424 11,668

4,968 5,348 5,480 6,376 6,638

9,019 8,845 8,124 6,579 6,793

4,753 4,546 4,575 3,686 4,037

9,406 9,720 9,727 8,783 8,408

3,562 3,590 3,816 3,781 3,554

3,722 3,456 3,113 3,103 2,935

2,678 2,439 2,417 2,713 2,637

32,713 32,778 31,888 29,889 29,803

16,002 15,960 16,323 16,592 16,899

2.3

4.2

3.3

4.7

4.4

5.9

1.8

4.4

2.9

4.6



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UK residents’ visits and spending abroad: by purpose of visit 1985 to 2010 Holiday


Business



Miscellaneous


Total



1985

14,898

3,215

3,188

1,075

2,628

412

896

169

21,610

4,871

1986 1987 1988 1989 1990

17,896 19,703 20,700 21,847 21,273

4,287 5,134 5,893 6,737 6,810

3,249 3,639 3,957 4,505 4,769

1,131 1,323 1,448 1,616 1,836

2,774 3,051 3,182 3,485 3,952

505 612 629 730 930

1,029 1,054 990 1,193 1,156

160 211 246 274 310

24,949 27,447 28,828 31,030 31,150

6,083 7,280 8,216 9,357 9,886

1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

20,788 23,236 25,133 27,187 27,808

6,909 7,987 9,059 10,026 10,425

4,840 5,162 5,297 5,614 6,113

1,821 1,932 2,287 2,565 2,974

3,952 4,100 4,457 4,674 4,938

910 978 1,106 1,270 1,358

1,227 1,338 1,833 2,155 2,486

312 346 520 504 629

30,808 33,836 36,720 39,630 41,345

9,951 11,243 12,972 14,365 15,386

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

26,765 29,138 32,306 35,023 36,685

10,610 11,107 12,495 14,555 15,784

6,879 7,166 8,033 8,161 8,872

3,359 3,351 4,124 4,261 4,732

5,502 6,004 6,452 6,598 7,178

1,533 1,650 1,869 1,991 2,258

2,904 3,649 4,082 4,100 4,102

721 823 1,001 1,215 1,477

42,050 45,957 50,872 53,881 56,837

16,223 16,931 19,489 22,020 24,251

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

38,670 39,902 41,197 42,912 44,175

17,317 18,576 19,788 21,153 22,272

8,220 8,073 7,892 8,140 8,556

4,391 4,263 4,040 4,158 4,611

7,727 7,870 8,527 9,799 10,648

2,512 2,741 2,910 3,413 3,748

3,664 3,532 3,807 3,343 3,063

1,112 1,381 1,813 1,562 1,523

58,281 59,377 61,424 64,194 66,441

25,332 26,962 28,550 30,285 32,154

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

45,287 45,437 45,531 38,492 36,422

23,300 23,949 25,526 21,787 21,992

9,102 9,018 8,920 6,887 6,639

5,067 5,122 5,319 4,384 4,432

11,963 12,214 12,392 11,592 10,850

4,286 4,375 4,758 4,410 4,417

3,184 2,781 2,168 1,643 1,652

1,759 1,567 1,235 1,113 979

69,536 69,450 69,011 58,614 55,562

34,411 35,013 36,838 31,694 31,820

3.6

8.0

3.0

5.8

5.8

10.0

2.5

7.3

3.8

7.8



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Overseas residents’ visits and spending in the UK: by region of residence 1985 to 2010 North America

Europe


Other Countries


Total World



1985

3,797

1,709

7,938

1,836

2,714

1,897

14,449

5,442

1986 1987 1988 1989 1990

2,843 3,394 3,272 3,481 3,685

1,464 1,710 1,579 1,700 1,907

8,421 9,418 9,791 10,854 11,060

2,227 2,574 2,665 3,014 3,452

2,633 2,754 2,736 3,003 3,268

1,862 1,977 1,940 2,231 2,389

13,897 15,566 15,799 17,338 18,013

5,553 6,260 6,184 6,945 7,748

1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

2,867 3,377 3,443 3,469 3,756

1,542 1,743 2,072 2,022 2,272

11,390 12,034 13,216 13,766 15,790

3,652 3,777 4,514 4,594 5,844

2,868 3,124 3,205 3,559 3,991

2,192 2,371 2,901 3,169 3,647

17,125 18,535 19,863 20,794 23,537

7,386 7,891 9,487 9,786 11,763

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

3,675 4,099 4,553 4,599 4,869

2,277 2,515 2,801 2,894 3,197

17,615 17,389 17,383 16,816 16,086

6,488 6,173 6,303 5,971 5,749

3,872 4,027 3,809 3,979 4,253

3,525 3,555 3,566 3,632 3,859

25,163 25,515 25,745 25,394 25,209

12,290 12,244 12,671 12,498 12,805

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

4,228 4,272 3,997 4,356 4,234

2,701 2,780 2,658 2,877 2,822

14,857 16,217 17,207 19,424 21,565

5,070 5,549 5,882 6,623 7,656

3,751 3,691 3,511 3,975 4,171

3,535 3,408 3,315 3,546 3,770

22,835 24,180 24,715 27,755 29,970

11,306 11,737 11,855 13,047 14,248

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

4,764 4,403 3,806 3,564 3,397

3,390 3,075 2,745 2,581 2,647

23,377 23,887 23,666 22,083 22,046

8,574 8,821 9,349 9,231 9,209

4,572 4,488 4,416 4,242 4,360

4,038 4,065 4,229 4,780 5,043

32,713 32,778 31,888 29,889 29,803

16,002 15,960 16,323 16,592 16,899

-0.4

1.8

4.2

6.7

1.9

4.0

2.9

4.6



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UK residents’ visits and spending abroad: by region of visit 1985 to 2010 North America

Europe


Other Countries


Total World



1985

914

440

19,181

3,687

1,515

744

21,610

4,871

1986 1987 1988 1989 1990

1,167 1,559 1,823 2,218 2,325

626 805 989 1,325 1,455

22,071 23,903 24,819 26,451 26,268

4,630 5,441 6,052 6,608 6,831

1,711 1,985 2,186 2,361 2,557

827 1,034 1,175 1,424 1,600

24,949 27,447 28,828 31,030 31,150

6,083 7,280 8,216 9,357 9,886

1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

2,370 2,813 3,052 2,927 3,120

1,539 1,707 2,063 2,033 2,229

26,057 28,275 30,506 33,096 34,418

6,888 7,802 8,734 9,832 10,422

2,381 2,748 3,162 3,608 3,808

1,525 1,734 2,175 2,500 2,736

30,808 33,836 36,720 39,630 41,345

9,951 11,243 12,972 14,365 15,386

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

3,584 3,594 4,158 4,733 5,060

2,698 2,713 3,239 3,694 4,170

34,213 37,745 41,552 43,620 45,763

10,260 10,879 12,325 13,940 15,172

4,253 4,618 5,163 5,529 6,014

3,265 3,338 3,926 4,386 4,909

42,050 45,957 50,872 53,881 56,837

16,223 16,931 19,489 22,020 24,251

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

4,656 4,211 4,142 4,780 4,869

4,146 3,661 3,669 3,936 4,213

47,573 48,879 50,667 51,525 52,838

16,204 17,622 18,872 19,311 20,279

6,052 6,287 6,615 7,889 8,734

4,982 5,678 6,009 7,038 7,663

58,281 59,377 61,424 64,194 66,441

25,332 26,962 28,550 30,285 32,154

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

4,702 4,587 4,629 3,652 3,653

4,142 4,226 4,229 3,405 3,662

55,170 55,188 54,424 45,944 42,565

21,344 22,142 23,470 20,006 19,383

9,664 9,675 9,958 9,018 9,344

8,926 8,645 9,139 8,283 8,775

69,536 69,450 69,011 58,614 55,562

34,411 35,013 36,838 31,694 31,820

5.7

8.8

3.2

6.9

7.5

10.4

3.8

7.8



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Travel Trends 2010

Overseas residents’ visits and spending in the UK: by mode of travel 1985 to 2010 Air

Sea


Channel Tunnel


Total



1985

9,413

4,430

5,036

1,011

.

.

14,449

5,442

1986 1987 1988 1989 1990

8,851 10,335 10,967 11,829 12,751

4,289 5,014 5,082 5,721 6,421

5,046 5,231 4,832 5,509 5,262

1,264 1,247 1,102 1,224 1,327

. . . . .

. . . . .

13,897 15,566 15,799 17,338 18,013

5,553 6,260 6,184 6,945 7,748

1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

11,614 12,778 13,694 14,465 15,754

6,035 6,534 7,857 8,209 9,628

5,511 5,756 6,169 6,310 5,990

1,351 1,358 1,631 1,576 1,590

. . . 19 1,794

. . . 01 544

17,125 18,535 19,863 20,794 23,537

7,386 7,891 9,487 9,786 11,763

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

16,279 16,858 17,479 17,284 17,831

9,922 9,900 10,366 10,451 10,837

6,165 5,734 5,083 4,993 4,298

1,601 1,360 1,399 1,280 1,140

2,719 2,922 3,184 3,117 3,080

768 983 906 767 828

25,163 25,515 25,745 25,394 25,209

12,290 12,244 12,671 12,498 12,805

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

16,054 17,098 17,635 20,002 22,043

9,505 9,957 10,039 11,003 12,260

4,002 4,405 4,369 4,770 4,675

1,029 1,083 1,108 1,317 1,087

2,779 2,677 2,711 2,983 3,252

772 697 708 726 902

22,835 24,180 24,715 27,755 29,970

11,306 11,737 11,855 13,047 14,248

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

24,588 25,089 24,024 22,080 21,430

13,932 13,766 14,094 13,796 13,957

4,858 4,459 4,495 4,462 4,531

1,164 1,276 1,242 1,662 1,620

3,267 3,230 3,369 3,347 3,842

906 918 987 1,134 1,322

32,713 32,778 31,888 29,889 29,803

16,002 15,960 16,323 16,592 16,899

3.3

4.7

-0.4

1.9

2.5

4.0

2.9

4.6



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1.08

Travel Trends 2010

UK residents’ visits and spending abroad: by mode of travel 1985 to 2010 Air

Sea


Channel Tunnel


Total



1985

13,732

3,695

7,878

1,176

.

.

21,610

4,871

1986 1987 1988 1989 1990

16,380 19,369 21,026 21,925 21,368

4,632 5,739 6,655 7,457 7,747

8,569 8,077 7,802 9,105 9,782

1,451 1,541 1,560 1,900 2,139

. . . . .

. . . . .

24,949 27,447 28,828 31,030 31,150

6,083 7,280 8,216 9,357 9,886

1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

20,408 23,357 25,354 27,624 28,097

7,740 8,891 10,316 11,595 12,250

10,401 10,479 11,366 11,991 11,311

2,211 2,352 2,656 2,768 2,718

. . . 14 1,937

. . . 02 419

30,808 33,836 36,720 39,630 41,345

9,951 11,243 12,972 14,365 15,386

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

27,907 30,341 34,283 37,510 41,392

12,926 13,402 15,397 17,623 19,905

10,686 11,522 10,498 10,427 9,646

2,509 2,791 2,726 2,958 2,766

3,457 4,095 6,092 5,944 5,799

788 739 1,367 1,439 1,580

42,050 45,957 50,872 53,881 56,837

16,223 16,931 19,489 22,020 24,251

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

43,011 43,990 47,101 50,435 53,626

20,934 22,273 23,846 25,879 27,994

9,651 10,038 9,200 8,950 8,102

2,844 3,206 3,096 2,991 2,750

5,619 5,349 5,123 4,809 4,713

1,554 1,482 1,607 1,415 1,410

58,281 59,377 61,424 64,194 66,441

25,332 26,962 28,550 30,285 32,154

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

56,460 56,329 56,041 46,657 43,239

29,655 30,507 31,497 27,044 26,357

8,411 8,473 8,145 7,559 8,056

3,242 2,937 3,535 3,105 3,910

4,665 4,649 4,825 4,398 4,267

1,515 1,570 1,806 1,545 1,553

69,536 69,450 69,011 58,614 55,562

34,411 35,013 36,838 31,694 31,820

4.7

8.2

0.1

4.9

1.5

5.0

3.8

7.8



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Section 2: Overseas residents’ visits to the UK 2006 to 2010

2.01

Travel Trends 2010

Number of visits to and nights spent in UK: by quarter of the year 2006 to 2010 Visits (thousands)

Nights (thousands)

Quarter

not seasonally adjusted

per cent change from year earlier

seasonally adjusted



2006

1 2 3 4

6,351 8,476 10,296 7,591

2.9 7.7 16.2 7.3

7,715 8,135 8,720 8,110

46,579 62,289 103,182 61,367

1.8 9.5 14.6 8.5

2007

1 2 3 4

6,738 8,510 9,565 7,966

6.1 0.4 -7.1 4.9

8,121 8,164 8,062 8,439

47,453 58,944 87,718 57,405

1.9 -5.4 -15.0 -6.5

2008

1 2 3 4

7,195 8,405 9,358 6,930

6.8 -1.2 -2.2 -13.0

8,557 8,121 7,962 7,301

51,481 56,162 87,153 50,979

8.5 -4.7 -0.6 -11.2

2009

1 2 3 4

6,213 7,943 8,780 6,954

-13.7 -5.5 -6.2 0.3

7,554 7,571 7,365 7,350

44,348 54,696 81,582 48,761

-13.9 -2.6 -6.4 -4.4

2010

1 2 3 4

5,904 7,754 8,985 7,160

-5.0 -2.4 2.3 3.0

7,193 7,422 7,584 7,579

39,856 53,500 83,603 50,886

-10.1 -2.2 2.5 4.4


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Spending in UK at current and 1995 constant prices: by quarter 2006 to 2010 Spending (£ million)

Constant price spending (£ million)

Quarter



seasonally adjusted



seasonally adjusted

2006

1 2 3 4

2,758 3,970 5,401 3,873

4.3 11.5 20.7 8.5

3,703 3,976 4,260 4,046

2,052 2,896 3,902 2,791

1.0 7.9 17.0 5.3

2,756 2,918 3,002 2,965

2007

1 2 3 4

3,001 3,860 5,234 3,866

8.8 -2.8 -3.1 -0.2

3,980 3,865 4,064 4,041

2,161 2,773 3,714 2,741

5.3 -4.2 -4.8 -1.8

2,895 2,764 2,851 2,879

2008

1 2 3 4

3,129 4,231 5,194 3,769

4.3 9.6 -0.8 -2.5

4,129 4,242 3,999 3,952

2,225 2,931 3,543 2,577

3.0 5.7 -4.6 -6.0

2,955 2,905 2,720 2,696

2009

1 2 3 4

3,221 4,097 5,418 3,856

2.9 -3.2 4.3 2.3

4,236 4,103 4,212 4,043

2,178 2,724 3,580 2,550

-2.1 -7.1 1.0 -1.0

2,899 2,698 2,765 2,670

2010

1 2 3 4

2,930 4,365 5,382 4,222

-9.0 6.5 -0.7 9.5

3,947 4,183 4,174 4,413

1,924 2,672 3,401 2,647

-11.7 -1.9 -5.0 3.8

2,574 2,656 2,641 2,773


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Travel Trends 2010

Number of visits to UK: by region of residence and purpose of visit 2006 to 2010

Visits (thousands)

Change 2009-10

Growth 2009-10

Average Annual Growth 2006-10

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

(000s)

(%)

(%)

North America Holiday of which inclusive tour Business Visiting friends or relatives Miscellaneous All visits

1,775 319 983 1,391 615 4,764

1,639 279 958 1,259 546 4,403

1,348 239 854 1,147 458 3,806

1,341 189 707 1,125 391 3,564

1,263 184 794 962 378 3,397

-78 -4 87 -164 -12 -167

-5.8 -2.2 12.2 -14.6 -3.2 -4.7

-8.2 -12.8 -5.2 -8.8 -11.4 -8.1

Europe Holiday of which inclusive tour Business Visiting friends or relatives Miscellaneous All visits

7,216 1,327 7,164 6,439 2,557 23,377

7,521 1,672 7,039 6,888 2,439 23,887

7,969 1,352 6,432 7,041 2,224 23,666

8,449 1,487 5,197 6,191 2,246 22,083

8,650 1,559 5,277 6,007 2,113 22,046

202 72 79 -184 -134 -37

2.4 4.8 1.5 -3.0 -6.0 -0.2

4.6 4.1 -7.4 -1.7 -4.7 -1.5

- of which EU27 Holiday of which inclusive tour Business Visiting friends or relatives Miscellaneous All visits

6,516 1,219 6,564 5,973 2,235 21,287

6,886 1,584 6,441 6,363 2,134 21,824

7,276 1,244 5,833 6,550 1,968 21,627

7,811 1,421 4,733 5,772 2,015 20,331

7,966 1,477 4,834 5,595 1,871 20,266

156 56 101 -177 -144 -65

2.0 3.9 2.1 -3.1 -7.2 -0.3

5.2 4.9 -7.4 -1.6 -4.3 -1.2


6,510 1,219 6,478 5,946 2,220 21,154

6,836 1,581 6,306 6,283 2,107 21,533

7,189 1,232 5,747 6,475 1,944 21,354

7,728 1,415 4,632 5,670 1,994 20,024

7,884 1,461 4,716 5,502 1,843 19,945

156 46 85 -168 -151 -79

2.0 3.3 1.8 -3.0 -7.6 -0.4

4.9 4.6 -7.6 -1.9 -4.5 -1.5


5,966 1,166 5,430 5,118 1,964 18,477

6,266 1,467 5,286 5,304 1,885 18,741

6,584 1,175 4,660 5,352 1,720 18,316

7,149 1,283 3,906 4,845 1,795 17,694

7,417 1,364 3,923 4,711 1,686 17,737

268 81 16 -133 -109 42

3.8 6.3 0.4 -2.7 -6.1 0.2

5.6 4.0 -7.8 -2.0 -3.7 -1.0

Other Countries Holiday of which inclusive tour Business Visiting friends or relatives Miscellaneous All visits

1,575 244 871 1,576 550 4,572

1,597 275 847 1,573 471 4,488

1,607 295 838 1,539 431 4,416

1,635 208 674 1,467 466 4,242

1,755 275 722 1,440 444 4,360

120 67 48 -27 -22 119

7.3 31.9 7.2 -1.9 -4.7 2.8

2.7 3.0 -4.6 -2.2 -5.2 -1.2

Total World Holiday of which inclusive tour Business Visiting friends or relatives Miscellaneous All visits

10,566 1,890 9,019 9,406 3,722 32,713

10,758 2,225 8,845 9,720 3,456 32,778

10,923 1,886 8,124 9,727 3,113 31,888

11,424 1,884 6,579 8,783 3,103 29,889

11,668 2,018 6,793 8,408 2,935 29,803

244 134 214 -375 -168 -86

2.1 7.1 3.3 -4.3 -5.4 -0.3

2.5 1.7 -6.8 -2.8 -5.8 -2.3


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Travel Trends 2010

Spending in UK: by region of residence and purpose of visit 2006 to 2010

Spending (£ million)

Change 2009-10

Growth 2009-10

Annual Growth 2006-10

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

(£ million)

(%)

(%)


1,130 155 1,108 585 557 3,390

1,096 192 1,066 549 354 3,075

949 130 975 519 294 2,745

947 114 780 501 346 2,581

954 149 879 448 356 2,647

7 36 99 -52 10 66

0.8 31.5 12.7 -10.5 3.0 2.6

-4.1 -0.9 -5.6 -6.4 -10.6 -6.0


2,655 413 2,614 1,830 1,454 8,574

2,956 631 2,507 1,908 1,435 8,821

3,251 576 2,468 2,022 1,592 9,349

3,654 739 1,995 2,032 1,530 9,231

3,770 700 2,084 1,900 1,438 9,209

115 -39 89 -133 -92 -23

3.2 -5.2 4.5 -6.5 -6.0 -0.2

9.2 14.1 -5.5 0.9 -0.3 1.8


2,316 370 2,175 1,647 1,197 7,354

2,552 579 2,115 1,641 1,193 7,516

2,841 499 2,083 1,812 1,360 8,111

3,264 691 1,684 1,853 1,298 8,117

3,294 647 1,796 1,691 1,221 8,016

30 -43 112 -162 -77 -101

0.9 -6.3 6.7 -8.8 -5.9 -1.2

9.2 15.0 -4.7 0.7 0.5 2.2


2,311 370 2,142 1,638 1,179 7,288

2,529 577 2,070 1,602 1,169 7,384

2,794 491 2,062 1,773 1,348 7,992

3,225 685 1,656 1,785 1,276 7,960

3,250 643 1,761 1,640 1,203 7,869

25 -42 105 -145 -73 -91

0.8 -6.1 6.4 -8.1 -5.7 -1.1

8.9 14.8 -4.8 0.0 0.5 1.9


2,127 360 1,839 1,366 933 6,280

2,320 535 1,874 1,298 975 6,479

2,563 473 1,752 1,421 1,162 6,910

2,981 638 1,461 1,459 1,044 6,961

3,047 608 1,577 1,399 1,061 7,096

66 -31 115 -60 17 134

2.2 -4.8 7.9 -4.1 1.6 1.9

9.4 14.0 -3.8 0.6 3.3 3.1


1,183 97 1,031 1,148 666 4,038

1,296 159 973 1,133 650 4,065

1,281 114 1,133 1,275 531 4,229

1,774 123 911 1,248 837 4,780

1,914 149 1,074 1,206 843 5,043

140 26 162 -42 6 264

7.9 20.9 17.8 -3.3 0.7 5.5

12.8 11.2 1.0 1.3 6.1 5.7


4,968 666 4,753 3,562 2,678 16,002

5,348 982 4,546 3,590 2,439 15,960

5,480 819 4,575 3,816 2,417 16,323

6,376 976 3,686 3,781 2,713 16,592

6,638 998 4,037 3,554 2,637 16,899

262 23 350 -227 -76 307

4.1 2.3 9.5 -6.0 -2.8 1.8

7.5 10.7 -4.0 -0.1 -0.4 1.4


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Travel Trends 2010

Nights and average length of stay in UK: by region of residence and purpose of visit 2006 to 2010 Average length of stay (nights)

Nights (thousands)

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010


13,553 2,008 5,495 15,821 6,218 41,086

12,071 1,825 6,285 13,613 4,996 36,965

10,355 1,299 4,838 13,702 3,962 32,857

10,060 1,067 4,036 13,071 3,407 30,573

10,674 1,204 4,675 11,176 3,626 30,152

7.6 6.3 5.6 11.4 10.1 8.6

7.4 6.5 6.6 10.8 9.1 8.4

7.7 5.4 5.7 12.0 8.6 8.6

7.5 5.7 5.7 11.6 8.7 8.6

8.5 6.5 5.9 11.6 9.6 8.9


42,231 6,119 24,060 54,584 39,185 160,060

41,703 8,940 21,469 54,253 27,859 145,284

44,298 6,693 22,020 53,499 25,037 144,855

43,334 7,238 16,486 48,685 23,382 131,888

45,357 7,714 16,719 45,817 23,094 130,986

5.9 4.6 3.4 8.5 15.3 6.8

5.5 5.3 3.0 7.9 11.4 6.1

5.6 4.9 3.4 7.6 11.3 6.1

5.1 4.9 3.2 7.9 10.4 6.0

5.2 4.9 3.2 7.6 10.9 5.9


38,169 5,648 21,683 49,548 34,150 143,550

38,114 8,467 18,919 49,032 24,702 130,766

40,218 6,150 19,819 49,749 22,378 132,164

39,570 6,765 14,756 45,001 20,775 120,102

41,530 7,284 15,040 42,139 20,531 119,240

5.9 4.6 3.3 8.3 15.3 6.7

5.5 5.3 2.9 7.7 11.6 6.0

5.5 4.9 3.4 7.6 11.4 6.1

5.1 4.8 3.1 7.8 10.3 5.9

5.2 4.9 3.1 7.5 11.0 5.9


38,065 5,648 21,156 49,223 33,722 142,166

37,528 8,455 18,176 46,824 24,172 126,701

39,146 6,043 19,293 48,109 22,200 128,748

39,076 6,725 14,262 42,831 20,453 116,621

40,830 7,219 14,566 40,358 20,286 116,040

5.8 4.6 3.3 8.3 15.2 6.7

5.5 5.3 2.9 7.5 11.5 5.9

5.4 4.9 3.4 7.4 11.4 6.0

5.1 4.8 3.1 7.6 10.3 5.8

5.2 4.9 3.1 7.3 11.0 5.8


31,338 5,409 15,900 35,775 21,777 104,789

31,868 7,671 14,459 33,565 17,297 97,189

33,437 5,782 13,570 34,407 16,413 97,827

34,832 6,100 10,604 32,549 16,173 94,158

36,791 6,708 11,594 30,695 16,786 95,865

5.3 4.6 2.9 7.0 11.1 5.7

5.1 5.2 2.7 6.3 9.2 5.2

5.1 4.9 2.9 6.4 9.5 5.3

4.9 4.8 2.7 6.7 9.0 5.3

5.0 4.9 3.0 6.5 10.0 5.4


17,785 1,390 9,436 31,764 13,285 72,270

17,617 1,731 8,185 31,244 12,225 69,271

17,335 1,528 7,992 32,240 10,496 68,063

18,625 1,185 6,450 29,655 12,196 66,926

18,680 1,584 6,942 29,313 11,774 66,708

11.3 5.7 10.8 20.2 24.2 15.8

11.0 6.3 9.7 19.9 26.0 15.4

10.8 5.2 9.5 20.9 24.3 15.4

11.4 5.7 9.6 20.2 26.2 15.8

10.6 5.8 9.6 20.4 26.5 15.3


73,569 9,516 38,992 102,169 58,688 273,417

71,390 12,496 35,939 99,110 45,080 251,520

71,989 9,520 34,850 99,441 39,496 245,775

72,019 9,491 26,972 91,411 38,985 229,387

74,710 10,502 28,336 86,305 38,494 227,846

7.0 5.0 4.3 10.9 15.8 8.4

6.6 5.6 4.1 10.2 13.0 7.7

6.6 5.0 4.3 10.2 12.7 7.7

6.3 5.0 4.1 10.4 12.6 7.7

6.4 5.2 4.2 10.3 13.1 7.6


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Travel Trends 2010

Average spending per visit and per day: by region of residence and purpose of visit 2006 to 2010 Average spending per day (£)

Average spending per visit (£)

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010


637 487 1,127 420 906 709

669 690 1,113 436 648 696

704 544 1,141 453 642 719

706 602 1,103 445 885 722

756 810 1,108 466 942 777

83 77 202 37 90 82

91 105 170 40 71 83

92 100 201 38 74 83

94 106 193 38 102 84

89 124 188 40 98 88


358 312 365 284 569 363

383 378 356 277 588 365

398 426 384 287 716 391

426 497 384 328 681 415

426 449 395 316 681 413

61 68 109 34 37 53

69 71 117 35 52 60

72 86 112 38 64 64

83 102 121 42 65 69

81 91 125 41 62 69


344 304 331 276 536 341

359 365 328 258 559 340

379 401 357 277 691 371

411 486 356 321 644 396

402 438 372 302 653 391

59 66 100 33 35 51

65 68 112 33 48 57

69 81 105 36 61 61

81 102 114 41 62 67

77 89 119 40 59 66


344 304 331 275 531 340

358 365 328 255 555 339

377 398 359 274 694 370

410 484 357 315 640 394

401 440 373 298 653 389

59 66 101 33 35 51

65 68 114 34 48 58

69 81 107 37 61 61

81 102 116 42 62 68

77 89 121 41 59 67


345 308 339 267 475 335

358 365 354 245 517 341

377 402 376 265 676 372

409 498 374 301 582 389

399 445 402 297 629 394

66 66 116 38 43 59

70 70 130 39 56 66

74 82 129 41 71 70

84 105 138 45 65 73

80 91 136 46 63 73


752 399 1,183 728 1,212 881

812 577 1,148 721 1,380 903

797 385 1,352 829 1,231 956

1,085 590 1,352 851 1,797 1,125

1,091 541 1,487 838 1,900 1,155

67 70 109 36 50 56

74 92 119 36 53 58

74 74 142 40 51 62

95 104 141 42 69 71

102 94 155 41 72 76


463 352 527 379 719 486

490 441 514 369 706 483

494 434 563 392 776 508

553 518 560 430 874 552

561 495 594 423 899 563

67 70 122 35 46 58

74 79 126 36 54 63

75 86 131 38 61 66

88 103 137 41 70 72

88 95 142 41 69 74


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2.07

Travel Trends 2010

Number of visits to UK: by mode of travel and purpose of visit 2006 to 2010

Visits (thousands)

Change 2009-10

Growth 2009-10


2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

(000s)

(%)

(%)

Air Holiday of which inclusive tour Business Visiting friends or relatives Miscellaneous All visits

7,259 781 6,571 7,849 2,910 24,588

7,613 990 6,510 8,208 2,758 25,089

7,380 708 5,989 8,127 2,528 24,024

7,685 659 4,753 7,203 2,439 22,080

7,575 756 4,872 6,718 2,265 21,430

-110 97 119 -485 -174 -650

-1.4 14.7 2.5 -6.7 -7.1 -2.9

1.1 -0.8 -7.2 -3.8 -6.1 -3.4

Sea Holiday of which inclusive tour Business Visiting friends or relatives Miscellaneous All visits

2,001 712 1,464 892 501 4,858

1,882 808 1,310 876 392 4,459

1,982 800 1,202 973 339 4,495

2,083 834 1,055 911 413 4,462

2,162 813 1,011 956 402 4,531

79 -21 -44 44 -11 68

3.8 -2.5 -4.2 4.9 -2.6 1.5

1.9 3.4 -8.8 1.7 -5.3 -1.7

Tunnel Holiday of which inclusive tour Business Visiting friends or relatives Miscellaneous All visits

1,306 396 984 665 311 3,267

1,263 427 1,025 636 306 3,230

1,562 377 934 627 247 3,369

1,656 391 770 669 252 3,347

1,931 449 910 734 268 3,842

275 58 140 65 16 496

16.6 14.7 18.1 9.7 6.4 14.8

10.3 3.2 -1.9 2.5 -3.7 4.1

Total Holiday of which inclusive tour Business Visiting friends or relatives Miscellaneous All visits

10,566 1,890 9,019 9,406 3,722 32,713

10,758 2,225 8,845 9,720 3,456 32,778

10,923 1,886 8,124 9,727 3,113 31,888

11,424 1,884 6,579 8,783 3,103 29,889

11,668 2,018 6,793 8,408 2,935 29,803

244 134 214 -375 -168 -86

2.1 7.1 3.3 -4.3 -5.4 -0.3

2.5 1.7 -6.8 -2.8 -5.8 -2.3


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2.08

Travel Trends 2010

Number of visits to UK: by mode of travel and quarter of the year 2006 to 2010 Visits (thousands)

Quarter

Air


Sea


Tunnel


2006

1 2 3 4

4,925 6,153 7,575 5,935

6.2 11.0 16.6 10.6

725 1,457 1,776 901

-13.5 7.6 18.2 -8.2

701 866 944 755

0.4 -10.8 10.1 4.3

2007

1 2 3 4

5,300 6,307 7,231 6,250

7.6 2.5 -4.5 5.3

683 1,368 1,453 956

-5.8 -6.1 -18.2 6.2

755 835 881 759

7.6 -3.5 -6.7 0.5

2008

1 2 3 4

5,442 6,208 6,970 5,404

2.7 -1.6 -3.6 -13.5

985 1,180 1,441 889

44.3 -13.7 -0.8 -7.1

768 1,017 946 638

1.7 21.8 7.4 -16.0

2009

1 2 3 4

4,725 5,631 6,495 5,229

-13.2 -9.3 -6.8 -3.2

806 1,382 1,406 868

-18.2 17.1 -2.5 -2.3

682 929 880 856

-11.2 -8.7 -7.0 34.3

2010

1 2 3 4

4,390 5,130 6,535 5,374

-7.1 -8.9 0.6 2.8

779 1,493 1,426 833

-3.4 8.1 1.4 -4.1

735 1,130 1,024 954

7.9 21.6 16.4 11.4


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2.09

Travel Trends 2010

Spending in UK: by mode of travel and purpose of visit 2006 to 2010


Change 2009-10

Growth 2009-10


2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

(£ million)

(%)

(%)


4,029 394 4,386 3,124 2,355 13,932

4,371 630 4,120 3,161 2,079 13,766

4,319 453 4,181 3,413 2,150 14,094

4,898 500 3,274 3,290 2,301 13,796

5,113 548 3,558 3,020 2,235 13,957

216 48 284 -270 -66 160

4.4 9.7 8.7 -8.2 -2.9 1.2

6.1 8.6 -5.1 -0.8 -1.3 0.0


572 189 169 266 156 1,164

623 256 183 290 179 1,276

681 261 180 262 119 1,242

859 356 215 304 280 1,662

830 312 229 315 245 1,620

-30 -45 14 10 -35 -42

-3.5 -12.5 6.7 3.4 -12.6 -2.5

9.7 13.3 7.9 4.3 11.9 8.6


367 83 198 172 167 906

355 96 243 139 181 918

481 104 215 142 148 987

619 120 197 186 131 1,134

695 139 249 219 157 1,322

76 19 52 33 26 188

12.3 15.9 26.5 17.7 19.6 16.6

17.3 13.8 5.9 6.3 -1.6 9.9


4,968 666 4,753 3,562 2,678 16,002

5,348 982 4,546 3,590 2,439 15,960

5,480 819 4,575 3,816 2,417 16,323

6,376 976 3,686 3,781 2,713 16,592

6,638 998 4,037 3,554 2,637 16,899

262 23 350 -227 -76 307

4.1 2.3 9.5 -6.0 -2.8 1.8

7.5 10.7 -4.0 -0.1 -0.4 1.4


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2.10

Travel Trends 2010

Number of visits to UK: by country of residence 2006 to 2010

Change 2009-10

Visits (thousands) 2006 Canada USA North America Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Cyprus Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Irish Republic Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Rest of Europe Europe - of which EU27 - of which EU25 - of which EU15 Egypt Morocco Tunisia Other North Africa South Africa Nigeria Other Africa Israel United Arab Emirates Other Middle East Hong Kong (China) Other China India Japan Pakistan Sri Lanka Thailand Other Asia Australia New Zealand Barbados Jamaica Other Caribbean Brazil Mexico Other Central & Sth. America Rest of the World Other Countries Total World

868 3,896 4,764 300 997 49 323 122 526 190 3,693 3,411 179 278 2,909 1,477 148 65 57 1,791 638 1,326 242 85 241 242 1,981 714 745 151 496 23,377 21,287 21,154 18,477 44 12 8 24 351 146 157 164 178 282 154 142 367 342 114 21 58 422 956 223 11 13 82 112 88 97 4 4,572 32,713

2007 852 3,551 4,403 290 995 97 398 129 561 198 3,404 3,376 166 333 2,970 1,615 195 88 79 1,823 609 1,294 280 194 224 207 2,227 748 738 142 510 23,887 21,824 21,533 18,741 38 13 6 20 297 154 162 138 187 294 136 178 336 308 93 23 69 445 941 227 10 14 86 131 58 120 3 4,488 32,778

2008 857 2,950 3,806 286 970 102 435 139 560 179 3,636 2,900 204 300 3,070 1,639 156 62 85 1,818 688 1,492 275 171 208 254 1,974 743 702 130 488 23,666 21,627 21,354 18,316 42 12 8 27 274 150 175 160 232 302 130 136 359 239 102 25 50 418 955 209 12 4 55 179 65 90 7 4,416 31,888

2009 687 2,877 3,564 286 903 113 389 134 614 167 3,784 2,780 193 260 2,948 1,221 120 60 75 1,715 573 1,041 255 193 137 150 2,164 604 701 98 404 22,083 20,331 20,024 17,694 48 12 5 27 245 145 161 158 246 328 143 128 273 235 60 15 69 382 912 187 13 8 68 151 81 136 5 4,242 29,889

2010 686 2,711 3,397 288 1,136 88 278 110 550 170 3,618 3,004 174 214 2,629 1,472 137 53 66 1,758 649 1,101 316 233 170 154 1,809 758 623 129 357 22,046 20,266 19,945 17,737 42 16 9 25 208 168 144 158 213 290 131 141 371 223 57 18 67 459 986 187 8 8 52 177 67 130 5 4,360 29,803

(000s) -1 -167 -167 2 233 -26 -112 -24 -63 3 -166 224 -18 -47 -319 251 17 -7 -9 43 76 61 61 40 33 4 -355 153 -78 32 -47 -37 -65 -79 42 -6 4 4 -2 -37 23 -17 0 -34 -38 -13 13 98 -13 -3 3 -2 77 74 0 -5 0 -16 26 -13 -5 0 119 -86

Growth 2009-10 (%) -0.1 -5.8 -4.7 0.7 25.8 -22.8 -28.7 -18.1 -10.3 1.9 -4.4 8.1 -9.4 -17.9 -10.8 20.5 13.9 -11.4 -11.7 2.5 13.3 5.8 23.8 20.7 24.2 2.7 -16.4 25.4 -11.1 32.5 -11.6 -0.2 -0.3 -0.4 0.2 -11.7 32.6 81.2 -7.5 -15.0 15.8 -10.8 -0.2 -13.7 -11.6 -8.9 9.8 36.0 -5.4 -5.7 18.6 -2.8 20.2 8.1 0.1 -36.0 2.4 -23.3 17.4 -16.7 -4.0 4.1 2.8 -0.3

Average Annual Growth 2006-10 (%) -5.7 -8.7 -8.1 -1.0 3.3 15.8 -3.7 -2.7 1.1 -2.7 -0.5 -3.1 -0.6 -6.4 -2.5 -0.1 -1.8 -4.9 3.7 -0.5 0.5 -4.5 6.8 28.8 -8.3 -10.6 -2.2 1.5 -4.3 -3.8 -7.9 -1.5 -1.2 -1.5 -1.0 -0.8 7.0 4.6 1.6 -12.3 3.5 -2.3 -1.0 4.6 0.7 -4.1 -0.3 0.3 -10.1 -15.8 -4.1 3.8 2.1 0.8 -4.2 -7.2 -11.2 -10.8 12.2 -6.4 7.7 4.3 -1.2 -2.3


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2.11

Travel Trends 2010

Spending in UK: by country of residence 2006 to 2010


Canada USA North America Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Cyprus Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Irish Republic Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Rest of Europe Europe - of which EU27 - of which EU25 - of which EU15 Egypt Morocco Tunisia Other North Africa South Africa Nigeria Other Africa Israel United Arab Emirates Other Middle East Hong Kong (China) Other China India Japan Pakistan Sri Lanka Thailand Other Asia Australia New Zealand Barbados Jamaica Other Caribbean Brazil Mexico Other Central & Sth. America Rest of the World Other Countries Total World

Change 2009-10

Growth 2009-10


2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

(£ million)

(%)

(%)

483 2,908 3,390 126 249 19 82 96 200 72 1,055 1,093 130 84 907 632 62 22 37 502 306 540 88 47 237 44 835 297 340 112 287 8,574 7,354 7,288 6,280 47 11 7 27 261 255 159 88 200 455 141 150 315 225 128 12 39 337 666 154 7 12 59 120 67 90 4 4,038 16,002

537 2,537 3,075 115 246 51 127 80 238 83 886 1,206 162 97 968 683 48 22 35 537 281 392 112 81 271 67 868 276 350 156 305 8,821 7,516 7,384 6,479 86 11 4 31 232 190 151 86 189 529 123 205 267 226 105 22 69 346 668 186 4 4 61 139 42 88 1 4,065 15,960

522 2,223 2,745 131 247 40 120 119 236 84 1,053 1,125 153 69 983 809 45 23 54 700 399 508 116 78 179 96 815 354 322 113 298 9,349 8,111 7,992 6,910 48 10 7 40 220 244 204 86 289 587 158 166 280 165 84 32 35 351 769 139 15 3 39 148 41 65 5 4,229 16,323

408 2,173 2,581 175 255 73 133 127 300 78 1,151 1,167 174 91 1,038 591 40 20 92 599 314 362 104 85 136 65 1,001 253 382 96 275 9,231 8,117 7,960 6,961 78 11 3 53 222 196 203 117 312 675 131 191 269 305 73 13 82 445 856 152 13 2 62 151 61 103 2 4,780 16,592

513 2,133 2,647 155 401 44 99 87 245 92 1,142 1,193 129 60 883 722 41 23 44 717 355 313 125 104 194 58 824 357 367 124 223 9,209 8,016 7,869 7,096 61 22 6 38 182 274 203 91 312 578 129 249 363 182 58 15 90 484 951 157 6 6 48 160 229 143 5 5,043 16,899

106 -40 66 -20 146 -29 -34 -40 -56 13 -9 27 -45 -30 -155 131 1 3 -48 118 41 -49 21 18 58 -8 -177 105 -15 29 -52 -23 -101 -91 134 -16 11 4 -15 -40 78 0 -25 0 -96 -2 57 95 -123 -15 2 8 40 95 5 -7 4 -15 9 168 40 3 264 307

25.9 -1.8 2.6 -11.4 57.3 -39.3 -25.6 -31.4 -18.5 17.2 -0.8 2.3 -25.7 -33.5 -15.0 22.1 2.3 14.9 -52.4 19.7 13.0 -13.6 20.4 21.7 42.5 -11.6 -17.7 41.3 -3.8 29.9 -18.8 -0.2 -1.2 -1.1 1.9 -21.1 94.8 125.1 -28.2 -18.1 39.5 0.1 -21.6 0.0 -14.3 -1.2 29.9 35.2 -40.3 -20.3 17.2 9.7 8.9 11.1 3.6 -53.0 153.3 -23.6 5.9 275.0 38.6 149.3 5.5 1.8

1.5 -7.5 -6.0 5.4 12.6 23.9 4.6 -2.6 5.1 6.3 2.0 2.2 -0.2 -7.9 -0.7 3.4 -9.7 0.5 4.0 9.3 3.8 -12.7 9.1 21.9 -5.0 7.1 -0.3 4.7 1.9 2.7 -6.0 1.8 2.2 1.9 3.1 6.7 20.6 -2.1 9.3 -8.7 1.8 6.2 1.0 11.8 6.2 -2.2 13.4 3.7 -5.1 -18.1 4.7 23.2 9.5 9.3 0.4 -4.3 -17.2 -5.1 7.5 36.0 12.3 3.6 5.7 1.4

Note: In some reporting instances the sample size that the estimate is based on is relatively small. If a respondent case within that sample has an unusual profile it is possible that the estimate w out as particularly high or low for the reporting period. This was the case for estimated spending by residents of Mexico in Q2 201


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2.12

Travel Trends 2010

Number of nights and average length of stay in UK: by country of residence 2006 to 2010 Nights (thousands)


Average length of stay (nights)

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

9,305 31,781 41,086 2,052 3,130 448 3,713 1,407 2,475 1,080 21,093 20,887 2,396 2,634 10,248 9,769 1,458 168 476 7,445 3,289 22,293 1,754 936 2,930 3,058 18,551 3,742 4,483 2,389 5,755 160,060 143,550 142,166 104,789 583 132 156 475 5,757 3,205 3,399 1,191 2,443 4,601 1,454 2,377 9,601 3,099 3,956 368 1,081 5,389 13,490 3,512 100 254 738 2,422 932 1,444 112 72,270 273,417

8,109 28,856 36,965 1,478 2,834 1,752 3,495 1,753 2,626 1,004 18,140 19,280 1,101 2,095 10,404 10,613 1,421 404 689 8,308 2,589 15,869 1,722 2,313 2,532 3,120 15,658 3,617 3,789 1,913 4,766 145,284 130,766 126,701 97,189 530 189 138 583 4,576 2,733 2,633 955 2,165 4,763 1,157 3,240 9,069 2,691 3,427 552 1,398 5,990 12,154 4,256 117 200 917 2,483 557 1,775 24 69,271 251,520

8,115 24,742 32,857 1,825 2,929 1,080 2,818 1,687 2,602 1,267 20,179 17,374 1,752 1,800 10,395 11,189 1,885 268 661 8,483 3,397 17,308 2,127 2,337 1,671 3,742 13,874 3,563 3,376 1,342 3,924 144,855 132,164 128,748 97,827 450 146 43 727 3,942 2,496 4,322 996 2,400 5,241 1,148 2,952 7,644 2,175 3,796 674 764 5,752 13,199 3,299 305 112 817 2,490 538 1,502 134 68,063 245,775

6,802 23,771 30,573 1,643 2,925 1,044 2,302 1,744 2,894 775 19,008 17,300 2,042 1,909 9,875 8,294 819 177 500 7,256 2,573 12,028 1,576 2,437 1,308 1,147 17,115 3,278 3,941 1,397 4,580 131,888 120,102 116,621 94,158 735 65 20 737 4,745 2,216 3,193 1,067 2,863 5,592 1,648 1,549 7,293 2,592 1,971 475 1,137 6,401 13,310 3,224 265 278 858 2,249 789 1,635 18 66,926 229,387

7,413 22,739 30,152 1,569 4,002 839 1,831 1,550 2,883 805 18,614 18,143 1,408 1,536 9,519 10,330 1,381 259 510 7,870 2,807 10,731 2,353 2,361 1,683 1,366 14,367 3,743 3,686 1,370 3,470 130,986 119,240 116,040 95,865 559 165 168 413 2,564 2,428 2,604 1,155 2,872 4,278 1,497 3,140 9,720 1,905 1,648 701 1,558 7,016 13,929 2,859 69 271 716 1,764 507 2,109 91 66,708 227,846

10.7 8.2 8.6 6.8 3.1 9.2 11.5 11.5 4.7 5.7 5.7 6.1 13.4 9.5 3.5 6.6 9.9 2.6 8.3 4.2 5.2 16.8 7.2 11.1 12.1 12.6 9.4 5.2 6.0 15.8 11.6 6.8 6.7 6.7 5.7 13.4 11.0 19.7 20.0 16.4 21.9 21.6 7.3 13.7 16.3 9.4 16.7 26.2 9.1 34.8 17.6 18.6 12.8 14.1 15.8 9.0 19.8 9.0 21.6 10.6 14.9 26.3 15.8 8.4

9.5 8.1 8.4 5.1 2.8 18.0 8.8 13.6 4.7 5.1 5.3 5.7 6.6 6.3 3.5 6.6 7.3 4.6 8.7 4.6 4.3 12.3 6.2 11.9 11.3 15.1 7.0 4.8 5.1 13.5 9.4 6.1 6.0 5.9 5.2 13.8 14.2 23.8 29.4 15.4 17.8 16.3 6.9 11.6 16.2 8.5 18.2 27.0 8.7 36.8 23.6 20.1 13.4 12.9 18.7 12.2 14.1 10.7 18.9 9.5 14.7 7.3 15.4 7.7

9.5 8.4 8.6 6.4 3.0 10.6 6.5 12.2 4.6 7.1 5.5 6.0 8.6 6.0 3.4 6.8 12.1 4.3 7.8 4.7 4.9 11.6 7.7 13.7 8.0 14.7 7.0 4.8 4.8 10.3 8.0 6.1 6.1 6.0 5.3 10.8 12.5 5.4 27.1 14.4 16.6 24.7 6.2 10.4 17.3 8.8 21.8 21.3 9.1 37.0 27.2 15.2 13.8 13.8 15.8 25.1 25.2 14.7 13.9 8.3 16.7 20.5 15.4 7.7

9.9 8.3 8.6 5.7 3.2 9.2 5.9 13.0 4.7 4.6 5.0 6.2 10.6 7.3 3.4 6.8 6.8 2.9 6.7 4.2 4.5 11.6 6.2 12.6 9.5 7.6 7.9 5.4 5.6 14.3 11.3 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.3 15.3 5.5 3.8 26.8 19.4 15.3 19.8 6.8 11.6 17.0 11.5 12.1 26.7 11.0 32.6 31.8 16.4 16.8 14.6 17.2 20.5 35.8 12.7 14.9 9.8 12.0 3.8 15.8 7.7

10.8 8.4 8.9 5.4 3.5 9.6 6.6 14.1 5.2 4.7 5.1 6.0 8.1 7.2 3.6 7.0 10.1 4.9 7.7 4.5 4.3 9.7 7.5 10.1 9.9 8.9 7.9 4.9 5.9 10.6 9.7 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.4 13.2 10.5 17.7 16.3 12.3 14.5 18.1 7.3 13.5 14.8 11.5 22.3 26.2 8.6 28.9 39.5 23.2 15.3 14.1 15.2 8.4 34.0 13.8 9.9 7.5 16.2 18.1 15.3 7.6


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Average spend per visit to UK and per day: by country of residence 2006 to 2010 Average spending per visit (£)


Average spending per day (£)

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

554 744 709 419 250 384 255 789 380 376 285 320 727 300 309 427 421 342 649 280 479 406 362 554 981 181 421 415 457 737 575 363 341 340 335 1,083 879 871 1,114 740 1,731 1,009 535 1,125 1,613 912 1,053 856 656 1,131 590 672 798 695 692 658 959 711 1,065 762 930 1,030 881 486

628 713 696 394 247 520 318 618 423 421 260 357 973 293 324 423 248 251 447 294 460 303 399 415 1,209 326 389 368 474 1,102 597 365 340 339 341 2,228 847 745 1,560 777 1,234 923 621 1,005 1,795 896 1,153 792 730 1,126 957 993 776 709 816 446 258 698 1,056 717 730 310 903 483

606 752 719 457 254 395 275 856 419 465 289 388 753 229 318 493 285 373 639 385 578 340 420 456 863 378 412 477 458 864 607 391 371 370 372 1,145 830 904 1,481 802 1,623 1,163 531 1,243 1,940 1,217 1,220 779 690 819 1,291 698 838 803 666 1,203 703 696 825 624 726 716 956 508

591 753 722 612 282 638 340 947 489 468 304 418 902 349 350 483 335 328 1,220 349 547 348 405 441 988 434 461 418 543 978 679 415 396 394 389 1,620 965 544 1,923 902 1,348 1,258 737 1,267 2,054 906 1,494 985 1,295 1,201 848 1,183 1,164 936 809 1,013 289 914 998 753 762 418 1,125 552

746 785 777 539 353 503 355 792 444 538 315 397 741 282 333 490 301 426 657 408 546 284 395 444 1,133 373 455 471 588 959 622 413 391 389 394 1,448 1,418 675 1,492 870 1,625 1,411 580 1,468 1,992 985 1,768 979 817 1,016 840 1,336 1,054 964 835 728 720 908 900 3,392 1,099 1,007 1,155 563

52 91 82 61 80 42 22 68 81 66 50 52 54 32 88 65 43 132 78 67 93 24 50 50 81 14 45 79 76 47 50 53 51 51 59 81 80 44 56 45 79 47 74 82 99 97 63 33 72 32 34 36 63 49 44 73 48 79 49 72 62 39 56 58

66 88 83 77 87 29 36 45 90 83 49 62 147 47 92 64 34 55 51 65 108 25 65 35 107 22 55 76 92 82 64 60 57 58 66 162 60 31 53 50 69 57 90 87 111 105 63 29 83 31 41 49 58 55 44 36 18 65 56 75 50 43 58 63

64 90 83 72 84 37 42 70 90 66 52 65 88 38 94 72 24 87 82 82 117 29 54 33 107 26 59 99 95 84 76 64 61 61 70 106 66 167 55 56 98 47 85 120 112 138 56 37 76 22 47 46 61 58 42 48 28 47 59 75 43 35 62 66

60 91 84 107 87 69 57 73 104 101 60 67 85 48 104 71 49 112 183 83 122 30 66 35 104 57 58 77 97 68 60 69 67 68 73 106 177 143 72 46 88 63 109 109 120 79 123 37 118 37 27 72 69 64 47 49 8 72 67 77 63 111 71 72

69 94 88 99 100 52 54 56 85 114 61 66 92 39 92 70 30 88 85 91 126 29 53 44 115 42 57 95 99 91 64 69 66 67 73 110 135 38 92 71 112 78 79 109 135 86 79 37 96 35 21 58 69 68 55 87 21 66 90 451 68 56 76 74

Note: In some reporting instances the sample size that the estimate is based on is relatively small. If a respondent case within that sample has an unusual profile it is possible that the estimate will stand out as particularly high or low for the reporting period. This was the case for estimated spending by residents of Mexico in Q2 2010.


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Number of visits to and spending in UK: by length of stay and purpose of visit 2006 to 2010 Spending (£ million)

Visits (thousands)

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Nil Stay Total Holiday of which inclusive tour Business Visiting friends or relatives Miscellanous All visits

519 . 1,231 86 223 2,059

433 . 1,228 86 160 1,907

455 . 985 84 222 1,746

496 . 890 83 221 1,690

452 . 798 75 183 1,508

31 . 70 5 25 172

22 . 94 10 21 184

26 . 70 7 46 184

34 . 67 6 40 183

24 . 62 7 38 163

1-3 nights Total Holiday of which inclusive tour Business Visiting friends or relatives Miscellanous All visits

3,891 821 5,300 2,705 2,002 13,898

4,142 880 5,162 2,906 2,007 14,217

4,276 789 4,748 2,812 1,765 13,601

4,297 748 3,844 2,486 1,819 12,445

4,480 872 3,958 2,415 1,735 12,588

1,079 173 1,660 520 571 3,830

1,268 204 1,807 589 499 4,163

1,380 208 1,700 605 468 4,154

1,573 212 1,468 608 565 4,214

1,745 237 1,562 554 507 4,368


4,939 979 2,049 4,634 664 12,286

5,008 1,206 2,057 4,781 607 12,453

5,019 992 2,013 4,942 536 12,510

5,575 1,065 1,556 4,388 525 12,045

5,535 1,032 1,714 4,160 506 11,916

2,492 403 1,963 1,597 392 6,444

2,752 617 1,840 1,643 486 6,720

2,806 488 2,008 1,804 357 6,975

3,389 663 1,389 1,713 473 6,963

3,314 617 1,760 1,631 453 7,158


894 78 266 1,230 294 2,685

850 112 231 1,237 307 2,625

851 94 212 1,190 244 2,498

808 59 170 1,204 223 2,405

927 105 201 1,149 176 2,454

795 74 523 716 332 2,367

804 133 397 707 409 2,317

749 91 381 743 317 2,190

872 83 272 782 381 2,308

1,032 130 312 793 295 2,432

28 nights or more Total Holiday of which inclusive tour Business Visiting friends or relatives Miscellanous All visits

322 12 172 752 539 1,785

325 28 166 709 375 1,574

322 12 166 699 346 1,533

248 13 119 622 315 1,304

275 10 120 609 334 1,338

499 16 537 723 1,359 3,118

425 27 409 642 1,024 2,499

439 32 415 656 1,228 2,739

453 17 489 671 1,254 2,868

435 13 340 570 1,343 2,688

All visits Total Holiday of which inclusive tour Business Visiting friends or relatives Miscellanous All visits

10,566 1,890 9,019 9,406 3,722 32,713

10,758 2,225 8,845 9,720 3,456 32,778

10,923 1,886 8,124 9,727 3,113 31,888

11,424 1,884 6,579 8,783 3,103 29,889

11,668 2,018 6,793 8,408 2,935 29,803

4,968 666 4,753 3,562 2,678 16,002

5,348 982 4,546 3,590 2,439 15,960

5,480 819 4,575 3,816 2,417 16,323

6,376 976 3,686 3,781 2,713 16,592

6,638 998 4,037 3,554 2,637 16,899


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Travel Trends 2010

Number of visits to and spending in UK: by length of stay and region of residence 2006 to 2010 Spending (£ million)

Visits (thousands)

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Nil Stay North America Europe - of which EU27 - of which EU25 - of which EU15 Other Countries Total World

35 1,984 1,901 1,899 1,834 40 2,059

43 1,817 1,737 1,737 1,682 47 1,907

32 1,671 1,595 1,593 1,546 43 1,746

30 1,614 1,559 1,550 1,498 46 1,690

37 1,435 1,380 1,373 1,334 37 1,508

15 142 132 132 127 15 172

14 148 139 139 131 21 184

14 154 143 142 136 15 184

10 159 150 150 142 14 183

12 138 129 129 125 13 163

1-3 nights North America Europe - of which EU27 - of which EU25 - of which EU15 Other Countries Total World

1,628 11,074 10,104 10,047 8,889 1,196 13,898

1,588 11,398 10,445 10,329 9,203 1,231 14,217

1,280 11,116 10,120 10,006 8,798 1,205 13,601

1,197 10,137 9,322 9,214 8,282 1,111 12,445

1,114 10,341 9,483 9,345 8,438 1,134 12,588

716 2,700 2,340 2,327 2,181 413 3,830

616 3,044 2,645 2,620 2,449 503 4,163

514 3,125 2,696 2,673 2,471 515 4,154

470 3,127 2,773 2,743 2,534 616 4,214

450 3,148 2,731 2,699 2,519 771 4,368


2,392 8,001 7,202 7,153 6,299 1,893 12,286

2,079 8,535 7,720 7,606 6,533 1,839 12,453

1,904 8,767 7,991 7,890 6,597 1,839 12,510

1,762 8,511 7,804 7,675 6,676 1,772 12,045

1,662 8,397 7,701 7,575 6,675 1,856 11,916

1,717 3,246 2,737 2,722 2,439 1,481 6,444

1,580 3,610 3,005 2,957 2,636 1,530 6,720

1,498 3,766 3,239 3,195 2,733 1,710 6,975

1,307 3,893 3,411 3,336 2,913 1,763 6,963

1,380 3,862 3,369 3,298 2,987 1,916 7,158


511 1,387 1,247 1,227 984 787 2,685

506 1,357 1,234 1,201 911 762 2,625

424 1,343 1,215 1,192 955 730 2,498

421 1,225 1,104 1,070 876 759 2,405

426 1,262 1,149 1,127 900 766 2,454

482 984 831 815 686 901 2,367

489 928 796 772 613 899 2,317

398 909 787 774 664 883 2,190

392 879 763 741 628 1,037 2,308

464 958 833 819 718 1,010 2,432

28 nights or more North America Europe - of which EU27 - of which EU25 - of which EU15 Other Countries Total World

198 931 834 828 472 656 1,785

187 779 685 658 410 609 1,574

167 768 706 673 419 599 1,533

154 596 542 514 362 553 1,304

158 612 553 525 389 568 1,338

460 1,431 1,242 1,221 775 1,228 3,118

375 1,013 853 818 572 1,111 2,499

321 1,312 1,165 1,127 824 1,105 2,739

402 1,117 965 934 689 1,349 2,868

340 1,014 866 836 659 1,334 2,688

4,764 23,377 21,287 21,154 18,477 4,572 32,713

4,403 23,887 21,824 21,533 18,741 4,488 32,778

3,806 23,666 21,627 21,354 18,316 4,416 31,888

3,564 22,083 20,331 20,024 17,694 4,242 29,889

3,397 22,046 20,266 19,945 17,737 4,360 29,803

3,390 8,574 7,354 7,288 6,280 4,038 16,002

3,075 8,821 7,516 7,384 6,479 4,065 15,960

2,745 9,349 8,111 7,992 6,910 4,229 16,323

2,581 9,231 8,117 7,960 6,961 4,780 16,592

2,647 9,209 8,016 7,869 7,096 5,043 16,899

All visits North America Europe - of which EU27 - of which EU25 - of which EU15 Other Countries Total World


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Travel Trends 2010

Number of visits to and spending in UK regions: by region of residence 2006 to 2010 Spending (£ million)

Visits (thousands)

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

London North America Europe - of which EU27 - of which EU25 - of which EU15 Other Countries Total World

2,976 9,658 8,534 8,469 7,397 2,958 15,593

2,812 9,637 8,516 8,378 7,345 2,891 15,340

2,408 9,546 8,498 8,352 7,282 2,799 14,753

2,210 9,299 8,346 8,183 7,292 2,702 14,211

2,155 9,713 8,723 8,552 7,745 2,838 14,706

1,821 3,801 3,128 3,103 2,617 2,200 7,822

1,836 3,958 3,172 3,101 2,699 2,399 8,192

1,590 4,144 3,468 3,404 2,920 2,392 8,126

1,472 4,054 3,396 3,301 2,877 2,712 8,238

1,538 4,301 3,644 3,546 3,191 2,903 8,741

Other England North America Europe - of which EU27 - of which EU25 - of which EU15 Other Countries Total World

1,844 10,186 9,336 9,255 7,819 1,912 13,942

1,642 10,769 9,942 9,800 8,212 1,882 14,293

1,513 10,848 10,014 9,887 8,051 1,892 14,252

1,368 9,762 9,083 8,943 7,648 1,802 12,932

1,277 9,496 8,828 8,685 7,433 1,796 12,568

1,034 3,483 3,049 3,007 2,578 1,455 5,971

805 3,451 3,016 2,980 2,579 1,363 5,619

739 3,886 3,439 3,396 2,881 1,521 6,147

732 3,783 3,424 3,368 2,925 1,672 6,188

745 3,419 3,019 2,976 2,641 1,714 5,878

Total England North America Europe - of which EU27 - of which EU25 - of which EU15 Other Countries Total World

4,278 18,997 17,157 17,029 14,625 4,311 27,586

3,971 19,575 17,731 17,463 14,945 4,249 27,794

3,478 19,634 17,837 17,578 14,811 4,179 27,291

3,174 18,259 16,721 16,435 14,338 3,969 25,402

3,074 18,466 16,893 16,591 14,605 4,120 25,659

2,854 7,283 6,177 6,110 5,194 3,655 13,793

2,640 7,409 6,188 6,081 5,278 3,763 13,812

2,329 8,030 6,907 6,800 5,801 3,913 14,272

2,203 7,838 6,819 6,668 5,802 4,385 14,426

2,283 7,720 6,663 6,522 5,831 4,617 14,620

Scotland North America Europe - of which EU27 - of which EU25 - of which EU15 Other Countries Total World

636 1,667 1,494 1,485 1,338 429 2,732

541 1,900 1,749 1,735 1,533 350 2,791

456 1,720 1,561 1,554 1,323 315 2,492

454 1,700 1,525 1,513 1,338 390 2,544

377 1,602 1,450 1,442 1,295 379 2,358

454 719 642 641 570 266 1,439

340 846 772 768 693 181 1,367

345 697 624 619 565 199 1,241

288 798 716 712 617 283 1,369

253 899 794 789 732 304 1,455

Wales North America Europe - of which EU27 - of which EU25 - of which EU15 Other Countries Total World

168 823 783 773 709 145 1,136

134 689 665 664 603 164 987

106 808 768 766 676 151 1,065

117 717 683 678 618 157 991

116 637 605 600 534 137 890

53 230 214 213 199 78 361

61 204 197 197 171 74 339

32 209 197 194 170 72 314

49 213 204 202 183 69 332

50 208 188 186 173 75 333

All Regions North America Europe - of which EU27 - of which EU25 - of which EU15 Other Countries Total World

4,764 23,377 21,287 21,154 18,477 4,572 32,713

4,403 23,887 21,824 21,533 18,741 4,488 32,778

3,806 23,666 21,633 21,360 18,316 4,416 31,888

3,564 22,083 20,331 20,024 17,694 4,242 29,889

3,397 22,046 20,266 19,945 17,737 4,360 29,803

3,390 8,574 7,354 7,288 6,280 4,038 16,002

3,075 8,821 7,516 7,384 6,479 4,065 15,960

2,745 9,349 8,115 7,996 6,910 4,229 16,323

2,581 9,231 8,117 7,960 6,961 4,780 16,592

2,647 9,209 8,016 7,869 7,096 5,043 16,899


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Travel Trends 2010

Number of visits to and spending in UK regions: by purpose of visit 2006 to 2010 Spending (£ million)

Visits (thousands)

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

London Holiday of which inclusive tour Business Visiting friends or relatives Miscellaneous All visits

6,546 1,263 3,659 3,722 1,666 15,593

6,502 1,365 3,579 3,702 1,557 15,340

6,544 1,185 3,099 3,693 1,417 14,753

7,055 1,192 2,556 3,250 1,350 14,211

7,325 1,228 2,775 3,219 1,386 14,706

2,844 370 2,608 1,344 1,025 7,822

3,125 496 2,566 1,416 1,085 8,192

3,128 432 2,556 1,476 966 8,126

3,784 505 1,930 1,377 1,147 8,238

3,945 476 2,242 1,321 1,234 8,741

Other England Holiday of which inclusive tour Business Visiting friends or relatives Miscellaneous All visits

3,204 538 3,981 5,148 1,609 13,942

3,365 769 3,983 5,481 1,464 14,293

3,466 600 3,935 5,528 1,323 14,252

3,544 703 2,890 5,173 1,325 12,932

3,494 670 3,054 4,799 1,222 12,568

1,211 150 1,730 1,705 1,325 5,971

1,258 277 1,563 1,695 1,103 5,619

1,412 225 1,655 1,898 1,182 6,147

1,656 323 1,343 1,916 1,273 6,188

1,657 311 1,378 1,743 1,100 5,878

Total England Holiday of which inclusive tour Business Visiting friends or relatives Miscellaneous All visits

8,989 1,670 7,188 8,271 3,138 27,586

9,139 1,989 7,125 8,626 2,905 27,794

9,351 1,678 6,647 8,648 2,644 27,291

9,819 1,729 5,165 7,819 2,599 25,402

10,119 1,801 5,541 7,463 2,536 25,659

4,055 520 4,338 3,049 2,350 13,793

4,383 773 4,129 3,111 2,188 13,812

4,539 657 4,211 3,374 2,148 14,272

5,440 828 3,273 3,293 2,419 14,426

5,602 788 3,620 3,064 2,334 14,620

Scotland Holiday of which inclusive tour Business Visiting friends or relatives Miscellaneous All visits

1,236 258 415 878 203 2,732

1,361 278 345 840 245 2,791

1,170 198 382 806 134 2,492

1,191 149 425 771 156 2,544

1,238 231 341 680 99 2,358

662 117 217 338 222 1,439

708 169 194 309 156 1,367

644 107 165 283 149 1,241

668 115 225 332 144 1,369

743 170 234 312 166 1,455

Wales Holiday of which inclusive tour Business Visiting friends or relatives Miscellaneous All visits

369 77 226 415 127 1,136

323 77 194 362 108 987

425 111 158 384 98 1,065

394 105 163 328 105 991

344 63 141 321 83 890

105 19 83 115 58 361

106 19 73 116 44 339

131 43 52 82 49 314

119 28 53 89 71 332

107 21 56 108 62 333

All Regions Holiday of which inclusive tour Business Visiting friends or relatives Miscellaneous All visits

10,566 1,890 9,019 9,406 3,722 32,713

10,758 2,225 8,845 9,720 3,456 32,778

10,923 1,886 8,124 9,727 3,113 31,888

11,424 1,884 6,579 8,783 3,103 29,889

11,668 2,018 6,793 8,408 2,935 29,803

4,968 666 4,753 3,562 2,719 16,002

5,348 982 4,546 3,590 2,476 15,960

5,480 819 4,575 3,816 2,452 16,323

6,376 976 3,686 3,781 2,749 16,592

6,638 998 4,037 3,554 2,670 16,899


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Number of visits to specified UK regions: by region of residence and quarter 2006 to 2010 Visits (thousands)

2006

2007

2008

Qtr 1

Qtr 2

Qtr 3

Qtr 4

Qtr 1

Qtr 2

Qtr 3

Qtr 4

Qtr 1

Qtr 2

Qtr 3

Qtr 4


547 1,943 1,719 1,706 1,481 502 2,992

827 2,543 2,259 2,251 1,970 701 4,071

958 2,642 2,327 2,299 1,962 1,090 4,689

645 2,530 2,229 2,213 1,985 666 3,841

510 2,230 1,956 1,932 1,713 544 3,283

787 2,466 2,201 2,178 1,926 694 3,948

909 2,419 2,155 2,117 1,818 1,015 4,343

606 2,522 2,204 2,151 1,888 638 3,766

492 2,218 1,999 1,983 1,695 565 3,275

792 2,410 2,143 2,093 1,878 713 3,915

693 2,486 2,203 2,150 1,826 951 4,130

431 2,431 2,153 2,127 1,883 569 3,432


329 2,026 1,852 1,841 1,566 300 2,655

498 2,639 2,429 2,414 2,111 438 3,575

632 3,268 2,989 2,950 2,455 752 4,652

384 2,253 2,066 2,049 1,687 422 3,059

284 2,262 2,065 2,039 1,689 298 2,844

436 2,797 2,603 2,568 2,194 413 3,647

590 3,087 2,870 2,834 2,368 739 4,417

332 2,623 2,404 2,359 1,961 431 3,386

323 2,514 2,327 2,312 1,789 392 3,229

459 2,771 2,564 2,530 2,039 430 3,661

484 3,212 2,959 2,909 2,429 698 4,394

246 2,351 2,163 2,136 1,794 372 2,969


791 3,807 3,434 3,410 2,940 721 5,319

1,164 4,994 4,536 4,514 3,951 1,015 7,173

1,389 5,590 5,048 4,997 4,198 1,613 8,592

935 4,606 4,140 4,108 3,535 962 6,503

721 4,352 3,905 3,858 3,300 756 5,829

1,095 5,051 4,615 4,557 3,957 994 7,140

1,309 5,199 4,758 4,690 3,964 1,535 8,043

846 4,972 4,453 4,359 3,724 964 6,783

733 4,557 4,168 4,138 3,379 869 6,159

1,096 4,995 4,546 4,467 3,798 1,020 7,112

1,038 5,453 4,937 4,841 4,062 1,448 7,939

611 4,628 4,185 4,132 3,572 841 6,081


83 247 232 231 214 55 385

187 482 433 433 397 96 766

257 678 603 600 542 199 1,134

109 261 226 222 185 78 448

52 307 287 284 252 40 400

183 505 460 453 402 94 783

213 752 697 693 610 148 1,112

92 336 305 305 269 68 496

71 363 311 311 232 54 488

152 422 393 393 332 90 664

174 663 612 604 530 118 955

59 272 246 246 228 54 385


23 162 158 158 147 16 201

54 141 134 134 122 33 228

61 341 316 308 281 68 470

30 179 175 174 158 28 237

13 84 78 78 68 25 122

36 181 176 176 158 32 249

65 257 249 248 227 80 403

20 168 162 162 150 26 214

14 174 159 159 128 18 206

41 217 210 210 188 52 311

36 289 279 278 252 54 379

15 127 120 119 108 27 169


861 4,735 4,328 4,298 3,790 755 6,351

1,304 6,104 5,587 5,570 4,956 1,068 8,476

1,568 6,996 6,350 6,296 5,381 1,732 10,296

1,031 5,543 5,023 4,990 4,350 1,016 7,591

772 5,177 4,701 4,645 4,014 788 6,738

1,243 6,212 5,701 5,637 4,976 1,055 8,510

1,459 6,480 5,970 5,899 5,094 1,626 9,565

928 6,018 5,451 5,352 4,657 1,020 7,966

793 5,483 5,008 4,975 4,143 919 7,195

1,200 6,120 5,623 5,543 4,785 1,085 8,405

1,156 6,679 6,099 5,996 5,144 1,524 9,358

658 5,385 4,903 4,846 4,244 888 6,930


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Number of visits to UK: by country of residence and nationality 2006 to 2010 Visits (thousands)

2009

2010

Qtr 1

Qtr 2

Qtr 3

Qtr 4

Qtr 1

Qtr 2

Qtr 3

Qtr 4


383 2,145 1,945 1,902 1,673 463 2,991

652 2,411 2,164 2,125 1,895 685 3,748

741 2,321 2,072 2,024 1,796 962 4,024

434 2,421 2,165 2,131 1,928 593 3,448

367 2,119 1,904 1,865 1,693 489 2,975

596 2,331 2,098 2,059 1,881 655 3,582

714 2,552 2,294 2,241 1,994 1,020 4,285

478 2,711 2,427 2,387 2,177 674 3,864


247 1,937 1,805 1,769 1,498 322 2,506

367 2,680 2,501 2,469 2,127 427 3,474

476 2,934 2,710 2,672 2,282 699 4,108

278 2,212 2,067 2,033 1,741 354 2,844

216 1,845 1,716 1,689 1,427 291 2,353

316 2,624 2,469 2,437 2,078 412 3,352

462 2,871 2,656 2,603 2,242 712 4,045

283 2,156 1,987 1,957 1,686 380 2,819


569 3,955 3,636 3,563 3,083 710 5,235

899 4,890 4,491 4,426 3,871 975 6,763

1,062 4,935 4,502 4,418 3,836 1,450 7,447

644 4,478 4,092 4,028 3,548 834 5,957

533 3,839 3,508 3,443 3,023 714 5,087

823 4,795 4,425 4,356 3,832 944 6,563

1,033 5,135 4,699 4,598 4,016 1,512 7,680

684 4,697 4,261 4,193 3,734 949 6,330


64 325 287 283 256 49 438

102 479 426 424 382 92 673

220 563 508 505 449 172 955

68 333 304 301 251 77 478

41 227 211 211 173 47 315

124 438 389 384 327 99 661

157 630 573 572 545 174 961

55 307 276 275 250 59 422


11 129 123 122 108 22 162

34 161 153 153 135 43 238

58 265 249 245 222 69 393

13 162 158 158 152 22 198

12 102 94 92 83 15 129

37 143 140 139 126 37 217

44 268 255 255 229 60 372

24 123 116 115 97 25 173


618 4,840 4,472 4,395 3,868 754 6,213

988 5,916 5,453 5,381 4,774 1,039 7,943

1,248 5,969 5,476 5,387 4,735 1,563 8,780

710 5,358 4,929 4,861 4,317 886 6,954

584 4,571 4,203 4,131 3,647 748 5,904

929 5,809 5,374 5,301 4,700 1,016 7,754

1,149 6,230 5,728 5,623 5,008 1,606 8,985

735 5,435 4,960 4,891 4,382 990 7,160


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Number of visits to UK: by country of residence and nationality 2006 to 2010 Visits (thousands) 2006

2007

2008

Nationality =

Nationality =

Nationality =

Country of

Country of UK

Other

Total

residence


703 3,246 3,991 240 737 40 292 51 480 171 2,893 2,853 139 261 2,268 1,317 146 17 44 1,536 577 1,299 190 78 216 231 1,275 642 423 131 409 19,966 18,104 17,978 15,342 28 8 5 17 243 130 95 134 25 171 44 110 342 310 107 16 29 322 761 155 5 6 29 97 74 74 1 3,529 28,742

Country of UK

Other

Total

residence

114 391 504 26 109 5 13 61 24 8 552 328 27 5 312 80 . 14 10 151 41 17 40 5 15 2 573 38 133 15 64 2,668 2,396 2,385 2,282 11 2 1 2 79 11 36 19 95 64 58 16 16 21 5 4 21 63 151 57 5 4 38 6 3 9 2 799 3,971

51 259 269 34 151 3 18 10 21 11 248 231 12 13 329 80 2 34 3 104 20 10 12 2 10 8 133 34 189 5 24 743 788 790 852 5 2 2 4 29 6 26 11 58 46 52 16 9 12 1 1 7 37 44 11 2 3 15 9 10 14 1 244 .

868 3,896 4,764 300 997 49 323 122 526 190 3,693 3,411 179 278 2,909 1,477 148 65 57 1,791 638 1,326 242 85 241 242 1,981 714 745 151 496 23,377 21,287 21,154 18,477 44 12 8 24 351 146 157 164 178 282 154 142 367 342 114 21 58 422 956 223 11 13 82 112 88 97 4 4,572 32,713

730 2,984 3,764 249 759 94 351 48 505 184 2,644 2,757 144 312 2,265 1,438 191 41 60 1,552 543 1,269 231 185 187 199 1,444 662 400 117 419 20,297 18,502 18,176 15,432 29 8 4 11 218 138 96 111 22 184 43 134 311 276 86 21 33 323 734 150 7 12 25 111 54 98 1 3,451 28,784

UK

Other

Total

residence

80 312 393 20 91 2 25 70 30 7 539 359 17 11 340 97 1 28 12 174 26 11 37 5 14 4 625 37 172 18 48 2,819 2,539 2,532 2,401 6 3 0 4 56 10 39 19 90 61 55 25 18 16 4 2 27 79 146 66 2 1 36 5 3 7 0 783 3,994

41 254 246 21 145 2 22 12 26 7 221 261 5 10 365 80 3 19 6 97 39 14 11 4 23 4 158 48 166 7 42 771 783 824 908 4 2 1 5 22 5 27 7 75 49 38 19 7 16 3 1 9 43 61 12 . 0 24 15 2 15 2 254 .

852 3,551 4,403 290 995 97 398 129 561 198 3,404 3,376 166 333 2,970 1,615 195 88 79 1,823 609 1,294 280 194 224 207 2,227 748 738 142 510 23,887 21,824 21,533 18,741 38 13 6 20 297 154 162 138 187 294 136 178 336 308 93 23 69 445 941 227 10 14 86 131 58 120 3 4,488 32,778

728 2,454 3,211 240 689 93 398 66 504 163 2,927 2,389 173 278 2,302 1,448 154 21 69 1,551 618 1,457 215 165 171 242 1,228 670 424 105 419 20,204 18,396 18,096 15,092 25 6 4 21 198 142 97 131 32 203 34 93 338 221 92 22 24 317 782 142 6 3 23 155 54 71 2 3,435 28,099

88 265 353 21 119 6 20 66 28 5 513 270 21 16 375 116 1 17 14 151 33 17 46 3 23 6 595 26 141 15 45 2,712 2,452 2,443 2,305 7 4 1 0 50 6 51 18 117 60 54 20 14 10 6 2 18 64 127 56 4 1 22 6 3 3 1 725 3,790

41 231 243 24 162 2 17 7 28 10 197 240 10 6 392 76 1 24 2 116 37 17 13 3 14 7 151 46 138 10 24 750 779 815 919 9 2 3 6 26 2 27 11 82 39 41 23 7 8 5 0 8 37 47 11 2 0 11 18 8 16 3 256 .

857 2,950 3,806 286 970 102 435 139 560 179 3,636 2,900 204 300 3,070 1,639 156 62 85 1,818 688 1,492 275 171 208 254 1,974 743 702 130 488 23,666 21,627 21,354 18,316 42 12 8 27 274 150 175 160 232 302 130 136 359 239 102 25 50 418 955 209 12 4 55 179 65 90 7 4,416 31,888


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Travel Trends 2010

Number of visits to UK: by country of residence and nationality 2006 to 2010 Visits (thousands) 2009

2010

Nationality =

Nationality =

Country of

Country of UK

Other

Total

residence


561 2,379 2,966 247 666 101 358 65 559 156 2,940 2,339 164 244 2,244 1,096 117 18 62 1,463 512 1,023 205 184 114 142 1,410 542 390 72 328 18,715 17,212 16,880 14,572 31 5 3 21 161 129 90 142 24 197 40 90 249 209 53 14 35 262 707 127 8 6 24 128 67 101 2 3,119 26,042

UK

Other

Total

residence

91 299 390 15 99 11 18 63 34 4 602 264 20 6 321 61 1 17 11 156 34 9 33 5 13 3 574 36 162 15 45 2,632 2,365 2,349 2,236 7 1 . 6 61 9 39 11 143 74 62 19 11 16 6 1 26 78 155 51 4 2 28 5 3 9 . 825 3,847

35 199 207 24 138 1 13 6 21 8 243 177 9 11 383 64 3 26 2 96 27 8 16 4 11 5 180 26 149 10 31 736 754 796 886 9 6 2 1 23 6 32 5 79 57 42 19 12 10 2 0 8 42 50 10 1 0 16 18 11 26 3 298 .

687 2,877 3,564 286 903 113 389 134 614 167 3,784 2,780 193 260 2,948 1,221 120 60 75 1,715 573 1,041 255 193 137 150 2,164 604 701 98 404 22,083 20,331 20,024 17,694 48 12 5 27 245 145 161 158 246 328 143 128 273 235 60 15 69 382 912 187 13 8 68 151 81 136 5 4,242 29,889

583 2,252 2,864 230 847 78 252 52 504 162 2,901 2,515 144 198 2,019 1,318 133 20 53 1,495 585 1,089 245 223 146 144 1,249 676 373 102 299 18,998 17,420 17,077 14,880 32 9 4 21 143 155 80 135 23 184 35 107 353 205 50 14 34 338 770 133 3 4 24 161 56 99 0 3,360 26,338

76 254 330 22 106 6 16 51 24 4 525 270 25 7 293 89 2 14 12 163 38 6 47 5 12 2 447 36 132 20 32 2,404 2,172 2,162 2,064 6 4 1 2 38 8 30 10 115 60 59 20 11 10 4 2 23 71 164 49 2 3 18 2 4 14 2 731 3,465

27 204 202 36 183 4 9 7 22 4 192 219 6 9 317 65 2 20 1 100 26 6 24 5 12 9 113 46 119 7 26 645 674 707 792 5 3 5 3 27 5 34 12 75 46 37 14 7 8 3 1 11 50 52 5 3 1 10 15 8 18 3 269 .

686 2,711 3,397 288 1,136 88 278 110 550 170 3,618 3,004 174 214 2,629 1,472 137 53 66 1,758 649 1,101 316 233 170 154 1,809 758 623 129 357 22,046 20,266 19,945 17,737 42 16 9 25 208 168 144 158 213 290 131 141 371 223 57 18 67 459 986 187 8 8 52 177 67 130 5 4,360 29,803


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3.01

Travel Trends 2010

Number of visits to and nights spent abroad: by quarter of the year 2006 to 2010 Visits (thousands)

Nights (thousands)

Quarter



seasonally adjusted



2006

1 2 3 4

13,131 18,738 22,378 15,289

2.4 7.6 2.8 5.9

17,220 17,660 16,950 17,830

134,100 175,412 258,300 133,456

3.4 8.6 2.7 5.7

2007

1 2 3 4

13,496 17,977 23,000 14,978

2.8 -4.1 2.8 -2.0

17,800 16,970 17,180 17,740

132,386 166,554 259,173 131,530

-1.3 -5.1 0.3 -1.4

2008

1 2 3 4

14,363 18,549 22,467 13,632

6.4 3.2 -2.3 -9.0

18,660 17,740 16,710 16,250

148,818 172,518 257,940 124,006

12.4 3.6 -0.5 -5.7

2009

1 2 3 4

11,285 15,961 19,776 11,592

-21.4 -13.9 -12.0 -15.0

15,040 15,120 14,700 13,820

120,032 151,978 232,501 109,981

-19.3 -11.9 -9.9 -11.3

2010

1 2 3 4

10,162 14,612 19,546 11,242

-9.9 -8.5 -1.2 -3.0

13,410 13,900 14,480 13,110

112,070 150,586 234,464 109,910

-6.6 -0.9 0.8 -0.1


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Spending abroad at current and 1995 constant prices: by quarter 2006 to 2010


Constant price spending (£ million)

Quarter



seasonally adjusted



seasonally adjusted

2006

1 2 3 4

6,665 8,765 11,543 7,438

4.0 8.1 5.8 10.7

8,320 8,610 8,470 9,080

6,362 7,960 10,044 6,538

5.0 3.9 9.8 -0.5

7,720 7,820 7,430 7,940

2007

1 2 3 4

6,908 8,834 12,097 7,174

3.7 0.8 4.8 -3.5

8,720 8,710 8,730 8,920

6,677 8,272 11,025 6,503

5.0 3.9 9.8 -0.5

8,170 8,190 8,110 8,010

2008

1 2 3 4

7,797 9,312 12,758 6,970

12.9 5.4 5.5 -2.8

9,650 9,200 9,190 8,810

6,699 7,242 9,562 5,154

0.3 -12.5 -13.3 -20.7

8,240 7,130 6,900 6,400

2009

1 2 3 4

6,762 8,020 10,944 5,968

-13.3 -13.9 -14.2 -14.4

8,450 7,970 7,910 7,510

4,804 5,791 7,780 4,298

-28.3 -20.0 -18.6 -16.6

5,960 5,710 5,570 5,440

2010

1 2 3 4

6,113 8,146 11,450 6,111

-9.6 1.6 4.6 2.4

7,660 8,070 8,170 7,620

4,325 5,624 7,880 4,287

-10.0 -2.9 1.3 -0.3

5,440 5,570 5,620 5,480


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Number of visits abroad: by region of visit and purpose of visit 2006 to 2010

Visits (thousands)

Change 2009-10

Growth 2009-10


2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

(000s)

(%)

(%)


2,714 946 921 960 106 4,702

2,681 850 869 926 112 4,587

2,777 848 772 973 107 4,629

2,280 723 572 735 65 3,652

2,314 796 587 688 63 3,653

34 74 16 -47 -2 1

1.5 10.2 2.7 -6.3 -2.5 0.0

-3.9 -4.2 -10.6 -8.0 -12.1 -6.1


36,931 14,874 7,097 8,421 2,721 55,170

37,159 14,671 7,161 8,560 2,308 55,188

37,015 13,919 7,101 8,550 1,758 54,424

31,041 10,761 5,400 8,203 1,300 45,944

28,692 10,299 5,193 7,380 1,300 42,565

-2,349 -462 -207 -823 -1 -3,379

-7.6 -4.3 -3.8 -10.0 -0.1 -7.4

-6.1 -8.8 -7.5 -3.2 -16.9 -6.3


34,449 13,598 6,415 7,829 2,621 51,314

34,566 13,418 6,456 7,920 2,243 51,186

34,069 12,449 6,441 7,899 1,671 50,081

28,700 9,659 4,840 7,621 1,235 42,396

26,154 8,980 4,679 6,845 1,246 38,925

-2,546 -678 -162 -776 12 -3,472

-8.9 -7.0 -3.3 -10.2 0.9 -8.2

-6.7 -9.9 -7.6 -3.3 -17.0 -6.7


34,212 13,437 6,365 7,748 2,598 50,923

34,305 13,270 6,413 7,845 2,220 50,782

33,758 12,260 6,384 7,778 1,658 49,578

28,488 9,560 4,790 7,490 1,223 41,990

25,974 8,901 4,643 6,692 1,227 38,536

-2,515 -659 -147 -797 4 -3,455

-8.8 -6.9 -3.1 -10.6 0.3 -8.2

-6.7 -9.8 -7.6 -3.6 -17.1 -6.7


31,504 12,336 5,968 6,483 2,476 46,431

31,724 12,176 6,026 6,329 2,080 46,159

31,233 11,266 5,986 6,224 1,557 45,000

26,586 8,899 4,487 5,951 1,120 38,144

24,176 8,236 4,394 5,095 1,119 34,784

-2,410 -663 -94 -856 -1 -3,360

-9.1 -7.5 -2.1 -14.4 -0.1 -8.8

-6.4 -9.6 -7.4 -5.8 -18.0 -7.0


5,642 3,131 1,083 2,582 357 9,664

5,597 3,153 989 2,729 361 9,675

5,739 3,146 1,046 2,870 303 9,958

5,170 3,023 915 2,654 278 9,018

5,416 3,161 859 2,781 289 9,344

245 138 -57 126 11 326

4.7 4.6 -6.2 4.8 3.9 3.6

-1.0 0.2 -5.7 1.9 -5.2 -0.8


45,287 18,951 9,102 11,963 3,184 69,536

45,437 18,674 9,018 12,214 2,781 69,450

45,531 17,914 8,920 12,392 2,168 69,011

38,492 14,507 6,887 11,592 1,643 58,614

36,422 14,257 6,639 10,850 1,652 55,562

-2,070 -251 -248 -743 9 -3,052

-5.4 -1.7 -3.6 -6.4 0.5 -5.2

-5.3 -6.9 -7.6 -2.4 -15.1 -5.5


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Spending abroad: by region of visits and purpose of visit 2006 to 2010


Change 2009-10

Growth 2009-10


2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

(£ million)

(%)

(%)


2,600 1,009 920 502 120 4,142

2,664 938 903 495 164 4,226

2,712 958 853 515 148 4,229

2,282 814 621 410 93 3,405

2,489 892 704 397 72 3,662

207 78 83 -13 -21 256

9.1 9.6 13.4 -3.2 -22.4 7.5

-1.1 -3.0 -6.5 -5.7 -11.9 -3.0


15,439 6,666 2,807 2,090 1,007 21,344

16,191 7,170 2,956 2,075 921 22,142

17,374 7,237 3,128 2,269 699 23,470

14,807 5,874 2,381 2,220 597 20,006

14,176 5,699 2,611 2,044 552 19,383

-631 -175 230 -176 -45 -622

-4.3 -3.0 9.7 -7.9 -7.5 -3.1

-2.1 -3.8 -1.8 -0.5 -14.0 -2.4


14,233 6,053 2,451 1,892 958 19,534

14,773 6,501 2,601 1,878 865 20,117

15,831 6,453 2,732 2,057 628 21,248

13,482 5,258 2,059 2,022 556 18,119

12,735 4,941 2,226 1,861 528 17,350

-747 -317 167 -161 -28 -770

-5.5 -6.0 8.1 -8.0 -5.0 -4.2

-2.7 -4.9 -2.4 -0.4 -13.8 -2.9


14,141 5,991 2,418 1,853 935 19,348

14,643 6,422 2,565 1,845 859 19,912

15,680 6,352 2,709 1,993 623 21,004

13,374 5,200 2,033 1,957 547 17,912

12,643 4,897 2,200 1,790 520 17,153

-731 -303 167 -167 -28 -759

-5.5 -5.8 8.2 -8.5 -5.0 -4.2

-2.8 -4.9 -2.3 -0.9 -13.7 -3.0


12,947 5,438 2,221 1,342 864 17,374

13,463 5,826 2,376 1,285 769 17,893

14,395 5,764 2,501 1,333 527 18,756

12,398 4,767 1,886 1,342 469 16,094

11,754 4,505 2,040 1,160 421 15,375

-643 -262 154 -182 -48 -719

-5.2 -5.5 8.2 -13.6 -10.2 -4.5

-2.4 -4.6 -2.1 -3.6 -16.5 -3.0


5,261 2,694 1,340 1,694 631 8,926

5,095 2,732 1,263 1,805 482 8,645

5,441 2,847 1,337 1,974 387 9,139

4,699 2,491 1,382 1,780 423 8,283

5,327 2,847 1,116 1,976 356 8,775

629 356 -265 196 -68 492

13.4 14.3 -19.2 11.0 -16.0 5.9

0.3 1.4 -4.5 3.9 -13.4 -0.4


23,300 10,369 5,067 4,286 1,759 34,411

23,949 10,839 5,122 4,375 1,567 35,013

25,526 11,042 5,319 4,758 1,235 36,838

21,787 9,179 4,384 4,410 1,113 31,694

21,992 9,438 4,432 4,417 979 31,820

204 259 48 7 -133 126

0.9 2.8 1.1 0.2 -12.0 0.4

-1.4 -2.3 -3.3 0.8 -13.6 -1.9


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Travel Trends 2010

Number of nights and average length of stay abroad: by region of visit and purpose 2006 to 2010 Average length of stay (nights)

Nights (thousands)

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010


37,390 11,278 7,421 17,398 2,239 64,448

36,736 10,565 6,567 16,529 2,719 62,552

39,280 10,438 6,740 17,156 2,581 65,757

31,549 8,382 4,855 13,573 1,246 51,223

34,079 9,564 4,786 12,480 1,228 52,573

13.8 11.9 8.1 18.1 21.1 13.7

13.7 12.4 7.6 17.9 24.3 13.6

14.1 12.3 8.7 17.6 24.0 14.2

13.8 11.6 8.5 18.5 19.1 14.0

14.7 12.0 8.1 18.1 19.3 14.4


312,327 127,567 24,802 75,919 13,470 426,517

308,188 120,618 26,383 78,018 10,906 423,496

314,450 113,062 25,574 81,100 11,045 432,168

264,609 88,203 21,802 77,306 8,601 372,317

252,284 86,324 21,513 71,352 8,508 353,657

8.5 8.6 3.5 9.0 5.0 7.7

8.3 8.2 3.7 9.1 4.7 7.7

8.5 8.1 3.6 9.5 6.3 7.9

8.5 8.2 4.0 9.4 6.6 8.1

8.8 8.4 4.1 9.7 6.5 8.3


287,492 115,043 21,483 67,984 12,170 389,130

283,420 108,864 23,178 69,799 10,190 386,588

285,052 99,204 22,580 71,070 9,785 388,488

240,641 77,798 18,783 69,403 7,967 336,793

226,181 73,370 19,080 64,104 7,829 317,194

8.3 8.5 3.3 8.7 4.6 7.6

8.2 8.1 3.6 8.8 4.5 7.6

8.4 8.0 3.5 9.0 5.9 7.8

8.4 8.1 3.9 9.1 6.5 7.9

8.6 8.2 4.1 9.4 6.3 8.1


284,925 113,289 21,049 66,705 11,742 384,420

280,655 107,370 22,947 68,686 9,979 382,268

281,788 97,274 22,305 69,116 9,621 382,831

238,059 76,783 18,471 67,309 7,681 331,520

224,043 72,513 18,770 61,254 7,454 311,522

8.3 8.4 3.3 8.6 4.5 7.5

8.2 8.1 3.6 8.8 4.5 7.5

8.3 7.9 3.5 8.9 5.8 7.7

8.4 8.0 3.9 9.0 6.3 7.9

8.6 8.1 4.0 9.2 6.1 8.1


261,229 103,273 19,190 49,417 10,534 340,370

257,103 97,257 21,293 49,521 8,831 336,748

257,857 88,032 20,527 48,775 8,284 335,443

218,986 70,507 17,088 47,769 6,428 290,271

206,731 66,460 17,349 40,955 5,802 270,837

8.3 8.4 3.2 7.6 4.3 7.3

8.1 8.0 3.5 7.8 4.2 7.3

8.3 7.8 3.4 7.8 5.3 7.5

8.2 7.9 3.8 8.0 5.7 7.6

8.6 8.1 3.9 8.0 5.2 7.8


97,149 38,541 14,843 82,606 15,705 210,303

92,836 38,796 12,208 81,115 17,437 203,596

93,744 38,191 13,782 86,250 11,581 205,356

83,983 35,534 13,236 81,773 11,961 190,953

89,975 36,988 11,470 88,841 10,514 200,801

17.2 12.3 13.7 32.0 44.0 21.8

16.6 12.3 12.3 29.7 48.3 21.0

16.3 12.1 13.2 30.1 38.2 20.6

16.2 11.8 14.5 30.8 43.0 21.2

16.6 11.7 13.4 31.9 36.4 21.5


446,866 177,385 47,066 175,923 31,414 701,268

437,760 169,978 45,159 175,662 31,062 689,643

447,473 161,691 46,095 184,506 25,207 703,281

380,140 132,119 39,893 172,652 21,807 614,492

376,338 132,876 37,769 172,673 20,250 607,030

9.9 9.4 5.2 14.7 9.9 10.1

9.6 9.1 5.0 14.4 11.2 9.9

9.8 9.0 5.2 14.9 11.6 10.2

9.9 9.1 5.8 14.9 13.3 10.5

10.3 9.3 5.7 15.9 12.3 10.9


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Travel Trends 2010

Average spend per visit abroad and spend per day: by region and purpose of visit 2006 to 2010 Average spending per day (£)

Average spending per visit (£)

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010


958 1,067 999 522 1,130 881

994 1,103 1,040 535 1,464 921

976 1,129 1,105 530 1,382 914

1,001 1,127 1,086 558 1,428 932

1,076 1,120 1,198 576 1,137 1,002

70 90 124 29 54 64

73 89 138 30 60 68

69 92 127 30 58 64

72 97 128 30 75 66

73 93 147 32 59 70


418 448 395 248 370 387

435 489 413 242 399 401

469 520 440 265 398 431

477 546 441 271 459 435

493 553 503 277 425 455

49 52 113 28 75 50

52 59 112 27 84 52

55 64 122 28 63 54

56 67 109 29 69 54

56 66 121 29 65 55


413 445 382 242 365 380

427 484 403 237 386 393

464 518 424 260 376 424

469 544 425 265 451 427

486 550 476 272 424 445

49 53 114 28 79 50

52 60 112 27 85 52

55 65 121 29 64 55

56 68 110 29 70 54

56 67 117 29 67 55


413 446 380 239 360 380

426 484 400 235 387 392

464 518 424 256 376 423

469 544 424 261 448 426

486 550 474 267 424 445

50 53 115 28 80 50

52 60 112 27 86 52

56 65 121 29 65 55

56 68 110 29 71 54

56 68 117 29 70 55


410 441 372 207 349 374

424 479 394 203 369 387

460 512 418 214 338 416

466 536 420 226 418 422

485 547 464 228 376 441

49 53 116 27 82 51

52 60 112 26 87 53

56 65 122 27 64 56

57 68 110 28 73 55

57 68 118 28 73 57


932 860 1,236 656 1,768 924

910 867 1,278 661 1,335 894

948 905 1,278 688 1,278 918

909 824 1,510 671 1,522 919

984 901 1,300 710 1,231 939

54 70 90 21 40 42

55 70 103 22 28 42

58 75 97 23 33 45

56 70 104 22 35 43

59 77 97 22 34 44


514 547 557 358 552 495

527 580 568 358 564 504

560 616 596 384 570 534

566 633 637 380 677 540

603 662 668 407 593 572

52 58 108 24 56 49

55 64 113 25 50 51

57 68 115 26 49 52

57 69 110 26 51 52

58 71 117 26 48 52


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Number of visits abroad: by mode of travel and purpose of visit 2006 to 2010

Visits (thousands)

Change 2009-10

Growth 2009-10


2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

(000s)

(%)

(%)


37,007 15,559 7,499 10,245 1,710 56,460

36,877 15,557 7,543 10,402 1,508 56,329

36,740 14,696 7,403 10,678 1,220 56,041

30,458 11,924 5,627 9,592 980 46,657

28,420 11,525 5,156 8,799 865 43,239

-2,039 -399 -472 -793 -115 -3,418

-6.7 -3.3 -8.4 -8.3 -11.8 -7.3

-6.4 -7.2 -8.9 -3.7 -15.7 -6.5


5,698 2,519 712 1,129 872 8,411

5,738 2,178 620 1,265 849 8,473

5,679 2,265 637 1,243 587 8,145

5,204 1,860 496 1,415 444 7,559

5,435 2,163 646 1,435 540 8,056

231 303 150 20 96 497

4.4 16.3 30.3 1.4 21.7 6.6

-1.2 -3.7 -2.4 6.2 -11.3 -1.1


2,582 874 890 590 603 4,665

2,822 939 855 547 424 4,649

3,113 952 879 472 361 4,825

2,829 723 764 586 219 4,398

2,567 569 837 616 247 4,267

-262 -154 73 30 28 -131

-9.3 -21.4 9.6 5.2 12.7 -3.0

-0.1 -10.2 -1.5 1.1 -20.0 -2.2


45,287 18,951 9,102 11,963 3,184 69,536

45,437 18,674 9,018 12,214 2,781 69,450

45,531 17,914 8,920 12,392 2,168 69,011

38,492 14,507 6,887 11,592 1,643 58,614

36,422 14,257 6,639 10,850 1,652 55,562

-2,070 -251 -248 -743 9 -3,052

-5.4 -1.7 -3.6 -6.4 0.5 -5.2

-5.3 -6.9 -7.6 -2.4 -15.1 -5.5


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Number of visits abroad: by mode of travel and quarter of the year 2006 to 2010

Visits (thousands)

Quarter

Air


Sea


Tunnel


2006

1 2 3 4

10,970 15,071 18,052 12,368

4.4 6.7 4.0 6.3

1,179 2,499 3,028 1,706

-3.1 19.8 -4.0 3.5

982 1,169 1,298 1,216

-10.3 -3.6 3.3 5.8

2007

1 2 3 4

11,288 14,462 18,540 12,039

2.9 -4.0 2.7 -2.7

1,299 2,401 3,045 1,728

10.2 -3.9 0.6 1.3

909 1,114 1,415 1,210

-7.4 -4.6 9.0 -0.5

2008

1 2 3 4

11,756 15,103 18,198 10,984

4.1 4.4 -1.8 -8.8

1,390 2,107 2,890 1,760

7.0 -12.3 -5.1 1.8

1,218 1,339 1,379 889

34.0 20.1 -2.5 -26.6

2009

1 2 3 4

9,153 12,718 15,722 9,064

-22.1 -15.8 -13.6 -17.5

1,295 1,985 2,760 1,519

-6.8 -5.8 -4.5 -13.7

837 1,258 1,295 1,008

-31.3 -6.1 -6.1 13.5

2010

1 2 3 4

8,141 11,051 15,228 8,819

-11.1 -13.1 -3.1 -2.7

1,223 2,329 3,002 1,502

-5.5 17.3 8.8 -1.1

799 1,232 1,316 921

-4.6 -2.1 1.6 -8.7


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Spending abroad: by mode of travel and purpose of visit 2006 to 2010


Change 2009-10

Growth 2009-10


2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

(£ million)

(%)

(%)


19,952 8,630 4,465 3,871 1,367 29,655

20,801 9,565 4,556 3,939 1,211 30,507

21,636 9,486 4,541 4,309 1,011 31,497

18,358 7,766 3,930 3,881 876 27,044

17,919 7,667 3,845 3,868 725 26,357

-439 -99 -85 -12 -151 -688

-2.4 -1.3 -2.2 -0.3 -17.3 -2.5

-2.7 -2.9 -3.7 0.0 -14.7 -2.9


2,485 1,473 256 281 220 3,242

2,163 975 241 300 232 2,937

2,781 1,227 282 341 132 3,535

2,394 1,124 170 381 159 3,105

3,048 1,535 281 399 182 3,910

654 410 110 18 23 805

27.3 36.5 64.8 4.6 14.6 25.9

5.2 1.0 2.4 9.1 -4.6 4.8


863 267 346 134 172 1,515

985 300 325 136 124 1,570

1,109 330 496 108 93 1,806

1,035 289 284 148 78 1,545

1,025 236 306 149 73 1,553

-10 -52 22 2 -5 8

-1.0 -18.2 7.9 1.0 -6.6 0.5

4.4 -3.0 -3.0 2.8 -19.3 0.6


23,300 10,369 5,067 4,286 1,759 34,411

23,949 10,839 5,122 4,375 1,567 35,013

25,526 11,042 5,319 4,758 1,235 36,838

21,787 9,179 4,384 4,410 1,113 31,694

21,992 9,438 4,432 4,417 979 31,820

204 259 48 7 -133 126

0.9 2.8 1.1 0.2 -12.0 0.4

-1.4 -2.3 -3.3 0.8 -13.6 -1.9


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Number of visits abroad: by main country visited 2006 to 2010

Visits (thousands)

Canada USA North America Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Cyprus Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Irish Republic Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Rest of Europe Europe - of which EU27 - of which EU25 - of which EU15 Egypt Morocco Tunisia Other North Africa South Africa Nigeria Other Africa Israel United Arab Emirates Other Middle East Hong Kong (China) Other China India Japan Pakistan Sri Lanka Thailand Other Asia Australia New Zealand Barbados Jamaica Other Caribbean Brazil Mexico Other Central & Sth. America Rest of the World Fly/cruise (stay onboard) Other Countries Total World

Change 2009-10

Growth 2009-10


2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

(000s)

(%)

(%)

716 3,986 4,702 702 1,815 307 775 1,311 395 191 10,854 2,698 2,436 304 4,682 3,380 97 112 507 2,410 368 1,236 1,937 84 147 143 14,428 390 1,120 1,408 931 55,170 51,314 50,923 46,431 694 311 291 80 542 117 683 117 495 287 187 324 958 139 415 150 423 623 593 221 169 187 684 118 216 176 19 445 9,664 69,536

664 3,923 4,587 696 1,870 317 654 1,275 355 214 11,201 2,686 2,511 291 4,205 3,569 107 118 478 2,239 332 1,552 2,177 87 148 131 13,869 446 1,194 1,532 932 55,188 51,186 50,782 46,159 510 475 382 108 479 105 667 138 513 293 215 291 972 139 409 101 404 596 532 206 186 179 680 98 243 246 8 499 9,675 69,450

626 4,003 4,629 800 1,787 360 572 1,279 313 181 10,855 2,703 2,096 278 3,921 3,372 103 119 511 2,008 310 1,578 2,531 143 155 170 13,819 493 1,158 1,936 873 54,424 50,081 49,578 45,000 664 432 353 88 428 112 700 118 651 346 158 318 956 134 404 95 395 675 511 169 184 175 588 133 334 192 9 637 9,958 69,011

465 3,187 3,652 709 1,392 255 433 981 318 155 9,764 2,127 1,881 230 3,549 2,610 117 59 369 1,840 258 1,554 1,809 150 121 152 11,582 349 870 1,622 686 45,944 42,396 41,990 38,144 749 301 365 75 357 116 629 122 549 368 138 272 847 122 394 116 338 635 434 117 86 198 610 74 198 141 33 634 9,018 58,614

413 3,240 3,653 600 1,370 229 366 882 252 101 9,058 2,082 1,672 268 2,972 2,248 131 102 439 1,758 222 1,443 1,867 160 90 114 10,383 320 890 1,815 731 42,565 38,925 38,536 34,784 671 308 423 87 371 117 590 98 499 410 157 287 850 101 430 116 339 637 454 141 91 199 583 96 314 131 222 621 9,344 55,562

-52 53 1 -109 -22 -27 -67 -99 -65 -54 -707 -45 -210 38 -577 -362 14 42 71 -82 -36 -110 58 10 -31 -38 -1,199 -29 20 192 44 -3,379 -3,472 -3,455 -3,360 -78 6 58 12 14 2 -40 -24 -50 43 19 16 3 -22 36 0 0 3 20 23 5 1 -27 22 116 -10 189 -12 326 -3,052

-11.2 1.7 0.0 -15.3 -1.6 -10.4 -15.4 -10.1 -20.6 -35.0 -7.2 -2.1 -11.1 16.6 -16.3 -13.9 11.5 71.0 19.2 -4.5 -14.0 -7.1 3.2 6.5 -25.5 -24.9 -10.4 -8.4 2.3 11.9 6.5 -7.4 -8.2 -8.2 -8.8 -10.4 2.1 15.9 16.2 3.9 1.6 -6.3 -19.6 -9.1 11.6 14.0 5.7 0.4 -17.7 9.1 0.2 0.0 0.4 4.6 19.8 5.6 0.5 -4.4 29.2 58.9 -7.0 564.8 -2.0 3.6 -5.2

-12.8 -5.0 -6.1 -3.8 -6.8 -7.1 -17.1 -9.4 -10.6 -14.8 -4.4 -6.3 -9.0 -3.1 -10.7 -9.7 7.7 -2.3 -3.5 -7.6 -11.9 3.9 -0.9 17.5 -11.5 -5.5 -7.9 -4.8 -5.6 6.5 -5.9 -6.3 -6.7 -6.7 -7.0 -0.8 -0.3 9.8 2.0 -9.1 0.0 -3.6 -4.2 0.2 9.4 -4.2 -2.9 -2.9 -7.7 0.9 -6.1 -5.4 0.6 -6.5 -10.7 -14.2 1.6 -3.9 -5.2 9.8 -7.1 84.0 8.7 -0.8 -5.5

In this publication fly/cruise (stay onboard) has been separated from "Rest of the World" which differs from previous publications. "Rest of the World" includes estimates of cruises abroad which ended in the UK. Methodology for estimating these visits was revised in 2010 (see Appendix C).


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Spending abroad: by main country visited 2006 to 2010



Change 2009-10

Growth 2009-10


2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

(£ million)

(%)

(%)

597 3,545 4,142 380 423 126 256 714 137 79 3,796 859 1,231 127 1,118 1,565 54 47 199 702 158 535 863 60 98 54 6,022 136 473 625 490 21,344 19,534 19,348 17,374 342 151 105 44 581 92 597 67 406 247 154 293 748 128 335 118 501 637 962 335 285 121 490 106 168 227 49 634 8,926 34,411

540 3,686 4,226 357 441 151 235 690 120 97 3,830 864 1,304 120 1,008 1,829 61 47 218 656 153 611 1,032 54 108 39 6,120 170 637 723 449 22,142 20,117 19,912 17,893 312 245 134 76 452 112 687 73 486 227 159 283 793 140 288 79 474 622 817 337 195 132 529 94 245 266 18 367 8,645 35,013

541 3,688 4,229 470 449 177 224 782 107 87 4,009 926 1,175 111 1,110 1,791 60 98 268 614 133 703 1,236 67 141 62 6,495 169 527 973 487 23,470 21,248 21,004 18,756 457 227 158 82 379 83 608 74 618 274 151 330 831 122 274 100 502 661 840 267 193 165 416 147 338 260 17 566 9,139 36,838

379 3,027 3,405 437 355 127 140 599 124 62 3,703 725 1,092 91 986 1,385 61 15 217 549 95 672 913 81 105 57 5,582 148 501 802 363 20,006 18,119 17,912 16,094 436 160 145 46 393 106 607 85 512 302 128 258 656 125 277 81 464 758 691 182 86 306 445 88 168 188 73 514 8,283 31,694

392 3,270 3,662 480 317 107 170 503 94 60 3,632 768 994 117 832 1,271 67 28 198 556 97 644 932 90 75 35 5,263 129 525 984 397 19,383 17,350 17,153 15,375 376 151 178 53 404 104 595 64 467 330 165 299 680 109 311 102 445 703 768 242 110 168 458 124 247 187 426 507 8,775 31,820

13 243 256 42 -38 -20 30 -96 -30 -2 -71 43 -98 26 -154 -114 5 13 -18 7 1 -28 18 9 -30 -22 -319 -19 24 182 34 -622 -770 -759 -719 -60 -9 34 7 12 -3 -12 -21 -45 28 38 41 24 -16 34 21 -19 -55 77 60 23 -138 13 36 79 -1 353 -8 492 126

3.5 8.0 7.5 9.7 -10.8 -15.5 21.5 -16.0 -24.4 -3.5 -1.9 5.9 -9.0 29.1 -15.6 -8.2 8.4 83.9 -8.5 1.2 1.2 -4.2 2.0 10.8 -29.0 -38.9 -5.7 -12.8 4.7 22.7 9.4 -3.1 -4.2 -4.2 -4.5 -13.8 -5.8 23.3 14.5 3.0 -2.5 -1.9 -24.8 -8.8 9.3 29.4 15.9 3.6 -13.0 12.3 26.2 -4.1 -7.3 11.1 33.1 26.9 -45.2 3.0 41.1 46.8 -0.4 483.8 -1.5 5.9 0.4

-10.0 -2.0 -3.0 6.0 -7.0 -4.1 -9.7 -8.4 -9.0 -6.7 -1.1 -2.7 -5.2 -2.0 -7.1 -5.1 5.2 -12.0 0.0 -5.6 -11.6 4.8 1.9 10.4 -6.5 -10.4 -3.3 -1.2 2.6 12.0 -5.1 -2.4 -2.9 -3.0 -3.0 2.4 0.0 14.0 5.1 -8.6 2.9 -0.1 -1.0 3.6 7.5 1.8 0.5 -2.3 -3.9 -1.8 -3.4 -2.9 2.5 -5.5 -7.8 -21.3 8.4 -1.7 4.0 10.1 -4.7 71.3 -5.5 -0.4 -1.9

In this publication fly/cruise (stay onboard) has been separated from "Rest of the World" which differs from previous publications "Rest of the World" includes estimates of cruises abroad which ended in the UK. Methodology for estimating these visits was revised in 2010 (see Appendix C)


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Number of nights and average length of stay abroad: by main country visited 2006 to 2010 Nights (thousands)


Average length of stay (nights)

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

11,804 52,645 64,448 5,237 5,505 3,375 3,873 16,876 1,827 1,289 70,704 13,881 27,126 2,037 22,134 24,721 1,121 426 5,423 9,045 2,621 13,514 18,179 1,335 1,647 1,835 137,842 2,454 6,898 16,408 9,184 426,517 389,130 384,420 340,370 7,133 2,783 2,924 2,160 11,904 2,994 14,313 2,081 5,364 6,506 4,150 7,092 23,557 3,050 19,163 2,984 10,022 15,913 25,020 8,958 2,317 3,241 9,979 2,459 2,911 5,757 459 5,109 210,303 701,268

10,864 51,688 62,552 4,938 5,285 3,340 3,766 15,141 1,537 994 71,012 13,237 26,674 2,269 21,474 26,174 1,303 532 5,011 9,025 2,795 16,438 21,262 980 1,588 1,551 131,795 2,808 7,391 16,214 8,961 423,496 386,588 382,268 336,748 5,285 4,428 3,744 2,440 10,338 2,260 14,022 1,309 5,969 7,028 4,863 6,307 24,986 2,546 15,384 1,940 9,456 15,064 21,021 9,855 2,556 3,668 11,486 2,020 3,764 5,788 464 5,604 203,596 689,643

10,647 55,110 65,757 6,063 4,759 3,980 3,555 15,846 1,871 1,189 71,137 14,697 23,246 1,968 19,407 25,507 1,522 354 5,523 8,469 2,541 17,697 24,179 1,677 1,469 1,923 131,299 3,264 7,755 22,541 8,729 432,168 388,488 382,831 335,443 6,961 4,588 3,565 2,011 8,499 3,386 16,236 1,220 7,344 7,436 3,489 7,552 24,061 1,886 15,192 1,739 9,908 16,807 20,344 6,736 2,621 4,447 8,831 3,038 5,373 4,391 397 7,296 205,356 703,281

8,039 43,184 51,223 5,276 4,129 3,131 2,501 12,039 2,215 971 66,329 12,198 20,314 1,801 18,665 19,926 1,869 180 4,002 8,605 2,037 17,773 18,102 2,143 1,291 2,123 110,877 2,484 5,371 18,276 7,688 372,317 336,793 331,520 290,271 8,100 3,038 3,573 1,845 6,656 3,800 14,922 1,750 6,572 8,459 2,851 6,680 24,120 2,192 17,019 2,437 7,712 17,393 15,710 4,618 1,290 3,707 9,525 1,717 3,257 3,762 896 7,353 190,953 614,492

7,263 45,309 52,573 4,624 4,019 2,998 2,299 11,122 1,275 787 64,598 11,864 18,590 2,287 15,560 18,197 1,953 453 4,384 7,910 1,486 16,693 18,509 2,675 961 1,250 102,272 2,178 5,180 21,063 8,470 353,657 317,194 311,522 270,837 7,336 2,586 4,165 3,201 7,583 3,635 14,572 1,669 6,232 10,370 4,479 8,564 23,044 1,422 17,423 2,583 8,789 16,417 16,391 5,909 1,396 4,242 8,873 2,452 4,498 3,751 2,702 6,518 200,801 607,030

16.5 13.2 13.7 7.5 3.0 11.0 5.0 12.9 4.6 6.7 6.5 5.1 11.1 6.7 4.7 7.3 11.5 3.8 10.7 3.8 7.1 10.9 9.4 15.9 11.2 12.8 9.6 6.3 6.2 11.7 9.9 7.7 7.6 7.5 7.3 10.3 8.9 10.0 26.9 21.9 25.5 20.9 17.8 10.8 22.7 22.2 21.9 24.6 21.9 46.2 20.0 23.7 25.5 42.2 40.6 13.7 17.3 14.6 20.8 13.5 32.7 23.6 11.5 21.8 10.1

16.4 13.2 13.6 7.1 2.8 10.5 5.8 11.9 4.3 4.6 6.3 4.9 10.6 7.8 5.1 7.3 12.1 4.5 10.5 4.0 8.4 10.6 9.8 11.3 10.8 11.9 9.5 6.3 6.2 10.6 9.6 7.7 7.6 7.5 7.3 10.4 9.3 9.8 22.5 21.6 21.6 21.0 9.5 11.6 24.0 22.6 21.6 25.7 18.4 37.6 19.2 23.4 25.3 39.5 47.9 13.7 20.5 16.9 20.5 15.5 23.5 57.1 11.2 21.0 9.9

17.0 13.8 14.2 7.6 2.7 11.1 6.2 12.4 6.0 6.6 6.6 5.4 11.1 7.1 5.0 7.6 14.8 3.0 10.8 4.2 8.2 11.2 9.6 11.8 9.5 11.3 9.5 6.6 6.7 11.6 10.0 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.5 10.5 10.6 10.1 22.9 19.8 30.3 23.2 10.3 11.3 21.5 22.1 23.8 25.2 14.1 37.6 18.4 25.1 24.9 39.8 39.9 14.3 25.4 15.0 22.9 16.1 22.8 42.7 11.5 20.6 10.2

17.3 13.5 14.0 7.4 3.0 12.3 5.8 12.3 7.0 6.3 6.8 5.7 10.8 7.8 5.3 7.6 16.0 3.0 10.9 4.7 7.9 11.4 10.0 14.3 10.6 14.0 9.6 7.1 6.2 11.3 11.2 8.1 7.9 7.9 7.6 10.8 10.1 9.8 24.7 18.6 32.9 23.7 14.3 12.0 23.0 20.7 24.6 28.5 17.9 43.2 21.0 22.8 27.4 36.2 39.4 14.9 18.7 15.6 23.1 16.5 26.7 26.8 11.6 21.2 10.5

17.6 14.0 14.4 7.7 2.9 13.1 6.3 12.6 5.1 7.8 7.1 5.7 11.1 8.5 5.2 8.1 14.9 4.5 10.0 4.5 6.7 11.6 9.9 16.7 10.6 11.0 9.9 6.8 5.8 11.6 11.6 8.3 8.1 8.1 7.8 10.9 8.4 9.9 36.8 20.4 31.0 24.7 17.0 12.5 25.3 28.5 29.8 27.1 14.1 40.5 22.2 26.0 25.8 36.1 42.0 15.3 21.3 15.2 25.6 14.3 28.6 12.2 10.5 21.5 10.9



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Average spend per visit abroad and average spend per day: by main country visited 2006 to 2010 Average spending per visit (£)


Average spending per day (£)

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

834 889 881 541 233 412 331 545 347 414 350 318 505 418 239 463 559 419 392 291 430 433 445 719 665 376 417 348 423 444 526 387 380 380 374 493 485 362 542 1,071 787 874 573 821 862 825 905 781 922 808 786 1,183 1,022 1,624 1,519 1,692 649 716 896 777 1,285 2,545 1,426 924 495

813 940 921 513 236 476 359 541 337 454 342 322 519 413 240 512 572 398 455 293 462 394 474 629 729 299 441 382 534 472 482 401 393 392 387 611 516 352 698 943 1,069 1,030 530 947 774 742 971 816 1,012 704 784 1,173 1,045 1,537 1,639 1,048 740 779 954 1,007 1,082 2,270 736 894 504

864 921 914 587 251 490 392 611 343 480 369 343 561 400 283 531 583 823 524 306 429 445 489 469 906 366 470 343 455 503 558 431 424 423 416 688 524 449 931 885 746 868 629 948 793 957 1,037 868 908 679 1,053 1,272 981 1,641 1,584 1,051 943 708 1,106 1,013 1,350 1,873 890 918 534

814 950 932 617 255 495 323 610 391 399 379 341 581 396 278 531 524 256 588 299 369 433 505 539 868 374 482 425 576 494 529 435 427 426 422 582 532 397 621 1,099 921 965 699 933 822 925 950 775 1,025 704 699 1,370 1,195 1,594 1,552 1,001 1,544 730 1,185 850 1,331 2,181 812 919 540

949 1,009 1,002 799 231 467 465 571 372 593 401 369 595 438 280 565 509 276 451 316 434 446 499 561 828 304 507 405 590 542 544 455 445 445 441 560 490 422 611 1,090 884 1,010 654 936 805 1,050 1,042 800 1,083 724 880 1,314 1,102 1,694 1,724 1,203 842 787 1,293 786 1,426 1,916 816 939 572

51 67 64 73 77 37 66 42 75 61 54 62 45 62 51 63 48 110 37 78 60 40 47 45 60 29 44 55 69 38 53 50 50 50 51 48 54 36 20 49 31 42 32 76 38 37 41 32 42 17 39 50 40 38 37 123 37 49 43 58 39 108 124 42 49

50 71 68 72 83 45 62 46 78 98 54 65 49 53 47 70 47 89 43 73 55 37 49 56 68 25 46 61 86 45 50 52 52 52 53 59 55 36 31 44 50 49 56 81 32 33 45 32 55 19 41 50 41 39 34 76 36 46 46 65 46 40 66 42 51

51 67 64 78 94 44 63 49 57 73 56 63 51 57 57 70 39 277 48 72 52 40 51 40 96 32 49 52 68 43 56 54 55 55 56 66 49 44 41 45 25 37 61 84 37 43 44 35 64 18 57 51 39 41 40 74 37 47 48 63 59 44 78 45 52

47 70 66 83 86 40 56 50 56 64 56 59 54 50 53 69 33 85 54 64 47 38 50 38 82 27 50 60 93 44 47 54 54 54 55 54 53 40 25 59 28 41 49 78 36 45 39 27 57 16 33 60 44 44 39 67 83 47 51 52 50 81 70 43 52

54 72 70 104 79 36 74 45 74 76 56 65 53 51 53 70 34 62 45 70 65 39 50 34 78 28 51 59 101 47 47 55 55 55 57 51 58 43 17 53 29 41 38 75 32 37 35 30 77 18 40 51 43 47 41 79 39 52 51 55 50 158 78 44 52



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Number of visits and spending abroad: by length of stay and purpose of visit 2006 to 2010 Spending (£ million)

Visits (thousands)

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Nil Stay Total Holiday of which inclusive tour Business Visiting friends or relatives Miscellanous All visits

868 . 899 47 892 2,706

956 . 815 62 799 2,632

812 . 768 50 531 2,161

812 . 623 60 368 1,864

708 . 594 61 440 1,803

67 . 71 4 166 307

104 . 64 8 148 324

77 . 60 9 98 245

66 . 55 5 69 195

56 . 46 6 65 173


7,324 1,872 4,731 2,326 989 15,370

7,421 2,091 4,802 2,139 811 15,173

7,083 1,843 4,619 2,313 653 14,669

5,460 1,318 3,451 2,109 422 11,442

4,884 1,171 3,316 1,795 404 10,399

1,828 466 1,587 334 294 4,043

2,054 574 1,604 301 274 4,232

2,028 559 1,669 370 192 4,259

1,527 396 1,234 330 134 3,224

1,371 334 1,338 292 119 3,120


24,592 11,237 2,823 5,473 853 33,741

25,328 11,312 2,757 5,792 705 34,582

25,853 11,215 2,940 5,563 593 34,949

22,382 9,376 2,284 5,268 516 30,450

21,104 9,310 2,208 4,844 467 28,623

10,835 5,151 2,224 1,387 567 15,013

11,723 5,635 2,337 1,513 434 16,008

12,641 6,014 2,518 1,539 336 17,034

11,448 5,346 1,953 1,503 368 15,273

11,212 5,615 2,101 1,395 274 14,982


11,004 5,674 407 2,511 220 14,142

10,252 5,124 413 2,650 234 13,549

10,194 4,707 348 2,741 178 13,460

8,440 3,673 316 2,599 167 11,522

8,273 3,653 313 2,469 162 11,218

8,323 4,430 645 1,231 261 10,460

8,104 4,425 611 1,344 339 10,398

8,273 4,193 517 1,472 228 10,491

6,865 3,218 542 1,355 245 9,008

6,945 3,309 491 1,343 254 9,033

28 nights or more Total Holiday of which inclusive tour Business Visiting friends or relatives Miscellanous All visits

1,499 169 242 1,605 230 3,576

1,479 148 232 1,570 233 3,513

1,589 148 245 1,725 213 3,771

1,398 140 212 1,555 170 3,336

1,452 123 208 1,681 179 3,520

2,230 322 540 1,329 471 4,570

1,946 206 506 1,209 372 4,034

2,488 276 554 1,369 380 4,790

1,865 219 600 1,216 296 3,978

2,390 179 456 1,381 266 4,493

All visits Total Holiday of which inclusive tour Business Visiting friends or relatives Miscellanous All visits

45,287 18,951 9,102 11,963 3,184 69,536

45,437 18,674 9,018 12,214 2,781 69,450

45,531 17,914 8,920 12,392 2,168 69,011

38,492 14,507 6,887 11,592 1,643 58,614

36,422 14,257 6,639 10,850 1,652 55,562

23,300 10,369 5,067 4,286 1,759 34,411

23,949 10,839 5,122 4,375 1,567 35,013

25,526 11,042 5,319 4,758 1,235 36,838

21,787 9,179 4,384 4,410 1,113 31,694

21,992 9,438 4,432 4,417 979 31,820


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Number of visits and spending abroad: by length of stay and region of visit 2006 to 2010 Spending (£ million)

Visits (thousands)

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Nil Stay North America Europe - of which EU27 - of which EU25 - of which EU15 Other Countries Total World

. 2,703 2,643 2,641 2,632 3 2,706

1 2,621 2,569 2,567 2,551 10 2,632

1 2,154 2,109 2,109 2,098 6 2,161

1 1,857 1,806 1,806 1,792 6 1,864

. 1,800 1,756 1,755 1,745 2 1,803

. 305 300 300 299 2 307

1 314 310 310 306 10 324

0 244 240 240 238 1 245

0 193 189 189 188 2 195

. 172 168 168 166 1 173


241 14,924 14,172 14,130 13,054 206 15,370

188 14,697 13,926 13,876 12,848 288 15,173

171 14,212 13,455 13,400 12,444 286 14,669

128 11,113 10,494 10,445 9,766 202 11,442

134 10,017 9,480 9,437 8,807 249 10,399

111 3,826 3,601 3,585 3,290 107 4,043

99 4,005 3,661 3,648 3,356 128 4,232

92 4,035 3,777 3,760 3,475 133 4,259

71 3,056 2,835 2,821 2,640 98 3,224

73 2,965 2,754 2,744 2,528 83 3,120


2,422 27,635 25,641 25,453 23,235 3,685 33,741

2,422 28,527 26,300 26,087 23,785 3,633 34,582

2,328 28,739 26,379 26,108 23,836 3,881 34,949

1,891 24,997 23,050 22,849 20,868 3,562 30,450

1,848 23,065 21,001 20,818 18,805 3,710 28,623

1,786 10,526 9,674 9,606 8,737 2,700 15,013

2,005 11,500 10,447 10,359 9,433 2,502 16,008

1,831 12,282 11,125 11,010 9,983 2,921 17,034

1,527 11,114 10,126 10,038 9,175 2,633 15,273

1,663 10,360 9,263 9,188 8,345 2,960 14,982


1,724 8,497 7,608 7,469 6,497 3,922 14,142

1,689 7,932 7,127 7,003 5,940 3,929 13,549

1,826 7,736 6,770 6,624 5,516 3,898 13,460

1,377 6,589 5,828 5,711 4,753 3,557 11,522

1,390 6,372 5,527 5,414 4,526 3,456 11,218

1,720 5,202 4,662 4,591 3,991 3,539 10,460

1,698 4,960 4,450 4,357 3,721 3,740 10,398

1,754 5,057 4,417 4,325 3,599 3,680 10,491

1,405 4,308 3,805 3,730 3,140 3,295 9,008

1,480 4,257 3,664 3,593 3,041 3,297 9,033

315 1,413 1,249 1,230 1,014 1,849 3,576

288 1,411 1,264 1,249 1,034 1,815 3,513

303 1,582 1,367 1,338 1,105 1,886 3,771

256 1,389 1,218 1,180 966 1,691 3,336

282 1,311 1,162 1,112 901 1,927 3,520

525 1,467 1,280 1,248 1,039 2,578 4,570

424 1,345 1,232 1,220 1,059 2,265 4,034

552 1,833 1,669 1,650 1,443 2,405 4,790

402 1,319 1,149 1,118 936 2,256 3,978

446 1,612 1,481 1,441 1,276 2,434 4,493

4,702 55,170 51,314 50,923 46,431 9,664 69,536

4,587 55,188 51,186 50,782 46,159 9,675 69,450

4,629 54,424 50,081 49,578 45,000 9,958 69,011

3,652 45,944 42,396 41,990 38,144 9,018 58,614

3,653 42,565 38,925 38,536 34,784 9,344 55,562

4,142 21,344 19,534 19,348 17,374 8,926 34,411

4,226 22,142 20,117 19,912 17,893 8,645 35,013

4,229 23,470 21,248 21,004 18,756 9,139 36,838

3,405 20,006 18,119 17,912 16,094 8,283 31,694

3,662 19,383 17,350 17,153 15,375 8,775 31,820

28 nights or more North America Europe - of which EU27 - of which EU25 - of which EU15 Other Countries Total World All visits North America Europe - of which EU27 - of which EU25 - of which EU15 Other Countries Total World


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Number of visits to specified countries: by main country visited and nationality 2006 to 2010 Visits (thousands)

UK

2006

2007

2008

Nationality =

Nationality =

Nationality =

Country

Other

Total

UK

of visit

Canada USA North America Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Cyprus Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Irish Republic Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Rest of Europe Europe - of which EU27 - of which EU25 - of which EU15 Egypt Morocco Tunisia Other North Africa South Africa Nigeria Other Africa Israel United Arab Emirates Other Middle East Hong Kong (China) Other China India Japan Pakistan Sri Lanka Thailand Other Asia Australia New Zealand Barbados Jamaica Other Caribbean Brazil Mexico Other Central & Sth. America Fly/cruise (stay onboard) Other Countries Total World

645 3,602 4,247 610 1,636 255 660 1,256 297 153 9,726 2,141 2,305 225 3,000 2,892 28 87 486 2,092 296 412 1,768 51 114 67 13,892 270 929 1,323 773 47,745 44,376 44,069 40,868 657 285 273 60 438 82 590 104 460 234 142 221 728 90 323 126 386 482 537 200 163 170 644 86 210 146 439 8,280 60,273

32 167 208 20 48 39 71 29 60 22 535 298 67 55 672 241 68 2 7 133 43 780 97 24 18 73 197 73 27 41 78 5,278 4,864 4,767 3,395 9 2 4 13 71 30 61 6 1 37 21 83 194 39 75 21 14 117 34 13 2 12 10 13 3 11 . 1,057 9,263

Country

Other

Total

UK

of visit

38 716 217 3,986 246 4,702 72 702 131 1,815 13 307 44 775 25 1,311 39 395 17 191 593 10,854 259 2,698 64 2,436 24 304 1,011 4,682 247 3,380 1 97 23 112 13 507 185 2,410 28 368 44 1,236 72 1,937 9 84 15 147 3 143 339 14,428 46 390 164 1,120 45 1,408 80 931 2,147 55,170 2,074 51,314 2,087 50,923 2,168 46,431 28 694 25 311 14 291 7 80 33 542 5 117 32 683 7 117 34 495 15 287 24 187 20 324 35 958 10 139 17 415 3 150 23 423 25 623 22 593 8 221 4 169 5 187 31 684 19 118 3 216 20 176 6 445 327 9,664 . 69,536

605 3,533 4,138 598 1,655 271 521 1,245 273 188 9,984 2,168 2,366 204 2,679 3,045 33 105 455 1,896 265 468 2,029 55 104 55 13,275 324 981 1,424 752 47,420 43,967 43,641 40,587 472 426 367 67 383 67 547 114 476 222 184 215 711 77 339 83 369 473 486 175 184 162 631 72 226 195 489 8,218 59,777

26 162 201 31 59 33 90 19 39 13 552 274 81 57 544 258 70 1 8 142 32 1,039 80 24 22 74 191 74 39 45 103 5,569 5,097 4,988 3,288 7 8 2 36 68 32 86 8 6 45 16 51 224 45 59 15 17 94 29 25 . 13 14 11 3 15 . 1,128 9,674

Country

Other

Total

of visit

33 228 248 67 156 13 42 11 43 13 665 245 64 30 982 265 5 12 16 201 34 45 68 7 21 3 403 48 174 63 77 2,199 2,122 2,154 2,284 31 41 13 5 27 5 34 16 31 26 14 26 36 16 11 4 18 29 16 6 2 4 35 15 14 36 11 329 .

664 3,923 4,587 696 1,870 317 654 1,275 355 214 11,201 2,686 2,511 291 4,205 3,569 107 118 478 2,239 332 1,552 2,177 87 148 131 13,869 446 1,194 1,532 932 55,188 51,186 50,782 46,159 510 475 382 108 479 105 667 138 513 293 215 291 972 139 409 101 404 596 532 206 186 179 680 98 243 246 499 9,675 69,450

553 3,577 4,130 713 1,609 303 440 1,231 254 154 9,605 2,184 1,943 198 2,443 2,870 21 102 470 1,726 244 445 2,325 74 103 57 13,187 372 959 1,816 696 46,543 42,762 42,386 39,484 623 385 339 67 326 77 520 102 579 271 125 225 700 83 321 76 359 521 461 149 174 156 556 103 311 155 631 8,400 59,073

36 195 239 25 40 50 91 29 37 17 536 281 69 59 552 284 75 2 12 111 33 1,083 132 62 27 104 214 75 44 76 110 5,874 5,358 5,197 3,343 7 5 . 8 62 33 139 10 8 45 11 79 215 35 76 16 18 116 35 13 4 15 6 15 8 13 . 1,165 9,938

37 232 261 62 138 7 41 19 22 10 714 239 84 21 925 218 6 16 29 171 32 51 74 6 25 10 419 47 155 44 67 2,007 1,960 1,995 2,173 35 42 14 12 41 1 42 7 64 29 22 13 41 16 7 3 18 38 15 7 5 4 26 15 15 24 6 392 .

626 4,003 4,629 800 1,787 360 572 1,279 313 181 10,855 2,703 2,096 278 3,921 3,372 103 119 511 2,008 310 1,578 2,531 143 155 170 13,819 493 1,158 1,936 873 54,424 50,081 49,578 45,000 664 432 353 88 428 112 700 118 651 346 158 318 956 134 404 95 395 675 511 169 184 175 588 133 334 192 637 9,958 69,011

Figures for Rest of World have been removed as they are mainly estimates of cruises abroad which ended in the UK. In this publication fly/cruise (stay onboard) has been separated from "Rest of the World" which differs from previous publications


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Number of visits to specified countries: by main country visited and nationality 2006 to 2010 Visits (thousands)

UK

2009

2010

Nationality =

Nationality =

Country

Other

Total

UK

of visit

Canada USA North America Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Cyprus Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Irish Republic Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Rest of Europe Europe - of which EU27 - of which EU25 - of which EU15 Egypt Morocco Tunisia Other North Africa South Africa Nigeria Other Africa Israel United Arab Emirates Other Middle East Hong Kong (China) Other China India Japan Pakistan Sri Lanka Thailand Other Asia Australia New Zealand Barbados Jamaica Other Caribbean Brazil Mexico Other Central & Sth. America Fly/cruise (stay onboard) Other Countries Total World

412 2,844 3,255 620 1,193 194 316 941 222 112 8,568 1,641 1,729 137 1,970 2,111 16 45 341 1,550 195 385 1,633 61 86 43 10,957 234 715 1,479 519 38,014 34,977 34,722 32,583 708 278 343 48 288 74 495 102 492 266 105 155 561 74 305 88 298 470 376 101 80 184 581 51 185 118 627 7,462 48,731

23 134 169 22 54 54 68 20 59 25 550 280 68 70 635 285 98 . 13 135 35 1,123 105 79 20 100 234 71 31 52 101 6,056 5,580 5,392 3,491 6 5 5 19 41 41 81 7 9 69 18 90 241 37 82 25 20 131 43 13 . 11 11 12 5 11 . 1,197 9,883

Country

Other

Total

of visit

30 465 210 3,187 228 3,652 67 709 146 1,392 8 255 49 433 20 981 37 318 19 155 646 9,764 206 2,127 85 1,881 23 230 944 3,549 214 2,610 2 117 15 59 15 369 154 1,840 28 258 46 1,554 70 1,809 10 150 16 121 9 152 391 11,582 45 349 124 870 92 1,622 66 686 1,875 45,944 1,839 42,396 1,877 41,990 2,070 38,144 35 749 19 301 16 365 8 75 28 357 1 116 53 629 14 122 48 549 33 368 15 138 26 272 45 847 12 122 7 394 3 116 20 338 34 635 15 434 4 117 7 86 4 198 18 610 11 74 8 198 11 141 7 634 359 9,018 . 58,614

359 2,927 3,286 533 1,184 166 270 843 185 77 7,938 1,608 1,525 147 1,591 1,844 14 80 410 1,457 159 346 1,656 53 58 37 9,831 218 715 1,695 532 35,171 32,035 31,815 29,726 634 279 393 59 309 58 455 80 448 301 120 150 556 63 324 96 288 463 401 125 90 182 549 57 298 102 604 7,507 45,965

24 116 157 24 45 55 58 24 30 13 521 250 70 102 504 233 115 . 16 126 32 1,057 122 99 21 70 163 57 29 46 142 5,657 5,176 4,971 3,092 7 6 8 22 39 52 91 9 10 77 12 116 258 27 95 13 26 129 33 9 1 9 6 21 2 10 . 1,447 9,597

30 197 210 43 141 7 38 15 38 11 599 224 77 19 878 171 1 22 13 175 32 41 89 8 12 7 389 45 146 74 57 1,736 1,714 1,750 1,966 30 23 21 6 23 7 44 10 41 33 25 21 36 10 11 7 25 45 19 6 . 8 28 18 13 19 17 390 .

413 3,240 3,653 600 1,370 229 366 882 252 101 9,058 2,082 1,672 268 2,972 2,248 131 102 439 1,758 222 1,443 1,867 160 90 114 10,383 320 890 1,815 731 42,565 38,925 38,536 34,784 671 308 423 87 371 117 590 98 499 410 157 287 850 101 430 116 339 637 454 141 91 199 583 96 314 131 621 9,344 55,562

Figures for Rest of World have been removed as they are mainly estimates of cruises abroad which ended in the UK. In this publication fly/cruise (stay onboard) has been separated from "Rest of the World" which differs from previous publications


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4.01

Travel Trends 2010

Visits and spending in UK: by mode of travel, region of residence and purpose of visit 2010 Air

Sea

Channel Tunnel

Total

visits (thousands)

spending (£ million)

visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)



991 109 742 917 356 3,005

839 127 834 436 318 2,435

107 50 5 10 12 135

41 12 4 4 22 71

165 25 47 35 10 257

74 10 41 9 17 141

1,263 184 794 962 378 3,397

954 149 879 448 356 2,647


5,249 537 3,442 4,453 1,493 14,638

2,580 328 1,687 1,445 1,120 6,847

1,916 678 1,000 919 377 4,212

705 264 215 296 200 1,417

1,485 344 834 634 242 3,196

485 109 182 159 118 945

8,650 1,559 5,277 6,007 2,113 22,046

3,770 700 2,084 1,900 1,438 9,209


4,619 468 3,034 4,057 1,258 12,968

2,146 281 1,404 1,246 904 5,711

1,876 668 972 909 372 4,129

682 260 213 292 200 1,388

1,472 341 828 629 241 3,169

466 106 179 154 117 918

7,966 1,477 4,834 5,595 1,871 20,266

3,294 647 1,796 1,691 1,221 8,016


4,563 467 2,994 3,979 1,239 12,774

2,110 281 1,377 1,205 887 5,590

1,852 654 896 897 363 4,007

675 256 205 282 199 1,363

1,469 340 827 626 241 3,164

466 106 179 152 117 916

7,884 1,461 4,716 5,502 1,843 19,945

3,250 643 1,761 1,640 1,203 7,869


4,242 454 2,774 3,282 1,113 11,411

1,964 272 1,231 992 766 4,964

1,779 620 507 844 339 3,469

648 244 181 267 180 1,277

1,396 291 641 585 234 2,856

435 91 165 140 115 855

7,417 1,364 3,923 4,711 1,686 17,737

3,047 608 1,577 1,399 1,061 7,096


1,336 110 688 1,348 416 3,787

1,694 92 1,037 1,140 798 4,675

139 85 6 26 13 184

83 36 11 15 23 132

280 80 29 65 15 389

137 20 26 51 22 236

1,755 275 722 1,440 444 4,360

1,914 149 1,074 1,206 843 5,043


7,575 756 4,872 6,718 2,265 21,430

5,113 548 3,558 3,020 2,235 13,957

2,162 813 1,011 956 402 4,531

830 312 229 315 245 1,620

1,931 449 910 734 268 3,842

695 139 249 219 157 1,322

11,668 2,018 6,793 8,408 2,935 29,803

6,638 998 4,037 3,554 2,637 16,899


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4.02

Travel Trends 2010

Visits to and spending in UK: by quarter, region of residence and purpose of visit 2010 January - March

April - June

July - September

October - December

visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)



145 22 183 184 73 584

95 15 182 74 42 394

384 55 192 239 114 929

286 52 199 109 147 744

506 79 209 325 109 1,149

387 61 262 156 69 876

228 28 210 214 83 735

186 21 236 110 99 633


1,544 229 1,242 1,293 492 4,571

581 84 447 433 284 1,747

2,436 618 1,423 1,475 475 5,809

1,020 251 525 432 333 2,315

2,767 458 1,278 1,635 551 6,230

1,334 267 509 520 363 2,730

1,903 254 1,334 1,603 595 5,435

835 98 603 515 458 2,416


1,437 220 1,126 1,202 438 4,203

506 79 381 382 237 1,509

2,260 596 1,313 1,376 425 5,374

891 235 456 369 298 2,019

2,546 426 1,175 1,525 483 5,728

1,195 247 443 467 301 2,410

1,722 235 1,220 1,492 525 4,960

702 87 515 473 386 2,079


1,424 218 1,096 1,181 430 4,131

498 78 366 370 234 1,472

2,237 589 1,287 1,360 417 5,301

879 233 453 361 295 1,992

2,513 419 1,142 1,493 475 5,623

1,177 244 433 452 295 2,361

1,710 235 1,192 1,468 521 4,891

696 87 508 456 380 2,044


1,338 204 920 996 393 3,647

461 72 329 312 202 1,307

2,096 537 1,060 1,176 367 4,700

820 216 398 305 238 1,765

2,367 396 938 1,264 439 5,008

1,112 234 392 386 268 2,161

1,616 227 1,004 1,276 485 4,382

654 85 458 395 352 1,862


238 30 164 249 97 748

202 12 209 187 189 788

437 71 159 330 90 1,016

621 35 237 269 178 1,306

715 117 193 545 153 1,606

746 78 277 477 274 1,776

365 58 206 316 104 990

346 24 350 273 202 1,173


1,926 281 1,589 1,726 662 5,904

878 111 838 693 515 2,930

3,257 744 1,774 2,044 679 7,754

1,926 339 962 810 657 4,365

3,989 653 1,680 2,504 812 8,985

2,466 406 1,048 1,153 706 5,382

2,496 340 1,749 2,133 782 7,160

1,367 142 1,189 899 759 4,222


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4.03

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Visits to and spending in UK regions: by region of residence and purpose of visit 2010 London

Other England

Total England

Scotland

Wales

visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)



921 151 513 437 285 2,155

545 77 571 173 248 1,538

356 36 303 529 89 1,277

204 19 256 205 80 745

1,125 162 739 847 362 3,074

749 96 827 379 328 2,283

202 39 47 114 15 377

155 36 39 49 9 253

58 9 14 39 6 116

25 2 6 12 6 50


5,018 825 1,783 2,081 831 9,713

2,052 300 961 652 636 4,301

2,607 583 2,490 3,442 957 9,496

1,022 254 804 999 594 3,419

7,309 1,366 4,130 5,278 1,749 18,466

3,074 554 1,764 1,651 1,230 7,720

864 170 257 412 68 1,602

483 122 172 139 106 899

237 48 110 222 68 637

66 19 41 56 45 208


4,546 781 1,555 1,911 711 8,723

1,771 276 769 570 533 3,644

2,423 557 2,342 3,216 848 8,828

874 242 730 894 520 3,019

6,691 1,298 3,768 4,906 1,529 16,893

2,646 518 1,500 1,465 1,053 6,663

798 155 223 376 53 1,450

443 108 156 122 73 794

225 46 102 212 65 605

60 16 40 49 39 188


4,478 768 1,514 1,861 698 8,552

1,734 272 749 540 523 3,546

2,405 554 2,270 3,173 837 8,685

869 242 717 874 515 2,976

6,610 1,282 3,659 4,814 1,508 16,591

2,604 514 1,466 1,414 1,038 6,522

794 155 221 375 52 1,442

442 108 156 121 70 789

225 46 101 212 63 600

60 16 40 49 38 186


4,204 726 1,322 1,590 629 7,745

1,608 259 668 456 459 3,191

2,217 499 1,726 2,733 758 7,433

812 224 649 741 439 2,641

6,175 1,189 2,954 4,115 1,361 14,605

2,419 482 1,316 1,197 899 5,831

765 149 175 306 49 1,295

428 103 126 109 70 732

212 46 71 191 61 534

56 16 39 42 37 173


1,387 252 480 700 271 2,838

1,347 99 710 496 350 2,903

531 52 260 829 176 1,796

431 38 318 539 426 1,714

1,685 273 672 1,338 425 4,120

1,779 137 1,028 1,034 776 4,617

172 22 37 154 16 379

105 12 23 124 52 304

50 6 18 60 10 137

16 1 8 39 12 75


7,325 1,228 2,775 3,219 1,386 14,706

3,945 476 2,242 1,321 1,234 8,741

3,494 670 3,054 4,799 1,222 12,568

1,657 311 1,378 1,743 1,100 5,878

10,119 1,801 5,541 7,463 2,536 25,659

5,602 788 3,620 3,064 2,334 14,620

1,238 231 341 680 99 2,358

743 170 234 312 166 1,455

344 63 141 321 83 890

107 21 56 108 62 333

Channel Islands and transit passengers are excluded from spending figures


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4.04

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Visits, nights and spending in UK: by purpose of visit and country of residence 2010 Holiday Total


Business of which inclusive tour

visits (thousands)

nights (thousands)


visits (thousands)

nights (thousands)


visits (thousands)

nights (thousands)


248 1,015 1,263 134 524 16 91 24 253 80 1,781 1,364 64 32 654 753 29 17 22 687 286 174 111 67 67 45 675 321 234 38 109 8,650 7,966 7,884 7,417 15 2 1 8 58 67 30 57 63 118 48 48 118 119 12 3 23 206 446 67 4 2 16 116 39 70 1 1,755 11,668

2,818 7,856 10,674 764 1,794 130 586 231 1,159 361 7,564 8,151 380 167 2,213 4,531 377 89 179 3,518 1,236 1,737 674 570 577 458 4,107 1,485 1,340 281 697 45,357 41,530 40,830 36,791 209 70 63 166 694 761 332 373 1,052 1,611 573 500 1,056 808 182 48 515 1,516 5,514 806 29 19 185 747 246 581 27 18,680 74,710

220 735 954 86 168 7 32 22 115 47 519 597 45 12 232 359 14 10 13 267 168 69 45 37 85 20 307 162 154 34 57 3,770 3,294 3,250 3,047 24 4 1 10 51 94 28 33 109 240 37 65 63 86 16 2 22 173 451 56 2 0 12 77 208 48 1 1,914 6,638

26 158 184 33 132 2 50 . 46 20 381 332 9 5 40 68 . 3 1 182 35 31 8 14 6 8 60 50 28 2 14 1,559 1,477 1,461 1,364 1 . . 1 8 . 1 5 3 4 6 12 37 28 0 . 1 37 64 4 1 . 1 25 14 23 . 275 2,018

208 997 1,204 185 436 7 228 . 211 108 1,680 1,819 52 30 169 584 . 15 4 878 126 203 30 58 52 33 352 191 156 30 80 7,714 7,284 7,219 6,708 8 . . 7 164 . 2 26 16 33 21 81 96 129 1 . 4 142 460 56 3 . 2 116 89 129 . 1,584 10,502

24 125 149 21 41 0 17 . 21 20 123 171 7 3 14 51 . 2 0 75 24 10 3 4 5 5 34 25 19 1 4 700 647 643 608 1 . . 1 5 . 1 3 2 4 2 13 10 27 0 . 0 11 43 2 0 . 0 9 6 8 . 149 998

102 692 794 65 290 34 91 12 136 48 656 766 43 107 528 280 62 13 11 491 133 418 82 83 56 46 342 184 155 47 98 5,277 4,834 4,716 3,923 9 3 1 6 47 25 28 38 45 45 26 40 110 57 9 3 9 78 86 15 1 0 6 13 10 13 2 722 6,793

681 3,994 4,675 164 498 113 258 62 371 153 2,183 2,588 193 484 979 1,190 203 20 42 1,084 353 1,418 264 361 367 139 1,392 515 404 223 697 16,719 15,040 14,566 11,594 41 15 2 30 261 231 327 139 279 307 116 369 2,438 342 67 62 103 534 881 132 5 2 21 73 62 96 5 6,942 28,336

125 754 879 29 86 10 22 8 63 27 217 269 31 27 216 136 9 4 11 239 75 67 32 25 57 7 140 87 77 38 74 2,084 1,796 1,761 1,577 18 4 1 12 57 67 80 27 57 137 30 55 171 47 10 2 12 87 131 25 1 1 4 17 7 16 0 1,074 4,037



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Visits, nights and spending in UK: by purpose of visit and country of residence 2010 Visiting friends or relatives


Miscellaneous

Total

visits (thousands)

nights (thousands)


visits (thousands)

nights (thousands)


visits (thousands)

nights (thousands)


261 701 962 54 208 26 72 59 99 28 937 651 49 61 1,039 316 36 20 21 430 115 463 96 67 27 42 619 167 178 34 93 6,007 5,595 5,502 4,711 9 7 5 8 87 50 67 53 86 87 48 29 109 30 31 11 28 123 381 95 2 5 20 28 12 28 1 1,440 8,408

3,415 7,761 11,176 367 1,013 460 625 894 556 174 6,051 4,154 610 619 4,904 2,587 655 101 223 2,605 792 5,857 1,105 1,321 306 423 5,435 1,032 1,019 480 1,447 45,817 42,139 40,358 30,695 202 55 91 110 1,469 1,274 1,513 604 1,161 1,511 670 655 4,629 312 1,181 448 606 2,520 6,885 1,789 33 249 378 306 152 494 15 29,313 86,305

127 322 448 23 47 18 31 37 33 10 255 194 29 18 275 130 13 6 11 110 44 111 31 33 23 13 205 52 74 22 54 1,900 1,691 1,640 1,399 10 10 2 7 60 72 69 25 96 101 34 26 52 19 23 9 25 108 315 71 2 5 20 13 8 23 1 1,206 3,554

75 304 378 35 115 12 23 14 62 16 245 223 18 14 408 124 10 3 13 150 116 46 27 16 20 22 173 86 56 10 56 2,113 1,871 1,843 1,686 9 3 2 4 17 26 19 10 19 40 9 24 34 17 5 1 7 52 73 12 2 1 10 21 7 20 1 444 2,935

498 3,128 3,626 273 697 135 361 362 797 118 2,817 3,249 225 267 1,423 2,021 146 49 66 662 426 1,719 309 109 433 346 3,433 711 922 386 629 23,094 20,531 20,286 16,786 107 25 11 108 140 163 432 39 380 849 138 1,615 1,597 444 218 143 334 2,447 649 131 3 1 133 638 46 938 45 11,774 38,494

40 317 356 17 100 9 13 18 33 8 150 132 25 4 154 96 6 3 9 100 67 66 16 8 29 19 171 56 62 30 37 1,438 1,221 1,203 1,061 9 5 3 9 13 40 25 6 51 99 28 104 77 29 9 3 30 116 53 5 0 0 12 53 5 56 3 843 2,637

686 2,711 3,397 288 1,136 88 278 110 550 170 3,618 3,004 174 214 2,629 1,472 137 53 66 1,758 649 1,101 316 233 170 154 1,809 758 623 129 357 22,046 20,266 19,945 17,737 42 16 9 25 208 168 144 158 213 290 131 141 371 223 57 18 67 459 986 187 8 8 52 177 67 130 5 4,360 29,803

7,413 22,739 30,152 1,569 4,002 839 1,831 1,550 2,883 805 18,614 18,143 1,408 1,536 9,519 10,330 1,381 259 510 7,870 2,807 10,731 2,353 2,361 1,683 1,366 14,367 3,743 3,686 1,370 3,470 130,986 119,240 116,040 95,865 559 165 168 413 2,564 2,428 2,604 1,155 2,872 4,278 1,497 3,140 9,720 1,905 1,648 701 1,558 7,016 13,929 2,859 69 271 716 1,764 507 2,109 91 66,708 227,846

513 2,133 2,647 155 401 44 99 87 245 92 1,142 1,193 129 60 883 722 41 23 44 717 355 313 125 104 194 58 824 357 367 124 223 9,209 8,016 7,869 7,096 61 22 6 38 182 274 203 91 312 578 129 249 363 182 58 15 90 484 951 157 6 6 48 160 229 143 5 5,043 16,899



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4.05

Travel Trends 2010

Average stay and spend per visit and per day: by purpose of visit and country of residence 2010 Holiday visits


Business visits

total

of which inclusive tour

average

average

average

stay (nights)

spend per visit (£)

spend per day (£)

stay (nights)


spend per day (£)

stay (nights)


spend per day (£)

11 8 8 6 3 8 6 10 5 5 4 6 6 5 3 6 13 5 8 5 4 10 6 9 9 10 6 5 6 7 6 5 5 5 5 14 29 45 21 12 11 11 7 17 14 12 10 9 7 15 17 22 7 12 12 8 12 12 6 6 8 21 11 6

885 724 756 645 321 418 353 936 454 590 291 438 700 371 355 478 486 552 595 389 587 399 407 552 1,268 437 454 505 656 898 519 426 402 401 399 1,601 1,652 386 1,295 889 1,404 929 582 1,730 2,045 772 1,349 540 729 1,310 659 947 838 1,011 839 654 265 736 669 5,340 681 1,066 1,091 561

78 94 89 113 94 51 55 97 99 130 69 73 118 71 105 79 37 108 72 76 136 40 67 65 147 43 75 109 115 121 82 81 77 77 80 116 56 9 60 74 123 85 89 103 149 64 129 60 107 86 38 43 114 82 69 82 22 62 104 846 82 51 102 88

8 6 7 6 3 4 5 . 5 5 4 5 5 6 4 9 . 5 3 5 4 7 4 4 9 4 6 4 6 17 6 5 5 5 5 6 . . 9 20 . 2 5 6 9 4 7 3 5 4 . 6 4 7 15 4 . 3 5 6 6 . 6 5

903 795 810 624 311 179 345 . 454 991 323 514 730 540 345 753 . 663 357 413 693 318 373 250 894 656 572 507 662 826 309 449 438 440 445 730 . . 761 566 . 698 611 753 1,112 320 1,111 266 968 1,765 . 589 308 670 445 615 . 442 359 445 327 . 541 495

115 126 124 112 94 41 75 . 98 182 73 94 134 90 82 88 . 131 105 86 192 48 99 61 103 153 98 133 120 49 54 91 89 89 91 116 . . 89 29 . 327 118 121 126 88 162 101 212 441 . 98 80 94 30 154 . 147 77 70 59 . 94 95

7 6 6 3 2 3 3 5 3 3 3 3 4 5 2 4 3 2 4 2 3 3 3 4 6 3 4 3 3 5 7 3 3 3 3 5 4 3 5 6 9 12 4 6 7 4 9 22 6 8 22 12 7 10 9 4 4 4 6 6 8 3 10 4

1,228 1,090 1,108 443 297 293 242 682 467 570 331 351 715 251 409 486 142 290 943 488 568 160 392 300 1,011 148 410 473 497 802 757 395 372 373 402 1,965 1,116 823 2,156 1,217 2,694 2,916 706 1,264 3,056 1,136 1,369 1,548 825 1,116 566 1,357 1,122 1,527 1,698 908 1,053 680 1,298 722 1,295 167 1,487 594

184 189 188 177 173 88 85 136 171 178 99 104 159 56 221 114 43 193 255 221 214 47 121 69 156 48 101 169 190 170 106 125 119 121 136 425 250 283 400 217 291 246 194 204 447 259 148 70 138 147 25 118 163 148 187 227 263 184 227 114 170 49 155 142

Note: In some reporting instances the sample size that the estimate is based on is relatively small. If a respondent case within that sample has an unusual profile it is possible that the estimate will sta out as particularly high or low for the reporting period. This was the case for estimated spending by residents of Mexico in Q2 2010


84


4.05

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Average stay and spend per visit and per day: by purpose of visit and country of residence 2010



Miscellaneous

All visits

average

average

average

stay (nights)


spend per day (£)

stay (nights)


spend per day (£)

stay (nights)


spend per day (£)

13 11 12 7 5 18 9 15 6 6 6 6 12 10 5 8 18 5 11 6 7 13 12 20 11 10 9 6 6 14 15 8 8 7 7 22 8 19 14 17 25 23 11 14 17 14 22 42 10 38 41 21 20 18 19 20 51 19 11 13 17 10 20 10

486 459 466 427 225 688 432 632 333 349 272 297 589 288 264 411 349 325 541 255 380 239 326 498 828 302 331 313 417 642 577 316 302 298 297 1,054 1,419 415 942 690 1,439 1,034 481 1,119 1,160 707 876 477 647 750 813 901 873 828 747 1,302 947 1,003 456 693 809 523 838 423

37 41 40 63 46 39 50 42 59 55 42 47 47 28 56 50 19 64 50 42 55 19 28 25 74 30 38 51 73 46 37 41 40 41 46 49 176 22 66 41 57 46 42 82 67 50 39 11 62 20 20 42 43 46 39 64 18 53 42 54 46 52 41 41

7 10 10 8 6 12 16 26 13 8 11 15 12 20 3 16 15 18 5 4 4 37 11 7 22 16 20 8 16 38 11 11 11 11 10 12 8 5 24 8 6 23 4 20 21 16 68 47 26 40 121 48 47 9 11 2 1 13 31 7 48 62 27 13

533 1,043 942 482 869 811 566 1,320 529 510 612 593 1,354 295 378 775 581 1,018 695 667 581 1,423 596 521 1,444 847 986 650 1,099 2,981 661 681 653 653 629 1,079 1,568 1,323 1,974 773 1,530 1,331 601 2,657 2,457 3,213 4,391 2,274 1,704 1,698 2,167 4,403 2,246 722 457 250 215 1,106 2,561 798 2,890 3,721 1,900 899

80 101 98 61 143 70 36 51 41 68 53 41 110 15 108 48 39 56 132 151 158 38 53 78 66 54 50 78 67 79 59 62 59 59 63 89 196 282 81 94 244 57 151 133 116 203 64 48 66 43 18 91 48 81 41 167 215 87 82 117 60 60 72 69

11 8 9 5 4 10 7 14 5 5 5 6 8 7 4 7 10 5 8 4 4 10 7 10 10 9 8 5 6 11 10 6 6 6 5 13 10 18 16 12 14 18 7 14 15 11 22 26 9 29 40 23 15 14 15 8 34 14 10 8 16 18 15 8

746 785 777 539 353 503 355 792 444 538 315 397 741 282 333 490 301 426 657 408 546 284 395 444 1,133 373 455 471 588 959 622 413 391 389 394 1,448 1,418 675 1,492 870 1,625 1,411 580 1,468 1,992 985 1,768 979 817 1,016 840 1,336 1,054 964 835 728 720 908 900 3,392 1,099 1,007 1,155 563

69 94 88 99 100 52 54 56 85 114 61 66 92 39 92 70 30 88 85 91 126 29 53 44 115 42 57 95 99 91 64 69 66 67 73 110 135 38 92 71 112 78 79 109 135 86 79 37 96 35 21 58 69 68 55 87 21 66 90 451 68 56 76 74

Note: In some reporting instances the sample size that the estimate is based on is relatively small. If a respondent case within that sample has an unusual profile it is possible that the estimate will sta out as particularly high or low for the reporting period. This was the case for estimated spending by residents of Mexico in Q2 2010


85


4.06

Travel Trends 2010

Visits to and spending in UK: by length of stay and country of residence 2010 Nil nights


1 to 3 nights

4 to 13 nights

14 to 27 nights

visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


8 29 37 9 216 2 2 0 33 5 426 171 3 5 259 23 5 5 1 133 22 17 4 4 1 3 29 19 30 1 6 1,435 1,380 1,373 1,334 1 . . . 5 1 1 4 4 0 1 1 6 1 . . 1 2 5 . . . . 3 . 1 . 37 1,508

2 10 12 1 20 0 0 0 3 1 25 20 0 1 33 3 0 0 0 12 3 1 0 0 1 1 5 2 4 0 2 138 129 129 125 0 . . . 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 . . 0 1 2 . . . . 1 . 0 . 13 163

188 925 1,114 135 632 37 144 20 263 84 1,655 1,322 56 97 1,543 574 61 29 20 924 367 436 130 101 47 58 705 388 314 45 155 10,341 9,483 9,345 8,438 10 5 3 5 47 39 33 44 52 57 43 23 89 69 7 1 9 155 239 36 3 2 22 66 31 42 1 1,134 12,588

57 392 450 48 179 8 35 7 104 35 398 333 24 16 470 176 12 8 11 339 179 66 36 23 46 9 209 158 138 28 51 3,148 2,731 2,699 2,519 11 6 1 8 25 33 26 22 41 52 32 12 32 28 5 0 6 61 104 10 1 1 8 25 198 20 0 771 4,368

319 1,344 1,662 125 241 33 102 52 237 75 1,273 1,248 87 92 758 720 44 17 36 606 237 452 141 93 85 66 833 316 232 56 143 8,397 7,701 7,575 6,675 22 8 4 10 95 76 62 91 95 139 59 66 124 119 21 6 31 187 391 74 4 0 16 79 24 51 2 1,856 11,916

247 1,134 1,380 79 133 19 43 35 117 51 476 552 60 30 292 382 11 11 23 266 150 123 57 53 89 25 354 158 135 51 87 3,862 3,369 3,298 2,987 35 10 3 10 91 153 66 52 128 283 58 89 106 98 22 3 31 184 313 50 4 1 12 62 15 40 1 1,916 7,158

133 293 426 16 34 9 21 27 12 4 188 206 18 11 48 101 13 2 6 72 17 121 25 14 24 18 147 25 33 18 30 1,262 1,149 1,127 900 5 2 1 8 41 34 24 11 34 55 17 27 57 23 13 5 14 70 219 52 1 2 6 16 9 19 1 766 2,454

150 314 464 21 29 6 11 18 8 4 126 195 14 5 39 92 6 2 6 51 11 43 13 9 35 8 109 16 38 19 25 958 833 819 718 8 2 1 10 37 51 29 9 53 127 17 42 61 28 11 4 13 122 267 56 0 3 3 21 9 21 1 1,010 2,432



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4.06

Travel Trends 2010

Visits to and spending in UK: by length of stay and country of residence 2010 28 to 90 nights


3 to 6 months

6 months to 1 year

Total

visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


33 103 136 2 9 6 6 9 2 2 68 45 9 7 20 50 12 1 4 23 6 64 13 15 13 8 85 8 11 8 17 522 473 452 337 5 1 1 3 18 13 20 7 25 35 8 15 66 10 11 4 8 30 122 23 1 3 7 12 3 11 1 463 1,120

34 181 215 4 11 4 4 16 5 1 73 57 29 8 39 53 10 2 4 48 10 39 7 12 19 15 96 9 49 19 28 670 547 530 433 7 4 1 7 24 25 60 8 67 81 11 30 71 18 11 2 13 50 229 34 1 2 14 37 6 24 3 840 1,726

4 14 18 1 3 1 1 0 4 0 8 10 1 2 1 3 2 . . 0 0 7 2 6 . 1 9 2 3 1 6 75 66 60 44 1 . 0 1 1 4 4 . 3 2 2 6 24 1 4 2 4 11 8 2 . . 1 0 . 4 . 84 177

12 84 97 2 29 3 5 3 8 0 31 33 2 0 4 14 2 . . 1 2 13 9 6 . 0 36 9 4 5 30 250 231 221 178 0 . 0 2 1 9 6 . 19 21 5 41 49 4 3 4 26 26 27 8 . . 10 1 . 28 . 290 636

2 3 4 . . 1 1 1 . . 1 2 . . 1 1 . . . . . 4 1 . 1 . 2 0 . 0 . 14 14 13 8 . . . . 1 0 1 . 0 1 0 3 5 1 1 0 1 5 2 . . . . 1 . 1 . 21 40

10 18 28 . . 4 0 8 . . 14 4 . . 6 2 . . . . . 29 3 . 4 . 14 6 . 2 . 95 89 85 48 . . . . 1 1 15 . 4 14 5 35 44 6 6 1 2 40 8 . . . . 13 . 10 . 204 327

686 2,711 3,397 288 1,136 88 278 110 550 170 3,618 3,004 174 214 2,629 1,472 137 53 66 1,758 649 1,101 316 233 170 154 1,809 758 623 129 357 22,046 20,266 19,945 17,737 42 16 9 25 208 168 144 158 213 290 131 141 371 223 57 18 67 459 986 187 8 8 52 177 67 130 5 4,360 29,803

513 2,133 2,647 155 401 44 99 87 245 92 1,142 1,193 129 60 883 722 41 23 44 717 355 313 125 104 194 58 824 357 367 124 223 9,209 8,016 7,869 7,096 61 22 6 38 182 274 203 91 312 578 129 249 363 182 58 15 90 484 951 157 6 6 48 160 229 143 5 5,043 16,899



87


4.07

Travel Trends 2010

Visits to the UK: by UK port and country of residence 2010 thousands Airports


Heathrow

Gatwick

Manchester

Stansted

Other England

Scotland

Wales

395 1,740 2,136 107 40 23 35 45 129 105 213 536 101 21 379 286 4 1 24 157 155 55 88 37 150 7 291 284 182 57 92 3,605 2,976 2,916 2,718 36 8 5 17 153 151 99 104 122 229 103 99 252 167 37 15 45 238 557 106 1 1 14 96 28 65 1 2,749 8,489

83 145 227 35 4 7 21 19 98 18 167 149 33 32 240 232 17 3 11 85 182 10 72 2 1 2 321 89 101 5 55 2,010 1,691 1,682 1,547 . . 3 1 17 7 15 4 20 7 3 4 20 2 1 . 2 10 59 13 5 6 24 10 5 14 . 251 2,489

37 132 169 12 29 2 8 24 36 19 62 144 8 5 163 19 . 2 8 34 34 3 5 3 3 1 52 54 44 12 14 801 697 692 641 1 . 1 4 4 5 2 7 23 21 2 12 15 5 11 1 3 25 55 5 1 . 3 2 1 3 0 214 1,184

10 51 60 73 5 . 32 9 144 9 219 626 5 3 244 551 20 3 1 153 131 172 55 4 3 31 432 182 9 27 84 3,226 3,038 3,034 2,701 1 2 . 1 4 . 1 . 2 3 2 . 1 2 . . 1 38 39 6 1 1 4 11 1 8 1 129 3,415

45 154 199 16 70 28 48 11 32 6 402 394 7 68 730 188 16 20 21 396 61 329 51 84 2 44 446 29 199 10 42 3,749 3,446 3,334 2,786 1 4 1 2 7 3 13 32 29 10 6 9 25 11 6 1 7 41 64 15 . . 2 10 7 5 . 310 4,259

51 156 207 18 38 1 5 1 50 7 140 158 3 2 186 90 3 2 . 95 77 67 3 3 5 4 102 73 34 5 19 1,190 1,064 1,061 964 1 . . . 5 . 5 . 11 8 6 4 5 1 2 . 5 11 50 5 . . 1 2 3 2 . 127 1,524

1 5 6 . 1 . . . 1 . 7 9 . . 19 3 . 1 1 7 . . . 1 . . 5 1 1 . . 57 56 55 54 . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . 0 . . . 1 1 1 . . . 1 . . . 6 70


88


4.07

Travel Trends 2010

Visits to the UK: by UK port and country of residence 2010 thousands Sea and Channel Tunnel


Total

Dover seaports

Other channel ports

East coast ports

Long haul sea routes

Irish Sea & land routes

Channel Tunnel

13 66 79 15 246 26 55 . 5 1 552 633 7 50 28 75 60 6 . 256 . 294 30 94 4 47 77 8 28 11 38 2,648 2,583 2,463 1,941 . 1 . . 11 . 3 1 2 1 3 3 10 1 1 . 1 4 62 5 . . 1 10 2 11 1 134 2,861

. 4 4 0 . . . . 0 . 293 2 . . 1 1 . . . 0 . . 0 . . . 10 . 5 . . 313 308 308 308 . . . . 1 . . . . 1 0 . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . 2 0 2 . 10 327

4 10 15 4 25 0 1 . 40 0 11 120 . . 1 2 0 1 . 311 5 4 . 0 2 0 5 20 2 0 . 558 548 548 543 . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 0 . . . 3 1 0 . . . 0 2 . . 22 595

1 4 4 . 0 . . 0 . 0 1 0 . . 0 0 . . . 0 0 . . . . . . . 0 . . 2 2 2 2 . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 . . . . . . . 0 7

4 28 32 5 . . 1 . . . 4 48 . . 604 4 3 . . 5 1 1 . 1 . 6 1 3 3 . . 691 687 686 676 . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . 2 10 2 . . 1 . . 1 . 18 740

43 215 257 4 677 1 73 . 15 4 1,547 184 11 32 32 19 14 13 . 259 3 165 13 4 1 13 65 13 16 3 13 3,196 3,169 3,164 2,856 3 1 . . 6 3 5 8 2 9 6 10 26 32 0 . 3 86 86 29 . . 2 32 19 19 1 389 3,842

686 2,711 3,397 288 1,136 88 278 110 550 170 3,618 3,004 174 214 2,629 1,472 137 53 66 1,758 649 1,101 316 233 170 154 1,809 758 623 129 357 22,046 20,266 19,945 17,737 42 16 9 25 208 168 144 158 213 290 131 141 371 223 57 18 67 459 986 187 8 8 52 177 67 130 5 4,360 29,803


89


4.08

Travel Trends 2010

Visits to the UK: by type of vehicle used and country of residence 2010 thousands Sea and Channel Tunnel

Air


All travellers

Foot

Private vehicle

Coach

Goods vehicle

Vehicle type unknown

Total sea and Channel Tunnel

621 2,384 3,005 260 188 60 148 109 490 165 1,210 2,015 156 131 1,963 1,370 60 32 66 927 640 636 273 134 163 88 1,649 712 570 115 306 14,638 12,968 12,774 11,411 39 14 9 25 190 165 136 149 207 277 122 127 319 190 55 18 63 364 825 151 8 8 48 132 45 98 3 3,787 21,430

47 252 299 8 458 . 1 0 34 4 1,311 80 4 1 100 14 . 5 . 212 2 4 5 . 3 7 32 15 12 2 2 2,319 2,298 2,298 2,283 3 . . . 6 3 4 5 2 10 4 10 17 32 . . 3 85 90 28 . . 1 26 12 14 1 356 2,973

7 30 37 8 279 8 9 . 20 1 575 477 2 10 323 38 20 13 . 420 6 76 6 20 4 5 33 22 35 1 4 2,415 2,369 2,340 2,217 . 1 . . 3 . 4 2 1 2 2 . 2 1 2 . 2 3 17 3 . . 2 2 . 2 1 51 2,503

11 45 56 7 158 1 64 . 5 . 453 313 2 7 23 17 7 3 . 127 1 74 2 24 0 21 15 9 7 0 13 1,350 1,332 1,307 1,132 . . . . 9 . . 2 2 . 3 4 33 . . . . 7 54 5 . . . 18 11 18 . 164 1,570

. . . 4 54 18 56 . 1 . 67 109 10 64 28 33 51 . . 61 . 311 30 54 1 34 80 . . 11 30 1,107 1,082 1,010 477 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 2 1,109

. 0 0 0 . . . . . . 2 10 . . 191 . . . . 12 . . . 2 . . . . . . . 218 218 216 216 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

65 327 392 28 948 27 130 0 60 5 2,408 988 18 82 666 102 77 21 . 832 9 465 42 99 8 66 160 45 53 14 51 7,408 7,298 7,171 6,325 3 2 . . 18 3 8 8 5 13 9 14 52 33 2 . 5 95 161 37 . . 3 45 23 33 2 573 8,373


90


4.09

Travel Trends 2010

Visits to and spending in UK: by sex, purpose of visit and country of residence 2010 Male Leisure


Female Business

Leisure

Business

visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


271 993 1,264 102 431 29 87 47 210 55 1,391 1,099 52 47 1,074 589 28 26 27 647 266 317 116 68 51 54 692 272 233 38 122 8,170 7,510 7,413 6,757 22 8 3 9 77 70 69 63 97 156 58 50 171 67 31 8 33 199 453 78 4 4 21 83 29 60 3 1,925 11,359

194 679 873 59 179 20 36 44 83 25 414 487 34 13 353 279 17 13 13 268 144 141 42 39 64 21 315 129 145 34 65 3,523 3,085 3,026 2,725 27 16 2 12 64 101 82 34 145 280 54 84 146 60 31 7 50 231 433 53 2 3 19 68 202 52 5 2,262 6,659

75 522 597 47 239 29 84 10 107 35 474 648 35 94 414 213 61 11 7 412 102 393 67 69 41 42 273 134 119 37 70 4,265 3,927 3,829 3,108 8 3 1 5 32 16 19 33 40 40 20 26 96 49 8 2 6 61 64 10 1 . 4 9 8 8 0 570 5,432

93 567 661 17 70 7 17 6 50 20 152 211 26 21 161 103 8 3 7 209 48 53 25 15 38 5 94 65 57 29 51 1,565 1,369 1,347 1,204 14 4 1 11 38 42 69 25 49 130 25 39 140 40 9 1 8 64 96 16 1 . 3 9 5 9 0 848 3,074

311 1,018 1,329 120 415 25 99 50 205 68 1,571 1,137 79 59 1,027 602 47 14 28 619 250 366 118 82 63 55 773 301 235 44 137 8,589 7,914 7,807 7,050 11 4 6 11 84 74 47 57 71 90 46 50 88 98 17 7 26 181 446 95 3 4 25 82 28 58 0 1,708 11,626

191 692 883 67 136 14 40 34 98 40 510 435 64 20 308 305 15 6 20 208 135 104 50 39 72 29 367 141 144 52 82 3,579 3,117 3,064 2,778 16 3 4 14 60 105 41 31 110 160 44 110 46 75 17 6 28 166 383 78 3 2 25 75 19 75 0 1,695 6,158

27 169 196 18 51 5 7 3 28 13 182 117 8 13 114 66 1 3 4 79 29 24 15 14 16 3 69 50 36 10 28 1,008 906 886 814 1 . . 0 15 9 8 5 5 5 7 14 14 8 1 1 3 16 21 5 . 0 2 4 2 4 1 152 1,356

32 186 218 12 16 3 5 2 14 7 65 58 5 6 55 33 1 1 4 31 28 14 7 10 20 2 47 22 20 9 21 515 426 413 372 4 . . 1 19 25 11 2 8 7 5 15 30 8 1 0 5 23 35 9 . 1 1 7 2 7 0 224 958



91


4.10

Travel Trends 2010

Visits to and spending in UK: by age group and country of residence 2010 Age 0-15


Age 16-24

Age 25-34

Age 35-44

visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


11 55 66 13 53 1 32 3 30 4 444 193 3 3 89 70 4 1 2 88 23 59 8 3 4 14 59 16 15 5 11 1,251 1,199 1,195 1,072 1 0 . 1 2 6 2 7 4 15 3 6 6 2 2 . 0 13 25 3 . . 0 3 2 4 . 107 1,424

3 26 28 6 9 0 12 1 10 1 103 73 2 1 19 45 1 0 2 26 11 12 3 2 3 6 23 6 6 2 3 392 368 365 330 1 1 . 1 1 7 1 4 5 19 1 7 3 2 1 . 1 8 11 1 . . 0 13 2 1 . 90 511

66 299 365 39 148 8 49 15 70 14 564 380 17 24 272 234 20 4 5 162 80 164 49 36 24 35 236 83 55 10 62 2,856 2,657 2,613 2,270 5 3 1 2 15 7 10 14 13 25 13 27 29 35 3 1 8 54 121 13 . . 5 26 7 23 . 459 3,681

49 323 372 22 67 9 16 25 35 7 203 156 10 6 93 130 10 3 4 47 44 69 18 16 33 24 183 44 42 17 33 1,378 1,221 1,196 1,030 7 4 1 6 12 11 6 8 37 50 15 77 53 36 4 3 31 70 85 13 0 . 11 28 5 51 . 623 2,373

110 451 562 68 226 26 83 19 95 39 730 583 54 52 621 331 39 6 16 326 144 332 73 67 59 42 452 156 159 33 98 4,928 4,478 4,384 3,760 10 3 3 8 35 32 29 34 55 67 21 42 95 60 8 4 12 111 200 34 1 1 10 58 22 28 0 983 6,472

75 314 389 32 69 10 34 14 36 18 238 256 32 15 206 159 18 3 10 109 83 91 34 37 56 15 192 60 95 37 62 2,039 1,722 1,675 1,462 15 7 2 13 31 47 43 19 74 155 17 80 135 51 11 3 15 107 188 29 0 1 7 48 14 27 1 1,142 3,570

122 582 703 67 279 32 60 23 138 51 710 729 34 48 573 340 41 21 11 416 171 242 69 67 37 34 412 170 184 37 83 5,082 4,600 4,500 4,010 10 4 3 7 45 53 29 36 75 75 41 30 79 51 16 3 19 113 146 31 3 2 8 32 9 25 2 947 6,732

95 448 543 34 104 14 17 14 56 34 202 269 28 15 196 168 8 9 7 220 103 55 26 27 44 6 162 81 87 36 77 2,116 1,802 1,760 1,606 12 4 3 9 47 80 38 24 93 132 39 39 78 37 17 3 12 117 137 24 2 1 6 23 8 22 1 1,007 3,666



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Visits to and spending in UK: by age group and country of residence 2010 Age 45-54


Age 55-64

Age 65 and over

Total

visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


147 633 780 62 250 14 35 19 115 35 629 631 37 60 484 296 23 11 15 419 131 177 57 32 32 12 292 185 110 31 69 4,262 3,922 3,877 3,503 11 4 2 5 45 43 40 31 39 68 33 26 70 41 12 3 14 102 188 36 1 2 12 30 15 22 1 894 5,936

114 507 621 35 81 6 13 12 57 17 204 248 32 16 176 125 4 4 11 154 61 39 25 15 41 2 134 91 75 22 28 1,747 1,530 1,509 1,403 13 5 1 8 41 70 59 17 63 126 37 35 52 34 11 2 13 123 187 31 1 1 7 25 8 25 0 992 3,360

140 428 568 31 141 4 12 20 67 24 367 332 23 17 381 135 9 7 13 237 70 102 33 23 11 14 224 106 72 12 23 2,509 2,325 2,298 2,108 5 2 1 1 47 19 26 23 22 30 17 8 64 26 11 4 10 49 184 39 2 1 10 21 8 18 2 649 3,726

98 310 408 21 59 2 5 18 33 13 134 130 23 6 140 56 1 2 7 112 42 39 6 5 11 4 84 54 44 9 14 1,085 965 957 878 10 1 0 1 38 51 45 13 34 79 16 7 35 18 8 3 13 45 189 31 1 0 15 16 189 12 3 873 2,366

89 254 343 9 40 2 7 11 35 5 175 155 7 8 208 62 2 3 5 107 27 26 26 5 4 3 131 41 28 1 10 1,140 1,072 1,065 1,002 2 1 . 0 19 8 9 12 4 10 3 2 27 7 6 3 5 15 120 31 3 2 6 8 4 10 . 316 1,799

80 202 282 6 11 1 2 3 17 2 58 60 4 2 53 36 0 2 2 49 10 7 13 1 6 1 45 21 17 1 5 443 403 401 382 4 0 . 0 12 7 12 6 7 17 4 3 8 4 5 1 5 15 149 27 2 3 2 8 2 5 . 308 1,033

686 2,711 3,397 288 1,136 88 278 110 550 170 3,618 3,004 174 214 2,629 1,472 137 53 66 1,758 649 1,101 316 233 170 154 1,809 758 623 129 357 22,046 20,266 19,945 17,737 42 16 9 25 208 168 144 158 213 290 131 141 371 223 57 18 67 459 986 187 8 8 52 177 67 130 5 4,360 29,803

513 2,133 2,647 155 401 44 99 87 245 92 1,142 1,193 129 60 883 722 41 23 44 717 355 313 125 104 194 58 824 357 367 124 223 9,209 8,016 7,869 7,096 61 22 6 38 182 274 203 91 312 578 129 249 363 182 58 15 90 484 951 157 6 6 48 160 229 143 5 5,043 16,899



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Number of visits to UK: by country of residence, purpose of visit and nationality 2010 thousands

Country of residence Canada USA North America Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Cyprus Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Irish Republic Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Rest of Europe Europe - of which EU27 - of which EU25 - of which EU15 Egypt Morocco Tunisia Other North Africa South Africa Nigeria Other Africa Israel United Arab Emirates Other Middle East Hong Kong (China) Other China India Japan Pakistan Sri Lanka Thailand Other Asia Australia New Zealand Barbados Jamaica Other Caribbean Brazil Mexico Other Central & Sth. America Rest of the World Other Countries Total World

228 921 1,157 118 445 14 89 19 244 78 1,638 1,232 58 31 537 725 28 8 21 638 270 173 99 63 61 42 610 303 183 31 96 8,135 7,475 7,385 6,905 12 2 0 7 41 62 16 53 15 88 19 40 114 116 11 3 16 180 392 53 2 1 8 110 34 59 . 1,517 11,128

Holiday


Business

Nationality =

Nationality =

Nationality =

UK

12 36 48 3 13 1 2 3 1 0 77 59 4 1 54 6 . 3 1 24 6 . 3 1 2 1 41 5 16 3 5 336 303 301 295 2 0 0 1 10 2 4 1 25 16 16 4 3 0 1 . 2 16 35 12 1 . 5 0 . 1 0 156 540

Other

9 58 58 13 66 1 1 2 7 1 65 73 3 1 62 21 1 6 . 25 9 1 9 2 3 2 23 13 35 4 9 179 188 198 217 2 . 1 0 7 3 11 4 23 14 13 4 1 2 0 . 4 11 20 2 1 1 3 6 5 9 1 82 .

Total

248 1,015 1,263 134 524 16 91 24 253 80 1,781 1,364 64 32 654 753 29 17 22 687 286 174 111 67 67 45 675 321 234 38 109 8,650 7,966 7,884 7,417 15 2 1 8 58 67 30 57 63 118 48 48 118 119 12 3 23 206 446 67 4 2 16 116 39 70 1 1,755 11,668

Country of residence 26 152 179 32 127 2 50 . 41 20 380 324 9 5 39 68 . 3 1 181 34 31 8 14 6 8 59 46 27 2 14 1,547 1,462 1,446 1,348 1 . . 1 8 . 1 5 0 3 4 12 37 28 0 . 1 37 61 4 . . 1 24 14 23 . 269 2,009

UK

Other

1 0 1 . . . . . 0 . . 2 . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . . . 1 1 0 . . 6 5 5 5 . . . . . . . . 0 1 . . . . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . . . 3 9

0 6 5 2 4 . . . 4 . 1 6 . . 0 0 . . . 1 1 . 0 . . . 1 3 1 . 1 7 10 10 11 1 . . . 0 . 0 0 2 0 1 . . . . . . 0 2 0 . . . 1 . 1 . 3 .

Country of residence

Total

26 158 184 33 132 2 50 . 46 20 381 332 9 5 40 68 . 3 1 182 35 31 8 14 6 8 60 50 28 2 14 1,559 1,477 1,461 1,364 1 . . 1 8 . 1 5 3 4 6 12 37 28 0 . 1 37 64 4 1 . 1 25 14 23 . 275 2,018

92 581 682 47 215 33 83 8 121 46 537 664 39 105 436 252 61 5 9 419 115 414 66 81 48 44 265 158 76 44 85 4,813 4,405 4,270 3,470 8 3 1 4 38 22 21 36 2 29 5 33 107 51 8 2 4 54 63 12 1 0 4 10 8 10 0 590 6,380

UK

5 46 51 4 16 . 3 4 6 1 57 21 2 1 33 11 . . 3 27 8 2 5 1 2 . 35 5 33 1 6 287 238 238 223 0 0 . 1 3 1 2 0 18 5 10 3 2 2 1 . 2 7 14 2 . . 0 . . 0 . 75 413

Other

5 64 61 14 59 1 5 1 8 1 61 80 1 1 59 17 1 8 . 45 9 2 10 1 6 1 42 22 46 1 7 176 191 208 230 0 0 . 1 5 1 5 2 24 11 12 4 2 4 0 0 3 17 9 1 . . 1 3 1 2 1 58 .


Total

102 692 794 65 290 34 91 12 136 48 656 766 43 107 528 280 62 13 11 491 133 418 82 83 56 46 342 184 155 47 98 5,277 4,834 4,716 3,923 9 3 1 6 47 25 28 38 45 45 26 40 110 57 9 3 9 78 86 15 1 0 6 13 10 13 2 722 6,793

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Number of visits to UK: by country of residence, purpose of visit and nationality 2010 thousands Visiting friends or relatives

Other

All visits

Nationality =

Nationality =

Nationality =

Country of residence Canada USA North America Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Cyprus Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Irish Republic Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Rest of Europe Europe - of which EU27 - of which EU25 - of which EU15 Egypt Morocco Tunisia Other North Africa South Africa Nigeria Other Africa Israel United Arab Emirates Other Middle East Hong Kong (China) Other China India Japan Pakistan Sri Lanka Thailand Other Asia Australia New Zealand Barbados Jamaica Other Caribbean Brazil Mexico Other Central & Sth. America Rest of the World Other Countries Total World

195 495 697 36 108 21 59 15 78 22 534 427 31 53 732 223 34 5 13 303 87 458 62 63 19 37 248 135 70 18 76 4,191 3,907 3,816 3,071 6 4 2 7 54 46 32 38 3 42 8 13 101 22 27 8 9 68 254 58 0 2 6 24 7 14 . 901 6,150

UK

57 156 213 12 58 4 12 42 16 3 352 171 16 3 181 71 2 11 7 104 23 3 30 3 6 1 335 23 75 15 9 1,590 1,458 1,451 1,384 2 3 0 0 24 4 22 9 63 35 31 12 5 7 2 2 17 43 110 34 1 3 11 2 4 11 1 456 2,258

Other

9 50 52 6 43 1 2 3 6 2 50 52 2 5 126 22 . 4 1 23 4 2 3 1 2 4 35 9 33 1 8 227 230 235 256 1 0 2 1 9 1 14 6 19 11 9 5 3 1 2 1 3 12 17 2 1 . 3 3 2 3 . 82 .

Total

261 701 962 54 208 26 72 59 99 28 937 651 49 61 1,039 316 36 20 21 430 115 463 96 67 27 42 619 167 178 34 93 6,007 5,595 5,502 4,711 9 7 5 8 87 50 67 53 86 87 48 29 109 30 31 11 28 123 381 95 2 5 20 28 12 28 1 1,440 8,408

Country of residence 68 254 328 29 80 9 21 11 60 16 191 191 16 9 314 118 10 2 11 135 112 45 18 16 17 21 126 80 44 9 42 1,859 1,633 1,605 1,434 6 1 0 3 11 24 12 9 3 25 4 21 31 16 5 1 5 36 61 10 . 1 6 17 6 16 . 352 2,681

UK

2 17 19 2 20 1 0 3 1 . 38 18 2 2 25 1 . . 1 9 . . 8 . 1 . 35 3 7 1 12 191 173 172 163 2 0 . . 0 2 3 0 8 5 2 2 2 0 0 . 2 6 6 1 1 . 1 . 0 1 0 45 254

Other

4 32 32 3 15 1 2 1 1 . 15 14 0 3 70 5 . 1 0 7 3 1 1 . 1 1 12 3 6 1 2 63 65 66 89 1 2 2 1 5 0 4 0 8 10 3 1 1 1 . 0 . 10 7 0 1 . 3 3 0 3 0 47 .

Country of residence

Total

75 304 378 35 115 12 23 14 62 16 245 223 18 14 408 124 10 3 13 150 116 46 27 16 20 22 173 86 56 10 56 2,113 1,871 1,843 1,686 9 3 2 4 17 26 19 10 19 40 9 24 34 17 5 1 7 52 73 12 2 1 10 21 7 20 1 444 2,935

583 2,252 2,864 230 847 78 252 52 504 162 2,901 2,515 144 198 2,019 1,318 133 20 53 1,495 585 1,089 245 223 146 144 1,249 676 373 102 299 18,998 17,420 17,077 14,880 32 9 4 21 143 155 80 135 23 184 35 107 353 205 50 14 34 338 770 133 3 4 24 161 56 99 0 3,360 26,338

UK

76 254 330 22 106 6 16 51 24 4 525 270 25 7 293 89 2 14 12 163 38 6 47 5 12 2 447 36 132 20 32 2,404 2,172 2,162 2,064 6 4 1 2 38 8 30 10 115 60 59 20 11 10 4 2 23 71 164 49 2 3 18 2 4 14 2 731 3,465

Other

27 204 202 36 183 4 9 7 22 4 192 219 6 9 317 65 2 20 1 100 26 6 24 5 12 9 113 46 119 7 26 645 674 707 792 5 3 5 3 27 5 34 12 75 46 37 14 7 8 3 1 11 50 52 5 3 1 10 15 8 18 3 269 .


Total

686 2,711 3,397 288 1,136 88 278 110 550 170 3,618 3,004 174 214 2,629 1,472 137 53 66 1,758 649 1,101 316 233 170 154 1,809 758 623 129 357 22,046 20,266 19,945 17,737 42 16 9 25 208 168 144 158 213 290 131 141 371 223 57 18 67 459 986 187 8 8 52 177 67 130 5 4,360 29,803

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Visits, nights and spending in UK areas: by purpose of visit 2010

Holiday


Visits (thousands) Bedfordshire Berkshire Bristol UA Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cornwall Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset Durham East Sussex East Yorkshire Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Hereford/Worcs Hertfordshire Hull UA Isle of Wight Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire London Greater Manchester Merseyside Norfolk Northamptonshire Northumberland North Yorkshire Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Shropshire Somerset South Yorkshire Staffordshire Surrey Suffolk Tees Valley Tyne & Wear Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire England unspecified Total England Argyle Borders Central Dumfries & Galloway Fife Grampian Greater Glasgow Highlands Islands Lothian Strathclyde Tayside Scotland unspecified Total Scotland

Business


Other

Visits (thousands)

Visits (thousands)

Visits (thousands)

Visits (thousands)

Visits (thousands)

Nights (thousands)


69 135 103 44 155 79 222 98 35 237 139 31 301 13 146 97 178 42 91 8 32 367 42 53 36 7,325 202 150 50 36 29 173 56 208 28 265 43 27 117 69 13 85 51 185 124 77 100 2 10,119

21 23 12 2 15 19 35 11 1 53 27 5 111 0 21 18 25 6 13 1 6 114 3 4 2 1,228 14 16 7 5 1 44 9 33 5 56 2 3 21 8 . 4 9 20 38 9 21 . 1,801

47 179 109 95 130 96 12 23 47 47 39 14 48 3 102 47 141 38 76 12 5 184 46 58 34 2,775 309 111 37 69 4 53 58 132 18 44 54 33 121 36 20 71 63 425 61 124 49 3 5,541

108 169 141 127 178 128 73 73 93 130 126 38 156 17 194 96 243 69 205 21 15 288 143 92 60 3,219 352 156 82 76 22 118 123 165 62 153 94 67 261 89 16 98 92 324 147 194 92 1 7,463

18 31 24 14 49 15 10 2 12 26 27 6 45 2 72 12 28 8 22 3 3 71 12 18 7 1,386 152 98 12 14 3 16 23 48 3 21 12 3 37 30 2 25 11 58 136 25 43 . 2,536

241 513 377 280 512 317 316 196 186 440 330 89 549 35 514 253 590 158 393 44 54 909 243 221 137 14,706 1,016 515 180 195 57 360 260 553 112 482 202 130 536 225 51 279 217 992 468 420 284 5 25,659

1,613 3,373 2,599 1,816 4,063 1,706 2,057 1,000 1,459 3,243 2,770 836 4,219 209 3,296 2,028 3,692 909 3,467 426 360 5,211 1,902 1,985 1,084 90,318 7,599 2,578 1,645 1,296 347 2,052 1,904 3,620 617 2,430 1,922 885 4,302 1,735 497 2,748 1,412 6,815 2,587 3,373 1,221 19 197,243

69 216 128 108 237 150 120 59 56 168 143 34 250 12 139 99 198 66 143 16 15 256 102 82 46 8,741 524 185 78 59 16 139 92 292 22 148 97 41 240 71 20 133 75 344 139 143 103 2 14,620

123 29 99 20 61 109 298 357 167 905 56 104 7 1,238

28 2 19 2 13 18 75 76 30 166 7 24 2 231

8 3 7 3 13 65 117 15 4 132 7 10 1 341

20 21 43 15 39 72 196 67 19 250 42 52 4 680

2 0 1 0 9 9 29 5 7 52 4 5 0 99

153 52 150 39 121 255 641 444 197 1,339 110 171 12 2,358

624 550 656 251 1,308 1,532 4,516 2,029 680 7,074 819 1,220 77 21,335

41 17 42 10 94 94 275 153 44 538 70 75 5 1,455

Total purposes


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Visits, nights and spending in UK areas: by purpose of visit 2010

Aberconwy/Colwyn Anglesey Blaenau Gwent Bridgend Caernarfonshire/Meirionny Caerphilly Cardiff Cardiganshire Carmarthenshire Denbighshire Flintshire Merthyr Tydfil Monmouthshire Neath/Port Talbot Newport Pembrokeshire Powys Rhondda Swansea Torfaen Vale of Glamorgan Wrexham Wales unspecified Total Wales Northern Ireland Nights spent Travelling Isle of Man Channel Islands UK area unknown All staying Visits Nil Nights All visits to the UK

Holiday


Visits (thousands) 25 29 1 4 61 2 104 10 8 20 3 2 9 5 16 49 26 4 22 1 4 8 5 344 100 48 2 3 24 11,214 452 11,668

Business


Other

Visits (thousands)

Visits (thousands)

Visits (thousands)

Visits (thousands)

Visits (thousands)

Nights (thousands)


5 1 . . 13 . 25 1 1 4 0 0 0 . 4 8 0 1 10 . 0 0 1 63 10 29 0 . 8 2,029 . 2,018

5 4 1 2 4 3 58 1 2 2 4 1 6 1 17 5 2 1 14 . 1 8 1 141 72 59 1 3 3 5,993 798 6,793

21 21 1 10 22 5 75 12 13 10 5 4 19 8 8 23 14 4 33 6 4 14 2 321 143 7 3 2 9 8,337 75 8,408

2 8 1 2 4 1 28 4 4 1 3 . 5 . 4 8 0 1 5 0 . 3 1 83 41 34 1 . 1 2,751 183 2,935

52 62 4 18 91 11 266 27 28 32 15 7 39 14 46 85 42 10 75 7 9 33 9 890 357 148 6 8 37 28,295 1,508 29,803

234 193 34 181 414 142 1,701 296 124 224 74 32 230 84 320 412 202 72 551 70 113 448 94 6,245 2,417 223 43 54 387 227,846 0 227,846

18 15 1 8 19 17 90 12 5 7 5 2 9 3 14 21 14 5 33 3 5 22 4 333 196 21 3 7 13 16,647 131 16,899

Total purposes


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Visits, nights and spending in the top 50 UK towns stayed in: by area of residence 2010 North America

Europe

Other Countries

Total World

Visits 1000s

Nights 1000s

Spend £mil

Visits 1000s

Nights 1000s

Spend £mil

Visits 1000s

Nights 1000s

Spend £mil

Visits 1000s

Nights 1000s

Spend £mil

2,155 208 88 54 95

13,996 883 524 609 590

1,538 78 44 27 34

9,713 901 575 589 357

48,678 4,940 3,234 2,346 1,717

4,301 365 222 137 111

2,838 196 149 98 100

27,644 1,037 2,152 1,893 1,357

2,903 81 185 85 84

14,706 1,305 811 740 551

90,318 6,860 5,910 4,848 3,665

8,741 524 451 249 230

Liverpool Oxford Bristol Cambridge Brighton / Hove

39 65 38 41 26

203 422 211 319 171

18 38 16 19 19

362 278 283 255 236

1,267 1,714 1,412 1,588 1,767

111 122 65 100 101

51 69 56 71 40

481 558 976 1,022 600

24 52 47 77 36

452 412 377 367 303

1,951 2,694 2,599 2,929 2,538

154 211 128 196 156

Bath Cardiff Inverness Newcastle-upon-Tyne Nottingham

36 34 37 27 23

117 142 134 182 118

9 11 11 11 7

169 173 172 145 160

672 816 429 1,169 964

52 48 30 49 46

58 53 30 52 42

371 727 87 725 417

24 30 7 58 30

263 260 238 224 224

1,159 1,685 650 2,076 1,498

85 89 48 118 83

York Leeds Aberdeen Southampton Windsor

41 33 23 16 27

146 219 109 80 138

11 13 15 7 18

124 131 118 129 104

705 965 511 720 561

61 38 35 37 28

58 49 28 19 30

310 591 233 239 449

19 21 15 15 19

224 213 168 164 162

1,160 1,775 853 1,040 1,147

91 72 65 58 65

Canterbury Bournemouth Coventry Reading Chester

10 9 11 16 16

52 58 106 94 78

7 4 7 7 11

136 124 118 108 97

545 1,019 646 403 324

32 59 41 35 23

16 27 24 25 24

268 442 269 356 196

16 13 14 19 11

162 159 153 149 137

866 1,518 1,021 853 597

54 75 62 62 44

Sheffield Leicester Plymouth Luton Fort William

13 13 12 6 11

193 142 73 25 34

22 5 4 2 2

89 76 92 93 91

511 671 538 392 211

24 25 28 17 16

28 29 13 15 10

753 434 107 256 21

31 24 6 12 1

129 118 117 114 112

1,457 1,246 718 673 266

78 54 39 31 19

Stirling Norwich Northampton Portsmouth / Southsea Exeter

20 9 7 11 8

85 74 64 106 40

5 3 3 5 3

77 76 87 75 80

247 727 507 278 443

15 38 23 26 28

13 20 11 17 14

110 307 179 177 271

8 14 5 9 14

109 105 105 103 102

442 1,108 750 560 755

28 55 32 40 45

Bradford Dover Derby Salisbury Colchester

14 7 9 7 8

127 43 52 25 37

3 3 6 2 2

74 83 72 73 67

338 281 530 243 525

18 10 17 29 20

11 8 15 11 13

186 46 229 65 91

12 5 7 5 9

99 98 97 91 88

651 370 811 332 654

33 18 30 36 31

Maidstone Guildford Hastings Oban Eastbourne

8 6 2 12 4

51 44 25 27 20

3 1 0 2 2

69 56 72 61 63

253 408 409 201 425

20 19 21 12 28

10 21 5 7 10

106 374 71 26 80

6 23 5 2 6

87 82 80 80 77

411 826 506 255 524

28 43 26 16 36

Bedford Peterborough Swansea Stratford-upon-Avon Warwick

6 10 8 15 6

59 61 56 93 45

2 3 2 8 3

60 56 53 39 49

309 406 401 131 281

15 11 25 11 17

9 7 11 17 12

125 68 80 166 94

5 5 5 10 3

75 73 72 70 67

493 536 536 390 420

22 18 32 29 23

London Edinburgh Manchester Birmingham Glasgow


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Average stay, spend per visit and per day in the top 50 towns stayed in: by area of residence 2010 North America

Europe

Other Countries

Total World

stay nights

spend per visit (£s)

spend per day (£s)

stay nights

spend per visit (£s)

spend per day (£s)

stay nights

6 4 6 11 6

714 377 502 502 361

110 89 84 44 58

5 5 6 4 5

443 405 385 233 312

88 74 69 59 65

10 5 14 19 14

1,023 411 1,247 866 840

105 78 86 45 62

6 5 7 7 7

594 401 556 336 417

97 76 76 51 63

Liverpool Oxford Bristol Cambridge Brighton / Hove

5 7 6 8 7

478 581 431 458 725

91 89 77 58 110

3 6 5 6 7

307 438 230 393 429

88 71 46 63 57

9 8 17 14 15

470 756 839 1,083 901

49 93 48 75 61

4 7 7 8 8

340 513 341 534 517

79 78 49 67 62

Bath Cardiff Inverness Newcastle-upon-Tyne Nottingham

3 4 4 7 5

260 325 313 414 284

80 79 85 62 55

4 5 2 8 6

307 275 174 335 288

77 58 70 42 48

6 14 3 14 10

415 569 226 1,120 729

65 41 78 80 73

4 6 3 9 7

324 341 202 525 370

74 53 74 57 55

York Leeds Aberdeen Southampton Windsor

4 7 5 5 5

264 386 654 416 649

75 59 137 82 129

6 7 4 6 5

490 287 301 286 270

86 39 69 51 50

5 12 8 12 15

327 435 526 775 645

62 36 63 62 43

5 8 5 6 7

406 336 386 356 404

78 40 76 56 57

Canterbury Bournemouth Coventry Reading Chester

5 7 10 6 5

667 408 637 446 660

125 62 66 75 139

4 8 5 4 3

233 474 350 326 237

58 58 64 87 71

16 17 11 14 8

961 494 581 768 448

58 30 53 54 55

5 10 7 6 4

333 474 407 414 324

62 50 61 72 74

Sheffield Leicester Plymouth Luton Fort William

15 11 6 4 3

1,787 356 368 335 176

116 32 60 82 59

6 9 6 4 2

273 326 303 184 175

47 37 52 44 75

27 15 9 17 2

1,107 825 491 777 124

41 56 58 45 63

11 11 6 6 2

601 453 330 270 170

53 43 54 46 72

Stirling Norwich Northampton Portsmouth / Southsea Exeter

4 8 9 10 5

243 361 440 461 416

57 44 49 48 79

3 10 6 4 6

198 500 268 351 345

61 53 46 95 62

8 16 16 11 19

648 703 464 538 1,003

77 45 29 50 52

4 11 7 5 7

260 526 301 393 440

64 50 42 72 59

Bradford Dover Derby Salisbury Colchester

9 6 5 4 4

219 363 594 217 269

25 61 109 62 60

5 3 7 3 8

238 122 243 406 307

52 36 33 122 39

17 6 15 6 7

1,062 654 444 428 667

64 114 30 75 97

7 4 8 4 7

328 183 310 394 357

50 49 37 108 48

Maidstone Guildford Hastings Oban Eastbourne

6 8 12 2 5

323 232 172 165 378

51 30 15 74 80

4 7 6 3 7

285 340 283 200 447

77 47 50 60 66

10 18 14 4 8

535 1,100 1,017 292 564

52 60 71 73 74

5 10 6 3 7

318 522 326 202 459

67 52 51 63 68

Bedford Peterborough Swansea Stratford-upon-Avon Warwick

10 6 7 6 8

313 268 235 532 580

33 45 33 85 76

5 7 8 3 6

254 197 471 286 342

50 27 62 84 60

15 10 7 10 8

544 644 441 618 248

37 67 60 62 31

7 7 7 6 6

292 251 441 417 347

44 34 59 75 55

London Edinburgh Manchester Birmingham Glasgow

spend per spend per visit (£s) day (£s)

stay nights

spend per spend per visit (£s) day (£s)


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UK residents’ visits abroad 2010

Office for National Statistics 100

Section 5: UK residents’ visits abroad 2010

5.01

Travel Trends 2010

Visits and spending abroad: by mode of travel, region of visit and purpose of visit 2010 Air

Sea

Channel Tunnel

Total

visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)



2,310 796 585 687 63 3,646

2,483 890 699 396 72 3,650

3 1 . 0 . 3

5 2 . 0 . 5

1 . 3 1 . 4

1 . 5 0 . 6

2,314 796 587 688 63 3,653

2,489 892 704 397 72 3,662


21,530 8,387 3,715 5,337 515 31,097

11,037 4,834 2,033 1,501 297 14,868

4,604 1,345 645 1,430 537 7,216

2,120 631 281 396 181 2,978

2,559 568 833 613 247 4,251

1,018 235 298 148 73 1,537

28,692 10,299 5,193 7,380 1,300 42,565

14,176 5,699 2,611 2,044 552 19,383


19,108 7,115 3,213 4,821 470 27,613

9,683 4,113 1,649 1,324 280 12,936

4,525 1,306 638 1,413 532 7,108

2,070 604 280 389 177 2,915

2,522 559 827 611 244 4,204

983 224 296 148 72 1,498

26,154 8,980 4,679 6,845 1,246 38,925

12,735 4,941 2,226 1,861 528 17,350


18,936 7,035 3,181 4,682 451 27,249

9,600 4,069 1,625 1,260 271 12,756

4,517 1,306 635 1,399 532 7,083

2,061 604 278 383 177 2,899

2,521 559 827 611 244 4,203

982 224 296 148 72 1,498

25,974 8,901 4,643 6,692 1,227 38,536

12,643 4,897 2,200 1,790 520 17,153


17,221 6,383 2,947 3,359 360 23,887

8,761 3,684 1,476 775 203 11,216

4,452 1,295 621 1,177 518 6,768

2,027 598 270 265 147 2,708

2,503 558 825 559 241 4,129

966 224 294 120 71 1,451

24,176 8,236 4,394 5,095 1,119 34,784

11,754 4,505 2,040 1,160 421 15,375


4,580 2,342 856 2,775 286 8,496

4,398 1,944 1,113 1,972 355 7,838

828 818 1 4 3 836

923 902 0 3 1 927

8 1 2 3 . 12

6 1 3 1 . 10

5,416 3,161 859 2,781 289 9,344

5,327 2,847 1,116 1,976 356 8,775


28,420 11,525 5,156 8,799 865 43,239

17,919 7,667 3,845 3,868 725 26,357

5,435 2,163 646 1,435 540 8,056

3,048 1,535 281 399 182 3,910

2,567 569 837 616 247 4,267

1,025 236 306 149 73 1,553

36,422 14,257 6,639 10,850 1,652 55,562

21,992 9,438 4,432 4,417 979 31,820



5.02

Travel Trends 2010

Visits and spending abroad: by quarter, region of visit and purpose of visit 2010 January - March

April - June

July - September

October - December

visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)



360 111 153 112 13 639

331 114 137 57 19 544

601 194 152 170 17 939

631 219 207 97 15 950

757 259 119 242 13 1,130

832 277 158 130 16 1,136

596 232 164 165 21 945

694 282 201 112 23 1,030


4,227 1,441 1,322 1,406 219 7,174

2,062 782 742 400 94 3,297

7,660 2,804 1,377 2,002 411 11,450

3,729 1,431 613 549 157 5,048

11,924 4,312 1,224 2,362 317 15,827

6,367 2,672 681 730 178 7,956

4,881 1,743 1,270 1,610 352 8,114

2,018 814 575 365 123 3,082


3,914 1,351 1,177 1,294 213 6,599

1,883 727 602 361 91 2,939

7,011 2,442 1,264 1,858 396 10,530

3,392 1,244 551 506 152 4,601

10,683 3,631 1,102 2,182 294 14,262

5,600 2,251 601 656 167 7,024

4,547 1,557 1,136 1,511 342 7,535

1,859 719 471 338 118 2,786


3,871 1,334 1,168 1,261 210 6,510

1,861 717 594 344 90 2,889

6,974 2,429 1,255 1,826 390 10,444

3,374 1,238 540 496 151 4,560

10,592 3,584 1,092 2,125 287 14,097

5,553 2,225 598 626 162 6,940

4,536 1,553 1,128 1,480 340 7,484

1,855 717 468 324 117 2,764


3,633 1,255 1,112 950 188 5,884

1,762 679 555 194 68 2,579

6,488 2,215 1,199 1,368 358 9,413

3,141 1,117 496 323 122 4,082

9,870 3,338 1,023 1,610 255 12,759

5,155 2,060 552 421 126 6,254

4,185 1,428 1,060 1,167 318 6,729

1,697 649 437 222 104 2,460


1,306 624 210 780 53 2,349

1,373 581 276 568 55 2,271

1,288 767 202 649 83 2,222

1,273 678 290 479 105 2,147

1,562 1,010 190 748 89 2,589

1,490 927 257 509 102 2,358

1,260 760 257 604 63 2,184

1,192 661 293 421 93 1,999


5,893 2,177 1,685 2,298 286 10,162

3,765 1,477 1,155 1,025 168 6,113

9,549 3,765 1,731 2,821 511 14,612

5,633 2,328 1,111 1,125 277 8,146

14,242 5,580 1,532 3,353 419 19,546

8,690 3,876 1,096 1,369 296 11,450

6,737 2,735 1,691 2,378 436 11,242

3,904 1,757 1,070 898 239 6,111



5.03

Travel Trends 2010

Visits and spending abroad: by UK region of residence, region of visit and purpose 2010 London

Other England

Scotland

Wales

Other UK + not known

visits

spending

visits

spending

visits

spending

visits

spending

visits

spending

(thousands)

(£ million)

(thousands)

(£ million)

(thousands)

(£ million)

(thousands)

(£ million)

(thousands)

(£ million)

390

431

1,528

1,646

230

240

81

84

85

88

85

101

570

655

90

83

32

30

20

22

North America Holiday of which inclusive tour Business

176

248

338

371

37

49

9

12

26

24


191

120

393

198

68

49

15

13

22

16

Miscellaneous All visits

15

20

39

43

6

5

1

2

3

3

773

818

2,298

2,259

341

343

106

111

135

131

4,213

1,934

19,997

9,973

2,010

1,088

1,209

564

1,262

617

874

504

7,598

4,169

897

524

612

318

317

183

Europe Holiday of which inclusive tour Business

1,261

611

3,122

1,626

259

130

131

60

420

185


2,216

664

4,153

1,102

397

129

196

54

418

96

243

112

804

361

52

48

30

14

170

16

7,933

3,321

28,077

13,063

2,718

1,395

1,567

691

2,271

914

3,757

1,678

18,300

9,013

1,798

953

1,142

529

1,158

562

751

437

6,630

3,615

759

436

567

296

273

158

Business

1,080

487

2,871

1,413

212

99

122

53

397

175


2,018

586

3,904

1,026

362

117

180

48

401

89

228

107

772

345

50

48

30

14

167

15

7,082

2,858

25,848

11,797

2,422

1,217

1,474

645

2,123

842

3,724

1,660

18,184

8,956

1,784

946

1,130

524

1,153

558

747

435

6,576

3,586

751

431

558

292

269

154

Business

1,069

483

2,850

1,393

211

99

120

52

396

174


1,935

546

3,847

1,003

355

112

178

48

396

86

223

102

759

341

50

48

29

14

166

15

6,951

2,791

25,640

11,694

2,399

1,205

1,458

638

2,111

833

3,460

1,533

16,867

8,309

1,689

890

1,057

491

1,103

532

692

407

6,060

3,280

710

404

522

271

251

142

Business

1,005

432

2,685

1,296

201

92

113

49

390

171


1,445

344

2,888

636

264

78

138

34

359

68

196

82

696

278

36

38

27

11

165

13

6,106

2,391

23,136

10,518

2,190

1,097

1,335

584

2,017

785

1,095

1,075

3,451

3,225

299

270

217

207

353

549

364

341

2,173

1,777

194

154

172

119

258

455

Miscellaneous All visits - of which EU27 Holiday of which inclusive tour



Miscellaneous All visits Other Countries Holiday of which inclusive tour Business

244

333

509

660

60

70

17

22

28

31


994

685

1,524

1,090

143

113

61

43

60

44

Miscellaneous

86

115

173

203

11

16

12

9

7

12

2,420

2,209

5,658

5,179

512

469

306

282

448

636

Holiday

5,699

3,440

24,977

14,845

2,539

1,598

1,507

855

1,700

1,254


1,323

947

10,341

6,602

1,181

762

817

468

595

660

Business

1,681

1,193

3,970

2,657

356

249

157

94

475

240


3,401

1,468

6,070

2,391

607

291

272

110

499

157

All visits Total World

Miscellaneous All visits

344

247

1,016

607

69

69

43

25

180

31

11,125

6,348

36,032

20,500

3,572

2,207

1,979

1,084

2,854

1,682



5.04

Travel Trends 2010

Visits, nights and spending abroad: by purpose of visit and main country visited 2010 Holiday Total


Business of which inclusive tour

visits (thousands)

nights (thousands)


visits (thousands)

nights (thousands)


visits (thousands)

nights (thousands)


186 2,128 2,314 479 690 157 197 769 79 49 6,347 691 1,532 98 916 1,568 20 28 364 825 67 308 1,615 24 24 24 9,259 98 454 1,632 378 28,692 26,154 25,974 24,176 600 264 394 8 176 22 284 40 277 91 44 78 269 31 39 72 261 312 145 65 77 121 516 35 293 72 209 621 5,416 36,422

3,260 30,819 34,079 3,765 2,130 1,810 863 8,862 433 368 49,114 4,517 16,086 753 5,988 12,682 294 163 3,592 3,600 502 3,058 15,743 328 269 293 91,502 639 3,317 18,085 3,526 252,284 226,181 224,043 206,731 5,925 2,130 3,885 196 3,635 604 5,257 655 2,885 1,681 1,158 2,099 7,092 419 1,670 1,270 6,472 6,948 6,676 2,731 1,108 1,897 7,164 1,125 4,105 2,075 2,598 6,518 89,975 376,338

208 2,281 2,489 430 159 78 78 443 28 35 2,750 289 933 35 336 1,009 9 8 171 261 33 134 846 13 28 8 4,610 43 286 876 229 14,176 12,735 12,643 11,754 328 134 167 6 229 16 328 30 280 70 44 104 222 35 29 65 358 420 383 146 89 102 409 59 225 126 417 507 5,327 21,992

55 742 796 285 213 78 54 368 6 29 1,340 174 1,078 28 61 542 . 14 175 170 11 39 432 1 10 2 3,882 9 104 1,066 129 10,299 8,980 8,901 8,236 481 104 343 3 27 1 149 7 104 25 5 24 54 5 1 37 46 125 12 11 48 76 383 4 249 18 198 621 3,161 14,257

670 8,894 9,564 2,173 678 850 214 3,716 14 131 7,816 1,054 10,742 139 482 4,239 . 67 1,826 621 85 215 3,767 7 109 13 34,608 68 801 10,867 1,023 86,324 73,370 72,513 66,460 4,692 792 3,288 28 408 22 1,993 59 892 256 49 356 968 52 35 537 713 1,812 392 355 642 1,033 5,051 81 3,363 261 2,342 6,518 36,988 132,876

68 825 892 217 51 43 26 240 2 20 656 92 635 12 24 412 . 5 97 57 12 15 261 1 19 1 2,065 8 80 563 84 5,699 4,941 4,897 4,505 266 50 141 4 51 0 188 6 115 28 6 39 51 9 1 37 54 200 33 38 53 70 272 11 182 35 401 507 2,847 9,438

47 541 587 64 356 7 59 13 105 32 1,053 795 29 35 636 284 4 61 20 519 76 90 56 29 38 9 298 105 256 64 98 5,193 4,679 4,643 4,394 31 16 10 16 58 15 61 16 93 80 28 81 91 31 7 5 13 75 35 4 4 9 16 24 12 22 9 . 859 6,639

458 4,327 4,786 311 870 45 308 76 336 117 5,058 2,642 168 140 1,571 1,317 16 132 231 1,685 447 471 289 265 218 33 2,482 370 734 351 830 21,513 19,080 18,770 17,349 376 77 128 327 685 384 1,009 125 869 1,211 370 1,015 1,029 327 172 92 255 1,014 597 69 25 49 318 347 206 320 71 . 11,470 37,769

79 625 704 24 95 4 44 11 50 19 460 351 19 31 217 137 2 17 13 193 44 47 27 22 38 5 374 56 192 45 74 2,611 2,226 2,200 2,040 27 8 5 8 68 24 69 12 127 106 59 123 118 44 8 6 20 108 61 5 0 4 15 35 18 30 8 . 1,116 4,432




5.04

Travel Trends 2010

Visits, nights and spending abroad: by purpose of visit and main country visited 2010 Visiting friends or relatives


Miscellaneous

Total

visits (thousands)

nights (thousands)


visits (thousands)

nights (thousands)


visits (thousands)

nights (thousands)


173 515 688 51 177 62 95 88 61 19 1,215 534 102 117 1,210 345 99 11 53 363 75 996 180 92 26 79 717 110 159 110 236 7,380 6,845 6,692 5,095 39 25 17 61 116 73 206 38 119 181 81 122 452 36 363 37 55 240 264 69 10 63 42 35 9 29 3 . 2,781 10,850

3,259 9,221 12,480 462 895 1,116 825 1,759 426 295 8,836 3,947 2,249 1,287 7,538 3,174 1,565 158 545 2,458 512 12,430 2,337 1,734 367 921 7,162 1,018 1,040 2,289 4,009 71,352 64,104 61,254 40,955 897 353 137 2,301 2,862 2,211 6,751 677 2,258 6,063 2,920 4,979 13,329 632 14,243 1,144 1,827 8,113 8,676 2,890 253 2,168 1,154 932 170 870 31 . 88,841 172,673

97 300 397 18 25 24 36 31 12 5 264 100 38 41 254 96 50 3 13 72 16 411 51 47 8 21 194 29 40 59 88 2,044 1,861 1,790 1,160 18 8 5 31 81 49 150 18 56 95 55 61 286 29 248 24 53 165 305 84 20 53 24 28 3 25 1 . 1,976 4,417

7 56 63 7 147 3 15 12 7 1 442 61 9 18 210 52 7 1 3 50 4 49 16 16 2 2 108 8 21 10 18 1,300 1,246 1,227 1,119 2 3 2 2 21 8 38 5 10 59 5 7 38 3 21 3 10 11 10 3 1 6 10 2 1 7 2 . 289 1,652

286 942 1,228 85 123 27 304 425 80 7 1,589 759 87 107 463 1,023 77 1 16 167 24 734 141 348 107 3 1,126 151 90 339 106 8,508 7,829 7,454 5,802 137 25 16 377 400 436 1,556 213 219 1,416 30 470 1,594 44 1,337 77 236 342 442 219 10 128 236 48 17 486 2 . 10,514 20,250

9 64 72 7 38 1 12 19 4 0 158 29 5 11 25 30 5 0 1 30 4 51 8 8 1 1 85 2 7 4 7 552 528 520 421 2 0 2 8 27 15 48 4 5 59 7 11 54 2 26 7 13 10 18 7 1 8 11 2 1 7 0 . 356 979

413 3,240 3,653 600 1,370 229 366 882 252 101 9,058 2,082 1,672 268 2,972 2,248 131 102 439 1,758 222 1,443 1,867 160 90 114 10,383 320 890 1,815 731 42,565 38,925 38,536 34,784 671 308 423 87 371 117 590 98 499 410 157 287 850 101 430 116 339 637 454 141 91 199 583 96 314 131 222 621 9,344 55,562

7,263 45,309 52,573 4,624 4,019 2,998 2,299 11,122 1,275 787 64,598 11,864 18,590 2,287 15,560 18,197 1,953 453 4,384 7,910 1,486 16,693 18,509 2,675 961 1,250 102,272 2,178 5,180 21,063 8,470 353,657 317,194 311,522 270,837 7,336 2,586 4,165 3,201 7,583 3,635 14,572 1,669 6,232 10,370 4,479 8,564 23,044 1,422 17,423 2,583 8,789 16,417 16,391 5,909 1,396 4,242 8,873 2,452 4,498 3,751 2,702 6,518 200,801 607,030

392 3,270 3,662 480 317 107 170 503 94 60 3,632 768 994 117 832 1,271 67 28 198 556 97 644 932 90 75 35 5,263 129 525 984 397 19,383 17,350 17,153 15,375 376 151 178 53 404 104 595 64 467 330 165 299 680 109 311 102 445 703 768 242 110 168 458 124 247 187 426 507 8,775 31,820




5.05

Travel Trends 2010

Average stay, spend per visit and spend per day: by purpose of visit and main country visited 2010 Holiday visits


Business visits

total


average

average

average

stay (nights)


spend per day (£)

stay (nights)


spend per day (£)

stay (nights)


spend per day (£)

18 14 15 8 3 12 4 12 5 7 8 7 11 8 7 8 14 6 10 4 8 10 10 14 11 12 10 7 7 11 9 9 9 9 9 10 8 10 23 21 28 18 16 10 19 26 27 26 14 43 18 25 22 46 42 14 16 14 32 14 29 12 10 17 10

1,118 1,072 1,076 898 230 500 396 576 350 715 433 418 609 353 367 644 444 281 470 316 489 436 524 540 1,144 340 498 439 631 537 605 493 486 486 485 546 508 425 728 1,300 722 1,153 742 1,011 777 1,003 1,338 823 1,138 748 905 1,372 1,346 2,647 2,242 1,147 844 793 1,656 768 1,741 1,999 816 984 603

64 74 73 114 75 43 90 50 64 96 56 64 58 46 56 80 31 49 48 72 65 44 54 39 102 27 50 67 86 48 65 56 56 56 57 55 63 43 31 63 26 62 45 97 42 38 50 31 83 17 51 55 60 57 54 80 54 57 52 55 61 161 78 59 58

12 12 12 8 3 11 4 10 3 5 6 6 10 5 8 8 . 5 10 4 8 5 9 7 11 6 9 7 8 10 8 8 8 8 8 10 8 10 9 15 26 13 8 9 10 10 15 18 11 37 15 16 14 32 32 14 14 13 22 13 15 12 10 12 9

1,233 1,112 1,120 762 239 546 482 652 276 700 490 527 589 438 390 761 . 381 554 337 1,146 388 605 894 1,895 675 532 859 768 528 656 553 550 550 547 552 480 410 1,201 1,891 403 1,260 894 1,097 1,102 1,199 1,656 942 1,956 856 997 1,177 1,594 2,643 3,417 1,121 914 711 3,045 729 2,023 2,026 816 901 662

101 93 93 100 75 50 121 65 110 154 84 87 59 87 49 97 . 81 53 92 145 71 69 128 177 109 60 116 100 52 82 66 67 68 68 57 63 43 141 126 16 94 107 128 109 121 109 52 174 23 68 75 110 84 108 83 68 54 140 54 136 171 78 77 71

10 8 8 5 2 7 5 6 3 4 5 3 6 4 2 5 4 2 12 3 6 5 5 9 6 3 8 4 3 6 8 4 4 4 4 12 5 13 21 12 26 17 8 9 15 13 13 11 11 23 19 20 14 17 19 7 5 20 15 18 14 8 . 13 6

1,681 1,157 1,198 375 268 579 754 813 474 611 437 441 643 905 342 482 502 282 641 372 576 525 469 765 993 479 1,256 540 748 699 753 503 476 474 464 883 526 473 533 1,173 1,604 1,133 790 1,357 1,337 2,135 1,523 1,297 1,436 1,037 1,284 1,602 1,437 1,734 1,410 44 388 952 1,472 1,550 1,328 863 . 1,300 668

172 144 147 77 110 86 144 144 148 165 91 133 112 224 138 104 136 131 55 115 98 100 92 83 175 137 151 153 261 127 89 121 117 117 118 73 106 38 26 99 62 68 99 146 88 161 121 115 134 45 69 80 106 103 73 6 73 46 101 88 93 106 . 97 117




5.05

Travel Trends 2010

Average stay, spend per visit and spend per day: by purpose of visit and main country visited 2010



Miscellaneous

All visits

average

average

average

stay (nights)


spend per day (£)

stay (nights)


spend per day (£)

stay (nights)


spend per day (£)

19 18 18 9 5 18 9 20 7 16 7 7 22 11 6 9 16 15 10 7 7 12 13 19 14 12 10 9 7 21 17 10 9 9 8 23 14 8 38 25 30 33 18 19 34 36 41 30 17 39 31 33 34 33 42 26 35 28 27 20 30 11 . 32 16

558 582 576 364 141 390 379 351 202 245 217 186 372 348 210 277 508 245 252 199 217 413 285 511 302 270 271 260 250 534 372 277 272 267 228 473 334 272 503 700 672 730 484 465 523 683 500 634 789 684 654 973 688 1,157 1,211 2,026 853 577 813 383 840 479 . 710 407

30 33 32 40 28 22 44 17 29 15 30 25 17 32 34 30 32 17 24 29 32 33 22 27 21 23 27 28 38 26 22 29 29 29 28 20 23 34 13 28 22 22 27 25 16 19 12 21 46 17 21 29 20 35 29 78 25 21 30 19 28 42 . 22 26

39 17 19 12 1 8 20 36 11 7 4 12 10 6 2 20 11 1 6 3 6 15 9 22 53 2 10 19 4 35 6 7 6 6 5 80 8 8 186 19 57 41 43 23 24 6 66 42 14 64 28 24 32 46 83 15 21 23 25 15 69 1 . 36 12

1,174 1,132 1,137 1,019 259 170 766 1,601 586 489 357 473 541 585 117 570 721 69 412 605 883 1,048 485 508 656 419 789 190 345 434 358 425 424 424 376 1,401 47 846 4,000 1,238 1,947 1,252 792 533 995 1,361 1,623 1,418 518 1,273 2,553 1,296 949 1,916 2,777 2,030 1,360 1,090 1,095 538 936 25 . 1,231 593

30 67 59 85 311 22 39 44 54 66 99 38 54 99 53 29 66 69 67 180 150 70 54 23 12 261 76 10 81 12 62 65 67 70 73 18 6 106 22 66 34 31 18 23 42 215 24 34 37 20 92 53 30 42 33 135 65 46 43 36 14 25 . 34 48

18 14 14 8 3 13 6 13 5 8 7 6 11 9 5 8 15 4 10 5 7 12 10 17 11 11 10 7 6 12 12 8 8 8 8 11 8 10 37 20 31 25 17 12 25 28 30 27 14 41 22 26 26 36 42 15 21 15 26 14 29 12 10 21 11

949 1,009 1,002 799 231 467 465 571 372 593 401 369 595 438 280 565 509 276 451 316 434 446 499 561 828 304 507 405 590 542 544 455 445 445 441 560 490 422 611 1,090 884 1,010 654 936 805 1,050 1,042 800 1,083 724 880 1,314 1,102 1,694 1,724 1,203 842 787 1,293 786 1,426 1,916 816 939 572

54 72 70 104 79 36 74 45 74 76 56 65 53 51 53 70 34 62 45 70 65 39 50 34 78 28 51 59 101 47 47 55 55 55 57 51 58 43 17 53 29 41 38 75 32 37 35 30 77 18 40 51 43 47 41 79 39 52 51 55 50 158 78 44 52




5.06

Travel Trends 2010

Visits and spending abroad: by length of stay and main country visited 2010 Nil nights


1 to 3 nights

4 to 13 nights

14 to 27 nights

visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


. . . 3 331 . 4 . 14 3 907 83 1 1 279 14 3 7 . 77 3 2 0 1 . 1 18 8 41 . . 1,800 1,756 1,755 1,745 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . 2 1,803

. . . 0 43 . 1 . 1 0 95 8 0 0 10 1 1 0 . 5 0 0 0 0 . 0 3 1 3 . . 172 168 168 166 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . 1 173

10 124 134 77 700 14 156 10 140 39 2,702 993 32 71 1,177 525 17 64 27 998 90 287 171 29 25 18 1,049 139 293 57 116 10,017 9,480 9,437 8,807 21 35 12 2 7 1 4 11 30 21 1 5 10 1 3 0 1 5 2 . . 1 5 1 1 0 11 58 249 10,399

4 69 73 23 156 3 69 4 45 19 700 312 12 33 325 158 5 14 7 287 28 80 52 7 13 5 378 48 113 25 44 2,965 2,754 2,744 2,528 7 14 2 1 3 0 2 6 16 9 0 3 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 . . 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 83 3,120

169 1,679 1,848 469 312 125 180 544 82 47 4,221 845 1,055 150 1,308 1,391 62 21 305 600 102 673 1,241 57 46 50 7,073 140 490 1,066 410 23,065 21,001 20,818 18,805 440 236 290 20 140 29 173 56 346 145 66 96 226 54 47 34 81 168 49 7 40 60 194 33 85 28 201 363 3,710 28,623

174 1,489 1,663 331 102 51 80 270 35 29 1,765 333 519 62 365 829 25 5 120 225 46 250 571 24 31 13 3,180 57 352 481 210 10,360 9,263 9,188 8,345 215 112 102 12 128 23 140 31 331 102 62 97 180 60 33 28 79 173 42 6 36 39 156 31 51 32 394 264 2,960 14,982

190 1,200 1,390 41 17 73 21 277 12 8 975 120 541 35 158 264 34 8 94 62 20 375 397 40 12 36 1,900 24 57 629 143 6,372 5,527 5,414 4,526 189 28 115 25 147 43 256 17 82 113 35 90 356 38 131 62 177 282 205 49 41 100 356 30 219 71 6 193 3,456 11,218

160 1,320 1,480 41 9 41 12 194 8 3 629 62 414 18 77 226 26 8 62 26 12 221 267 30 25 14 1,254 15 51 421 90 4,257 3,664 3,593 3,041 136 20 71 9 152 22 272 17 85 94 46 101 273 38 77 60 217 328 241 68 54 87 268 40 185 94 18 224 3,297 9,033




5.06

Travel Trends 2010

Visits and spending abroad: by length of stay and main country visited 2010 28 to 90 nights


3 to 6 months

6 months to 1 year

Total

visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


39 217 256 10 9 14 5 45 5 1 229 35 35 11 49 51 12 2 13 18 8 101 54 31 8 9 305 7 9 61 59 1,194 1,051 1,006 810 19 8 6 32 72 37 136 11 34 121 50 79 229 6 222 18 61 160 168 74 10 36 23 29 8 23 4 8 1,686 3,136

44 330 374 83 6 9 5 30 4 0 323 34 32 4 35 51 6 0 9 11 10 89 35 24 6 3 301 3 7 56 52 1,229 1,102 1,069 920 15 3 3 19 101 43 138 6 30 107 46 77 184 8 169 12 97 160 309 121 20 33 22 40 9 31 10 14 1,826 3,429

5 16 21 0 2 2 . 6 . 2 18 4 8 . 2 2 3 . . 3 . 4 4 2 . . 32 2 . 2 3 101 96 91 78 2 1 . 4 3 6 18 2 6 8 4 16 22 0 20 1 18 18 20 6 . 1 4 1 0 5 0 . 189 311

8 45 52 2 1 3 . 5 . 8 38 11 16 . 20 2 4 . . 3 . 4 6 4 . . 114 6 . 1 2 249 246 239 227 4 2 . 1 10 13 41 4 5 7 5 17 28 2 19 2 46 20 93 28 . 1 11 6 1 24 3 . 393 694

1 4 5 . . . 1 . . . 5 1 . . . 2 . . . 1 . 0 . . . . 4 . . 1 . 16 15 15 13 . . . 3 1 1 2 1 . 3 1 1 7 . 7 1 1 4 9 5 . 1 1 1 . 3 . . 53 73

3 17 20 . . . 3 . . . 82 8 . . . 5 . . . 0 . 1 . . . . 33 . . 1 . 134 133 133 129 . . . 12 10 1 3 0 . 11 5 4 11 . 13 1 5 21 79 20 . 7 1 6 . 7 . . 216 370

413 3,240 3,653 600 1,370 229 366 882 252 101 9,058 2,082 1,672 268 2,972 2,248 131 102 439 1,758 222 1,443 1,867 160 90 114 10,383 320 890 1,815 731 42,565 38,925 38,536 34,784 671 308 423 87 371 117 590 98 499 410 157 287 850 101 430 116 339 637 454 141 91 199 583 96 314 131 222 621 9,344 55,562

392 3,270 3,662 480 317 107 170 503 94 60 3,632 768 994 117 832 1,271 67 28 198 556 97 644 932 90 75 35 5,263 129 525 984 397 19,383 17,350 17,153 15,375 376 151 178 53 404 104 595 64 467 330 165 299 680 109 311 102 445 703 768 242 110 168 458 124 247 187 426 507 8,775 31,820




5.07

Travel Trends 2010

Number of visits abroad: by UK port used and main country visited 2010 thousands Airports


Heathrow

Gatwick

Manchester

Stansted

Other England

Scotland

Wales

223 1,638 1,861 89 40 29 58 96 59 49 256 445 120 39 238 256 2 1 43 146 52 47 101 25 79 8 250 119 223 120 121 3,112 2,508 2,454 2,171 112 24 21 51 285 99 371 72 254 290 129 213 550 84 178 87 241 399 291 95 2 5 40 77 28 98 13 . 4,108 9,081

48 591 639 72 . 37 22 207 33 11 401 117 578 56 206 561 22 13 163 110 36 41 384 4 . 7 1,511 34 98 443 221 5,390 4,614 4,573 4,033 230 186 93 12 25 4 105 . 42 9 2 5 54 2 12 6 11 73 15 6 55 156 362 4 119 12 3 . 1,602 7,632

64 570 634 58 34 40 29 193 26 18 194 156 436 17 75 149 4 0 118 39 13 9 142 5 3 3 1,392 21 75 432 68 3,749 3,160 3,115 2,741 198 36 130 16 22 5 59 1 70 56 9 34 102 6 108 11 39 69 72 20 34 25 142 5 86 8 . . 1,363 5,746

1 . 1 96 2 4 68 77 56 10 408 331 28 3 171 413 46 1 . 104 33 238 196 2 . 27 824 62 21 106 117 3,440 3,192 3,186 2,700 5 11 17 . . . 1 . 1 4 . . 1 . . . 1 16 3 . . . 3 . . 1 1 . 65 3,507

41 217 258 94 86 95 133 265 22 8 1,491 420 407 113 565 471 25 36 101 629 26 755 879 99 5 45 4,959 26 322 553 153 12,781 11,774 11,580 10,093 106 48 109 3 33 6 35 21 84 44 11 23 122 6 110 8 33 55 45 9 . 14 21 5 63 8 . . 1,020 14,059

36 215 251 10 29 11 21 31 16 4 202 129 51 8 122 104 4 . 11 85 46 90 112 6 2 2 831 32 33 147 22 2,160 1,918 1,901 1,727 12 2 27 2 6 3 15 3 45 7 6 8 20 3 22 5 13 22 27 10 . . 9 5 18 3 1 . 294 2,706

. 2 2 . 1 6 . 14 0 . 17 5 39 0 25 1 . . 2 22 2 1 18 . 1 . 292 . 1 13 1 465 446 440 423 8 . 23 1 0 1 1 . . . 1 2 1 . . . . 2 . . . . 1 . 1 . . . 42 509




5.07

Travel Trends 2010

Number of visits abroad: by UK port used and main country visited 2010 thousands Total

Sea and Channel Tunnel


Dover seaports

Other channel ports

East coast ports

Long haul sea routes

Irish Sea & land routes

Channel Tunnel

. 1 1 138 407 5 23 . 11 . 2,053 228 8 22 . 197 28 18 . 181 1 210 20 19 . 17 190 6 73 1 24 3,879 3,789 3,764 3,457 . . 2 1 . . 1 2 2 . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . 1 2 . 13 3,893

. . . 2 . . . . . . 1,134 . . . . 3 . . . . . . 4 . . . 67 . . . . 1,209 1,209 1,209 1,209 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . 1 1,210

. 0 0 8 93 0 2 . 26 0 35 55 0 1 . 7 . 2 . 290 12 5 . . . 0 2 13 5 . 0 557 540 540 532 . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 3 . 4 561

. 2 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 621 818 821

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,571 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,571 1,571 1,571 1,571 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,571

. 4 4 34 678 1 11 . 4 1 2,866 194 4 8 . 86 . 30 1 152 2 48 10 . . 5 64 7 41 1 4 4,251 4,204 4,203 4,129 1 1 . 1 . . 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 . . . . 1 1 . . . 2 . . . 1 . 12 4,267

413 3,240 3,653 600 1,370 229 366 882 252 101 9,058 2,082 1,672 268 2,972 2,248 131 102 439 1,758 222 1,443 1,867 160 90 114 10,383 320 890 1,815 731 42,565 38,925 38,536 34,784 671 308 423 87 371 117 590 98 499 410 157 287 850 101 430 116 339 637 454 141 91 199 583 96 314 131 222 621 9,344 55,562




5.08

Travel Trends 2010

Number of visits abroad: by type of vehicle used and main country visited 2010 thousands Sea and Channel Tunnel

Air


All travellers

Foot

Private vehicle

Coach

Goods vehicle

Vehicle type unknown

Total sea and Channel Tunnel

413 3,233 3,646 419 192 222 331 882 212 100 2,970 1,604 1,660 237 1,402 1,955 102 52 439 1,135 207 1,181 1,833 141 90 92 10,060 294 771 1,813 702 31,097 27,613 27,249 23,887 671 307 421 85 371 117 588 96 497 409 157 285 849 101 430 116 338 636 453 141 91 199 578 96 314 130 19 . 8,496 43,239

. 7 7 10 376 3 1 . 15 . 1,360 40 4 1 194 35 . 1 1 166 3 3 2 . . . 34 1 19 1 1 2,271 2,247 2,244 2,238 1 . . 1 . . 1 . 3 0 . . 1 . . . 0 1 . . . . 1 . . 1 200 621 829 3,107

. . . 41 466 3 17 . 25 0 3,692 282 7 25 572 90 27 15 . 319 7 222 27 18 . 19 163 24 51 1 21 6,135 6,059 6,038 5,724 . 1 2 1 . . 1 2 . 1 . 3 . . . . . 1 . . . . 3 . . . 4 . 17 6,152

. . . 130 286 . 14 . . 1 892 121 1 4 37 149 2 13 . 108 . 34 5 2 . 3 117 1 46 . 6 1,971 1,923 1,921 1,860 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . 2 1,972

. . . . 49 1 2 . . . 131 34 . 1 . 19 . 21 . 26 1 4 . . . . 9 . 3 . . 300 296 295 289 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

. 0 0 . 1 . 2 . . . 12 . . . 768 . . . . 5 5 . . . . . . . . . . 792 787 787 785 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 792

. 7 7 181 1,179 6 36 . 41 1 6,088 478 12 31 1,571 293 28 50 1 623 15 262 34 19 . 22 323 26 119 2 28 11,468 11,312 11,286 10,897 1 1 2 2 . . 2 2 3 1 . 3 1 . . . 0 1 1 . . . 5 . . 1 204 621 848 12,323




5.09

Travel Trends 2010

Visits and spending abroad: by sex and purpose of visit and main country visited 2010 Male Leisure


Female Business

Leisure

Business

visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


178 1,361 1,539 293 565 116 166 457 73 29 4,316 678 853 121 1,117 981 53 16 238 767 72 707 879 75 22 52 5,125 113 332 866 325 19,408 17,826 17,635 15,804 332 156 177 45 158 47 252 39 188 188 72 109 444 34 271 62 207 318 197 66 55 82 310 39 164 55 8 303 4,474 25,325

173 1,376 1,550 281 126 56 70 266 22 21 1,736 242 557 45 305 583 28 5 112 247 27 318 466 39 13 15 2,569 41 185 461 165 9,011 8,173 8,078 7,212 187 75 79 30 182 39 255 31 181 134 69 99 335 36 213 58 288 360 366 115 69 75 244 52 128 82 12 243 4,228 14,600

39 424 462 49 282 6 43 10 88 25 784 665 19 28 510 211 2 54 13 434 67 76 41 24 32 9 228 80 204 49 83 4,116 3,695 3,665 3,470 28 11 9 14 49 13 55 14 76 74 17 63 66 23 7 5 10 63 27 3 . 7 14 18 8 18 8 . 701 5,279

74 497 571 20 76 3 35 10 40 15 352 301 12 15 182 102 2 10 7 165 39 40 18 19 34 4 336 47 171 37 66 2,157 1,815 1,793 1,676 24 5 4 8 55 23 65 11 108 102 29 101 87 34 8 6 17 96 36 4 . 2 14 25 9 24 3 . 903 3,631

188 1,334 1,522 243 448 106 142 411 74 40 3,687 606 789 112 1,219 979 73 24 181 471 74 644 931 56 30 52 4,947 103 300 880 305 17,929 16,393 16,231 14,562 308 136 234 26 155 56 276 43 218 142 57 97 314 36 151 49 118 245 221 71 33 108 257 34 138 54 9 318 4,003 23,354

139 1,265 1,404 174 95 48 56 226 22 19 1,435 175 417 41 310 549 36 6 74 116 26 277 438 29 23 15 2,314 31 148 476 156 7,744 6,939 6,863 6,113 162 68 94 14 154 40 271 21 159 90 37 77 227 29 90 37 135 235 341 122 41 89 199 37 100 75 12 264 3,425 12,368

8 115 124 15 74 1 16 3 16 7 267 128 11 7 126 72 2 8 7 83 9 14 15 4 7 1 70 25 51 15 15 1,068 975 971 917 3 4 2 2 9 2 5 2 17 6 11 17 24 8 . . 3 12 8 0 4 2 1 6 4 4 1 . 157 1,348

4 127 131 4 19 0 10 1 10 4 108 48 7 17 35 35 1 8 5 28 5 7 8 3 4 0 38 10 20 7 8 450 408 404 361 3 3 1 0 13 1 4 1 19 5 31 21 30 10 . . 3 12 25 1 0 2 0 10 9 5 5 . 213 794




5.10

Travel Trends 2010

Visits and spending abroad: by age group and main country visited 2010 Age 0-15


Age 16-24

Age 25-34

Age 35-44

visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


15 117 131 70 111 18 19 45 6 6 834 106 69 7 93 128 7 2 23 58 7 100 85 2 1 9 680 6 41 116 25 2,675 2,489 2,469 2,255 27 4 23 4 8 3 18 5 24 22 6 6 26 3 37 5 6 16 14 1 3 4 19 2 10 1 . 15 314 3,121

8 105 112 49 19 7 7 22 2 3 287 31 34 3 12 73 3 0 7 11 1 25 34 1 0 1 283 1 21 56 9 1,005 917 909 841 12 5 7 1 6 1 16 2 15 8 1 3 12 1 16 3 3 10 11 1 4 3 9 1 7 1 . 10 175 1,292

39 250 288 64 98 32 44 68 13 4 716 186 245 32 218 166 31 10 22 245 22 198 133 35 12 19 937 48 89 202 101 3,988 3,590 3,523 3,082 42 28 44 5 25 10 60 15 37 47 36 88 59 8 50 10 35 71 46 14 6 12 47 10 33 13 3 20 879 5,155

28 226 254 45 23 15 20 40 7 8 220 55 129 10 53 86 21 1 5 71 5 69 48 19 3 3 423 15 39 104 46 1,586 1,400 1,367 1,187 22 10 21 5 17 3 49 8 22 20 21 51 36 7 27 7 39 64 129 30 7 8 22 15 22 13 7 12 704 2,544

67 605 672 92 234 54 113 111 78 28 1,443 492 263 98 588 448 52 13 51 442 54 691 283 64 22 41 1,524 89 201 284 186 8,040 7,349 7,230 6,018 121 85 69 15 80 29 129 16 109 109 26 70 243 33 131 26 101 159 89 22 6 29 101 29 87 31 6 24 1,984 10,696

60 642 702 51 50 25 46 60 22 14 531 164 135 38 134 204 21 4 21 140 19 328 122 32 13 16 671 30 103 141 89 3,229 2,890 2,833 2,277 68 31 27 6 81 34 134 10 103 88 30 83 206 33 112 23 127 173 138 31 6 23 77 41 68 39 3 20 1,831 5,763

84 834 917 103 282 44 69 164 53 36 2,004 489 299 56 619 447 26 19 60 402 49 199 390 29 23 24 1,946 81 248 378 147 8,685 7,866 7,793 7,170 141 71 90 29 79 37 151 15 129 88 18 42 170 26 90 27 67 140 72 23 19 43 129 26 54 38 6 64 1,902 11,504

109 834 943 61 75 22 33 90 24 19 737 182 202 22 153 237 10 6 22 152 23 79 189 14 26 7 959 36 139 194 97 3,814 3,353 3,317 3,037 74 38 43 17 76 29 149 14 122 67 32 47 131 31 60 23 84 154 91 33 12 37 96 32 36 53 1 47 1,664 6,422




5.10

Travel Trends 2010

Visits and spending abroad: by age group and main country visited 2010 Age 45-54


Age 55-64

Age 65 and over

Total

visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


73 733 806 103 292 45 66 189 65 16 1,728 411 374 28 672 454 12 16 92 334 42 143 392 19 16 13 2,085 57 156 394 128 8,342 7,614 7,551 7,000 161 48 91 22 72 28 112 20 110 75 36 45 169 14 58 23 61 126 67 25 29 63 137 17 74 25 7 149 1,910 11,058

66 758 824 79 66 20 35 107 24 7 716 145 230 24 211 274 11 10 42 103 22 89 209 12 14 5 1,154 32 133 220 71 4,068 3,609 3,577 3,264 96 20 34 16 82 24 117 12 131 68 33 68 151 11 36 23 84 151 102 40 45 47 116 16 67 41 12 113 1,845 6,737

83 463 546 98 207 24 43 195 22 8 1,461 264 286 30 439 343 4 31 107 196 31 82 348 10 10 6 1,844 30 95 286 90 6,592 6,075 6,041 5,579 135 53 61 9 71 8 89 16 54 44 21 27 120 12 32 20 52 97 94 29 19 32 113 10 42 18 2 190 1,527 8,665

77 481 557 142 47 11 23 120 10 6 767 127 177 11 156 227 2 4 55 54 16 40 194 12 12 2 985 12 56 179 54 3,503 3,181 3,158 2,910 77 34 28 4 98 9 98 12 40 60 24 36 94 18 26 17 82 118 182 59 27 23 97 14 36 29 6 172 1,656 5,717

53 234 288 68 145 11 12 109 14 3 865 129 133 16 345 257 . 12 84 78 18 29 234 1 6 3 1,348 8 58 151 53 4,192 3,898 3,886 3,640 46 20 44 3 35 3 30 11 36 24 14 10 61 5 31 5 15 29 73 26 9 16 35 3 14 6 3 160 818 5,297

44 219 263 51 37 7 6 63 4 3 370 62 86 10 113 168 . 2 46 24 10 13 134 0 6 1 782 3 32 86 30 2,153 1,982 1,974 1,843 27 13 18 4 43 4 30 6 34 19 24 12 50 8 33 6 23 32 116 49 9 27 40 4 10 12 3 133 891 3,307

413 3,240 3,653 600 1,370 229 366 882 252 101 9,058 2,082 1,672 268 2,972 2,248 131 102 439 1,758 222 1,443 1,867 160 90 114 10,383 320 890 1,815 731 42,565 38,925 38,536 34,784 671 308 423 87 371 117 590 98 499 410 157 287 850 101 430 116 339 637 454 141 91 199 583 96 314 131 222 621 9,344 55,562

392 3,270 3,662 480 317 107 170 503 94 60 3,632 768 994 117 832 1,271 67 28 198 556 97 644 932 90 75 35 5,263 129 525 984 397 19,383 17,350 17,153 15,375 376 151 178 53 404 104 595 64 467 330 165 299 680 109 311 102 445 703 768 242 110 168 458 124 247 187 426 507 8,775 31,820




5.11

Travel Trends 2010

Number of visits abroad: by purpose of visit, nationality and main country visited 2010 thousands


Holiday


Business

Nationality =

Nationality =

Nationality =

UK

Country of visit

Other

Total

UK

Country of visit

Other

Total

UK

Country of visit

Other

Total

169 2,007 2,177 441 628 143 179 752 61 41 5,854 589 1,447 84 554 1,398 5 24 350 727 51 170 1,517 13 18 13 8,919 67 387 1,558 323 26,310 23,972 23,815 22,265 577 245 375 8 156 13 246 35 257 71 39 57 218 23 28 64 234 270 132 63 76 115 490 24 281 57 11 604 4,769 33,257

6 26 39 6 8 8 4 5 3 5 108 36 13 8 93 48 16 . 5 21 6 129 30 8 2 9 35 11 8 13 22 1,582 1,399 1,360 968 1 1 0 1 9 7 17 2 4 11 1 14 39 5 11 3 6 18 6 0 1 1 2 5 . 4 196 . 434 3,165

11 95 98 32 54 6 14 12 15 4 384 66 72 7 269 121 . 5 9 77 10 10 68 2 5 1 305 19 58 61 34 799 784 798 944 22 18 18 . 10 1 21 3 16 9 3 7 12 3 . 5 21 24 7 2 . 5 23 6 12 12 1 17 212 .

186 2,128 2,314 479 690 157 197 769 79 49 6,347 691 1,532 98 916 1,568 20 28 364 825 67 308 1,615 24 24 24 9,259 98 454 1,632 378 28,692 26,154 25,974 24,176 600 264 394 8 176 22 284 40 277 91 44 78 269 31 39 72 261 312 145 65 77 121 516 35 293 72 209 621 5,416 36,422

53 724 778 279 209 77 50 364 4 28 1,291 169 1,052 26 59 521 . 14 170 162 11 37 419 1 10 2 3,784 8 101 1,039 123 10,011 8,727 8,649 7,999 468 100 332 3 27 1 143 7 100 23 5 24 52 5 1 36 43 120 12 11 47 73 372 4 244 16 2 604 2,874 13,663

. . 5 . . 0 . . . . 5 1 1 . 1 2 . . 1 . . 1 1 . . . 3 . . 2 . 208 173 171 122 . . . . 0 . 2 . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . 196 . 214 593

1 17 14 6 4 1 3 3 1 1 44 4 25 1 . 19 . . 3 9 . 1 13 . . . 96 1 3 25 5 80 80 81 115 13 4 11 . . . 4 0 4 2 . . 1 . . 1 3 5 . . . 3 11 . 5 1 . 17 72 .

55 742 796 285 213 78 54 368 6 29 1,340 174 1,078 28 61 542 . 14 175 170 11 39 432 1 10 2 3,882 9 104 1,066 129 10,299 8,980 8,901 8,236 481 104 343 3 27 1 149 7 104 25 5 24 54 5 1 37 46 125 12 11 48 76 383 4 249 18 198 621 3,161 14,257

38 466 504 57 310 5 48 13 83 27 882 666 25 28 403 237 2 50 18 459 60 62 45 24 29 7 256 87 201 51 84 4,220 3,811 3,782 3,587 27 13 7 14 48 9 50 12 79 72 25 70 71 22 7 5 11 66 30 4 4 9 13 21 11 20 7 . 728 5,452

2 19 26 3 3 1 2 1 5 . 67 47 3 2 26 19 2 . . 7 3 17 2 1 4 1 6 4 4 5 5 578 489 479 395 . . . . 4 4 2 . . 1 . 2 10 4 1 . . 3 . . . . . 1 . . . . 69 1,187

7 56 57 4 44 1 9 . 17 5 103 82 2 4 208 28 . 11 2 53 13 10 10 4 5 2 36 14 52 7 9 394 379 382 412 4 3 3 2 6 2 9 4 14 6 3 8 10 4 . . 1 6 5 . . . 3 2 1 3 2 . 63 .

47 541 587 64 356 7 59 13 105 32 1,053 795 29 35 636 284 4 61 20 519 76 90 56 29 38 9 298 105 256 64 98 5,193 4,679 4,643 4,394 31 16 10 16 58 15 61 16 93 80 28 81 91 31 7 5 13 75 35 4 4 9 16 24 12 22 9 . 859 6,639

Figures for Rest of World have been removed as they are mainly estimates of cruises abroad which ended in the UK. In this publication fly/cruise (stay onboard) has been separated from "Rest of the World" which differs from previous publications.



5.11

Travel Trends 2010

Number of visits abroad: by purpose of visit, nationality and main country visited 2010 thousands



Other

All visits

Nationality =

Nationality =

Nationality =

UK

Country of visit

Other

Total

UK

Country of visit

Other

Total

UK

Country of visit

Other

Total

145 407 553 31 105 17 32 68 33 8 795 303 47 23 580 166 6 5 40 224 44 102 86 8 9 15 561 62 110 77 113 3,670 3,322 3,297 3,004 29 18 9 37 86 32 125 28 102 106 52 21 247 15 274 25 34 122 233 58 10 52 39 11 5 19 1 . 1,791 6,014

16 66 86 14 34 43 47 18 22 9 331 162 53 90 371 160 92 . 10 96 23 875 83 81 15 60 118 37 18 28 112 3,332 3,133 2,990 1,646 6 4 8 19 24 37 69 7 7 62 11 97 193 17 79 10 19 104 25 8 . 8 1 15 2 6 . . 887 4,836

12 42 50 6 38 1 15 2 6 3 89 69 2 5 260 18 1 6 2 43 8 19 11 2 2 4 39 12 31 6 11 379 390 405 445 4 2 . 5 6 4 12 2 10 13 18 4 12 4 10 2 2 13 6 4 . 3 1 9 1 4 2 . 102 .

173 515 688 51 177 62 95 88 61 19 1,215 534 102 117 1,210 345 99 11 53 363 75 996 180 92 26 79 717 110 159 110 236 7,380 6,845 6,692 5,095 39 25 17 61 116 73 206 38 119 181 81 122 452 36 363 37 55 240 264 69 10 63 42 35 9 29 3 . 2,781 10,850

6 47 53 5 141 1 11 10 7 1 406 50 6 13 54 44 2 1 3 46 4 12 9 7 2 1 97 2 16 8 11 971 930 921 869 1 3 2 . 18 4 33 4 9 52 4 2 20 2 15 2 9 5 6 2 1 6 7 1 1 7 2 . 219 1,243

0 5 6 1 . 2 4 1 . . 13 4 2 2 15 5 5 . . 2 . 36 6 8 . 1 3 4 . 0 4 165 155 141 84 1 . . 2 1 4 3 . . 2 . 4 16 1 5 1 . 4 2 1 . . 2 0 . 0 . . 57 409

1 4 5 1 6 . 0 1 . . 23 8 1 3 141 3 . . . 2 . 1 1 . . . 9 1 5 1 3 164 162 164 166 . . . . 2 . 2 1 0 6 1 1 2 0 1 . 1 2 1 . . . 0 1 . . . . 13 .

7 56 63 7 147 3 15 12 7 1 442 61 9 18 210 52 7 1 3 50 4 49 16 16 2 2 108 8 21 10 18 1,300 1,246 1,227 1,119 2 3 2 2 21 8 38 5 10 59 5 7 38 3 21 3 10 11 10 3 1 6 10 2 1 7 2 . 289 1,652

359 2,927 3,286 533 1,184 166 270 843 185 77 7,938 1,608 1,525 147 1,591 1,844 14 80 410 1,457 159 346 1,656 53 58 37 9,831 218 715 1,695 532 35,171 32,035 31,815 29,726 634 279 393 59 309 58 455 80 448 301 120 150 556 63 324 96 288 463 401 125 90 182 549 57 298 102 21 604 7,507 45,965

24 116 157 24 45 55 58 24 30 13 521 250 70 102 504 233 115 . 16 126 32 1,057 122 99 21 70 163 57 29 46 142 5,657 5,176 4,971 3,092 7 6 8 22 39 52 91 9 10 77 12 116 258 27 95 13 26 129 33 9 1 9 6 21 2 10 196 . 1,447 9,597

30 197 210 43 141 7 38 15 38 11 599 224 77 19 878 171 1 22 13 175 32 41 89 8 12 7 389 45 146 74 57 1,736 1,714 1,750 1,966 30 23 21 6 23 7 44 10 41 33 25 21 36 10 11 7 25 45 19 6 . 8 28 18 13 19 5 17 390 .

413 3,240 3,653 600 1,370 229 366 882 252 101 9,058 2,082 1,672 268 2,972 2,248 131 102 439 1,758 222 1,443 1,867 160 90 114 10,383 320 890 1,815 731 42,565 38,925 38,536 34,784 671 308 423 87 371 117 590 98 499 410 157 287 850 101 430 116 339 637 454 141 91 199 583 96 314 131 222 621 9,344 55,562

Figures for Rest of World have been removed as they are mainly estimates of cruises abroad which ended in the UK. In this publication fly/cruise stay onboard) has been separated from "Rest of the World" which differs from previous publications.



5.12

Travel Trends 2010

Visits and spending abroad: by UK region of residence and main country visited 2010 London


Other England

Scotland

Wales

Other UK + not known

visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


visits (thousands)


88 685 773 111 297 56 88 122 80 25 1952 508 257 86 488 521 56 35 55 364 47 375 275 75 37 34 1090 103 298 267 230 7933 7082 6951 6106 122 111 58 37 107 66 214 54 114 134 52 74 285 39 111 42 85 196 77 22 19 95 121 41 33 49 11 51 2420 11125

124 694 818 66 66 26 42 69 29 12 700 174 161 43 135 248 30 8 26 109 13 168 123 41 29 9 515 46 156 147 133 3321 2858 2791 2391 70 53 32 19 115 60 216 31 100 103 68 82 214 45 80 38 105 202 118 26 13 84 125 60 20 74 11 44 2209 6348

253 2045 2298 413 906 135 229 647 138 65 6174 1313 1233 162 1388 1427 56 64 353 1152 107 895 1335 73 45 70 7357 171 496 1246 426 28077 25848 25640 23136 460 174 293 39 234 43 316 31 306 239 79 184 489 54 282 63 218 385 305 93 72 97 404 39 232 72 13 441 5658 36032

209 2049 2259 362 194 61 109 364 48 44 2522 487 732 65 412 849 25 19 157 361 60 401 670 42 32 24 3752 68 320 664 220 13063 11797 11694 10518 251 86 118 30 251 38 323 24 294 203 65 183 410 57 208 55 283 439 507 167 96 78 289 50 190 102 13 368 5179 20500

44 297 341 29 74 15 26 38 19 4 333 148 91 12 126 155 6 0 15 108 46 100 133 7 3 3 941 29 45 173 37 2718 2422 2399 2190 40 13 30 6 10 4 25 4 49 16 9 13 36 4 24 6 17 30 40 15

36 306 343 20 25 8 12 27 10 1 173 53 50 7 33 92 2 0 9 38 18 47 75 4 10 0 518 7 26 105 23 1395 1217 1205 1097 22 6 12 2 15 2 25 2 44 11 20 14 23 4 13 5 31 35 61 29

14 91 106 40 33 13 13 43 5 3 264 43 73 4 140 61 3 1 16 56 7 37 47 2 3 3 562 5 14 56 16 1567 1474 1458 1335 36 1 32 4 7 2 16 2 15 10 4 7 22 1 8 3 7 15 16 5 1 2 25 3 20 3 0 39 306 1979

11 100 111 27 10 5 4 24 3 1 112 27 41 2 32 34 0 1 7 17 1 15 23 2 3 0 252 4 7 27 10 691 645 638 584 19 0 11 1 9 2 11 2 14 5 2 13 19 1 6 3 10 15 56 11 0 3 23 2 15 3 3 24 282 1084

13 122 135 7 61 9 9 31 11 4 334 70 17 3 830 85 9 1 1 78 14 36 77 3 2 5 433 11 38 73 21 2271 2123 2111 2017 13 10 9 2 14 3 18 6 15 11 14 9 19 3 5 2 12 12 16 5

10 120 131 5 22 7 4 19 4 2 126 28 9 1 221 48 9 0 1 30 4 14 40 1 1 1 227 5 16 41 11 914 842 833 785 14 5 6 1 14 1 21 5 15 8 10 8 14 3 4 2 15 12 27 9

.

. 1 23 8 25 3 2 61 512 3572

0 17 8 20 2 6 42 469 2207

.

. 4 11 5 5 4 196 29 448 2854

2 5 4 2 6 394 28 636 1682



Travel Trends 2010

Appendices

Appendix A

Definitions on which this report is based

Appendix B

Concepts used in this report

Appendix C

The IPS: Methodology and coverage

Appendix D

IPS response rates

Appendix E

Detailed sampling errors

Appendix F

Information available from the IPS

Appendix G

Access to IPS data and analysis


Appendix A

Travel Trends 2010

Appendix A – Definitions on which this report is based 1.

The figures relate to the number of visits, not the number of visitors. Those entering or leaving the United Kingdom more than once in the same period are counted on each visit. The count of visits relates to UK residents returning to this country and to overseas residents leaving it.

2.

Day trips are visits that do not involve an overnight stay. Day trips abroad made by UK residents as well as day trips to the UK made by overseas residents are included in the figures for visits and spending. Note 14 refers to overseas residents in transit through the UK.

3.

An overseas visitor is a person who, being permanently resident in a country outside the UK, visits the UK for a period of less than 12 months. UK citizens resident overseas for 12 months or more coming home on leave are included in this category. Visits abroad are visits for a period of less than 12 months by people permanently resident in the UK (who may be of foreign nationality).

4.

When a resident of the UK has visited more than one country, spending and stay for the entire visit are allocated to the country stayed in for the longest time.

5.

Visits for miscellaneous purposes include those for study, to attend sporting events, for shopping, health, religious or other purposes, together with visits for more than one purpose when no one purpose predominates (for example visits both on business and on holiday). Overseas visitors staying overnight in the UK en route to other destinations are also included in the miscellaneous purposes category.

6.

Estimates relating to tourist flows across the land border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland are, for convenience, included in the figures for sea. Where not shown separately, flows through the Channel Tunnel are also included under the figures for sea. Also excluded from the regional analysis tables (except the ‘Total’ section) are all visits that did not include an overnight stay in the UK. Visits by overseas residents to Northern Ireland, although included in the ‘total’ column, are not separately analysed. More than one region can be visited by an individual while in the UK so the total of the visits to all the regions will be greater than the total number of visits to the UK as a whole.

7.

Adjustments are made to the reported cost of an inclusive tour so that only the amount earned by the country of visit is included (for example accommodation costs and car hire). This estimate is then added to an individual’s spending to give the total spending in the country of visit (see also note 9).

8.

Length of stay for UK residents covers the time spent outside the UK, including the journey. For overseas residents it refers to the time spent within the UK.


Appendix A

9.

Travel Trends 2010

Spending figures cover the same categories of traveller as the number of visits figures except that the figures for overseas residents additionally include the spending of same day transit passengers. Spending also includes foreign exchange earnings and expenditure due to travel between the Channel Islands and other (non-UK) countries.

10.

11.

Spending reported in this report and other ONS Overseas Travel and Tourism publications covers money spent in association with overseas travel and tourism, but excludes fares for travel to or from the UK. For any traveller on an inclusive tour, an estimate of the return fare is deducted from the total tour price. Inclusions and exclusions are driven by Balance of Payments definitions, and key specifics are as follows: o

Only money sourced outside the country of visit is included. Thus, any money earned and subsequently spent by an overseas resident on a visit to the UK is excluded.

o

In addition to money spent during the visit, certain expenditure before or after the visit is included in spend estimates. Such expenditure includes items such as deposits, car hire, theatre tickets, short course fees, tickets for internal travel in the country of visit, travel insurance if bought prior to this particular visit.

o

Purchase for personal export of large items such as cars or boats is excluded from expenditure. However, if the car was bought abroad and not brought back to the UK, the spending would be included.

o

Cost of any house purchase abroad is excluded. Any money spent abroad for the purpose of improving or renovating a property is included however, as is any expenditure abroad on legal fees to do with a house purchase.

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Expenditure by UK residents on board UK-owned cruise ships is excluded, but expenditure on visits ashore during a cruise is included.

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Any money spent abroad (e.g. on medical treatment) which will be refunded through an insurance company inside the country of visit will be excluded.

o

Private school fees are excluded.

An estimate for purchases by overseas visitors at airport duty-free shops is included in the figures for spending. Such purchases on British carriers are excluded.

Exclusions The following groups are excluded from the tables in this publication: 12.

Trippers who cross the Channel, North Sea or Irish Sea but do not alight from the boat (called stay-on-board).

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Migrants and persons travelling to take up prearranged employment, together with military or diplomatic personnel, merchant seamen and airline personnel on duty.


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Overseas residents passing through the UK en route to other destinations, but who do not stay overnight (often known as transit passengers). However, any spending by transit passengers while in the UK is included in the spending figures.

Geographical areas The geographical areas used in this report are as follows. 15.

North America: Canada (including Greenland and St. Pierre et Miquelon) and the USA (including Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands).

16.

Europe: All countries listed under EU25 plus other central and eastern Europe, North Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland (including Lichtenstein), Turkey, the former USSR and the states of former Yugoslavia.

17.

EU Europe: EU15: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France (including Monaco), Finland, Germany, Greece, Irish Republic, Italy (including San Marino and Vatican City), Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal (including Azores and Madeira), Spain (including Canary Islands, Spanish North Africa, Balearic Islands and Andorra) and Sweden.

18.

EU Europe: EU25: The above countries, with the addition of Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Malta, Cyprus. Only the south of Cyprus is a member of the EU, but the IPS is unable to separate North and South Cyprus for the period before May 2004, and so all of Cyprus is included in the EU25 section until May 2004. From May 2004, only southern Cyprus is included in the EU25 figures.

19.

EU Europe: EU27: As for EU25 plus Bulgaria and Romania.

20.

North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia.

21.

Other Middle East: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and the Yemen.

22.

Central and South America: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, British Antarctica, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama (including Canal Zone), Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Uruguay and Venezuela.

23.

Caribbean: Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and the Caicos Islands.

Although the information in this publication is by the country groups described above, almost 200 different countries of residence or visit can be identified on the main IPS datasets.


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Appendix B – Concepts used in this report Key concepts and variables Flow Respondents in the IPS are mainly identified and analysed by their ‘flow’. Flow is described as the direction of travel of the visitor combined with whether they are a UK resident or an overseas resident. There are, therefore, four main flows on the IPS: • • • •

overseas residents departing from the UK UK residents departing from the UK overseas residents arriving in the UK, and UK residents arriving in the UK

Only data on overseas residents departing from the UK and UK residents arriving in the UK have been used in this publication. This is because the IPS interviews for these travellers take place at the end of their visits when factual information about visit duration and spending is available. This is felt to be more complete and reliable than the information gathered at the beginning of a trip when intentions regarding duration and spending may not prove to be accurate. Number of visits The data in this report relate to the number of visits not the number of visitors. Those entering or leaving the UK more than once in the same period are counted on each visit. Purpose of visit The IPS records the many different reasons people have for making a visit. These are combined into four main analysis categories: • • • •

Holiday Business Visiting friends or relatives (VFR), and Miscellaneous

The categories describe the main purpose of the visit and, where it is not possible to determine this, the respondents’ reason for the visit is categorised as ‘miscellaneous’. People migrating (to or from the UK) or travelling as crew of aircraft, ships or trains are excluded from analyses in this publication. The IPS collects information on whether tourists travel independently or on some form of package trip. As well as providing data on all holiday visits, this report also provides information on those who are on package holidays, which are referred to as ‘inclusive tours’. The business category includes conference and trade fair visits, and those who made their visits for study, medical treatment or shopping appear in the miscellaneous category. More detailed


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information on the main reason for visits (such as attending conferences or trade fairs) is available from the IPS datasets (see Appendix G). Some analyses show data for ‘leisure’ and ‘business’ visits, where the ‘leisure’ category includes all visits for holidays, visits to friends or relatives, and visits for miscellaneous purposes. Country of residence or visit For overseas residents visiting the UK, this is the main country of residence of the visitor. For UK residents travelling abroad, it is the main country of visit. Although the IPS collects information on all individual countries of the world, many countries outside of EU Europe are shown within groups rather than individually. It would not be practical to show all countries separately but also for many countries, sample sizes are too small to give accurate estimates. On 1 May 2004, 10 new countries joined the EU and on 1 January 2007 two additional countries joined. In the tables in this report, figures are given for the original 15 member states (EU 15), the 25 EU member states (EU 25), and the 27 current EU member states (EU27). In years previous to 2004, EU Europe is defined as consisting of the countries which were EU members during the year in question. It should be noted that for the years before the reunification of Germany in 1991, data on the then East Germany are not included in the figures for Germany, and therefore are not included within the figures for EU Europe. Appendix B shows how the countries of the world are grouped into the areas used in this report. A larger number of countries than appear in this publication can be identified in the IPS datasets. UK region of stay The IPS records which towns overseas residents stayed in when they visited the UK. However, due to the very large number of towns in the UK it would not be meaningful to produce analyses of visits by the full range of towns. In this publication, visits information for overseas residents is therefore mainly shown at county or unitary authority, and main UK region levels although a table of the top 50 towns visited is also included. In 2007 a more accurate approach to coding towns was employed in the survey, based on a more comprehensive code frame of towns and boroughs. This may result is a slight discontinuity from previous years and care should therefore be exercised when comparing results with earlier years. Care must be taken when using the regional information, as the numbers of visits to separate UK areas cannot simply be added together to form larger regions. This is because a person may stay in more than one area of the UK during a single visit. As a result, the numbers of visits to smaller areas do not sum to the figures given for larger regions in the regional tables in this publication. For example, a person visiting London, Windsor and Aberdeen in a single visit to the UK would appear as one visit to London, one to Berkshire and one to Grampian. However, the same visitor would be recorded as a single visit in the England total and a visit in the Scotland total, and as just one visit in the UK total. Although visits cannot be summed across UK regions, the amount of spending and the number of nights stayed can.


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UK region of residence For UK residents, data are presented by the region of residence, that is London, the rest of England, Scotland and Wales. Mode of transport Until 1994 air and sea were the only two main modes of transport to and from the UK. The Channel Tunnel between the UK and France began operating towards the end of 1994. Information on passengers using the tunnel is available on the IPS from the fourth quarter of 1994. Journeys by sea and tunnel are further analysed to show whether a vehicle was taken on the trip and, if so, the type of vehicle that was used. Age and sex Respondents’ age and sex are collected in the IPS interview. Questions on exact age are not asked on the IPS and instead respondents are classified into age groups as it is felt that some people may not give accurate answers, and age groups are normally sufficient for users’ needs. All travellers, including children under 16, are eligible to be interviewed on the IPS. If the sampled person is under 16, where possible the interview is carried out with the child after having first received permission from a parent, guardian or responsible adult travelling with them (for example, a school teacher if they are on a school trip). If the child is too young to complete the interview themselves, proxy information is collected from the parent, guardian or responsible adult, wherever possible. Expenditure Expenditure for both UK and overseas residents exclude amounts spent on fares to and from the UK. Visits and expenditure information regarding travel to or from the Irish Republic for years up to and including 1998 are included in the figures for the EU but do not appear separately in the rows and columns of some tables. Consequently, rows and columns in the tables may not always sum to the figures shown for the whole EU. Expenditure data relating to the Channel Islands are included within the figures for the Europe but are not shown separately. This means that spending shown for the individual countries of Europe will not always sum to the figures shown for the whole of Europe. Expenditure data of overseas visitors transiting the UK, but not staying overnight, are included within the figure shown for ‘All purpose’ of travel, but are not shown separately. This means that spending shown for overseas residents’ visits by individual purpose of visit will not always sum to the figure shown for ‘All purposes’.


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Travellers to and from the Irish Republic There is a major discontinuity in the time series shown in this publication between years up to and including 1998 and subsequent years. From the second quarter of 1999, the IPS began interviewing on air and sea routes between the UK and the Irish Republic. For the years up to and including 1998, estimates of visitor numbers, their spending and nights stayed on routes between the UK and the Irish Republic and their characteristics were based on data provided by the Central Statistical Office of the Irish Republic. From 1999, and for subsequent years, this report uses IPS interview data. To enable 1999 data to be analysed, data for the first quarter of 1999 were constructed, based upon interviews conducted in the first quarter of 2000, but weighted to the traffic volumes of the first quarter of 1999. Analysis of the interview data from 1999 onwards has shown that a large number of Irish visitors who would previously have been defined as tourists to the UK were transiting through the UK on their overseas visits. Also, the data for 1999 onwards showed that a number of European and Commonwealth visitors made combined visits to the UK and the Irish Republic; these visits were previously recorded as visits from residents of the Irish Republic. These factors combined to reduce the number of overseas visitors to the UK from 1999 onwards, mainly the estimates of visitors from the Irish Republic, but they also increased the number of visitors from certain other countries, particularly Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Germany and the Netherlands. The data from the IPS Irish interviews also affected estimates of spending and nights. These showed that the previous estimates of spending per visit of Irish visitors to the UK were overstated, while estimates of UK residents’ spending per visit in the Irish Republic were previously understated. The interview-based details of visitors from the Irish Republic have enabled more completed duration of stay and regional breakdowns to be produced from 1999 onwards. This has led to discontinuities between 1998 and 1999 in the duration of stay and regional profile from the IPS. In summary, the major effect resulting from IPS interviewing on routes to and from the Irish Republic was to improve the quality and detail of estimates from 1999 onwards. The discontinuities from this change affected time series estimates of visitors to and from the Irish Republic, with some smaller effects for other countries.


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Appendix C – The IPS: Methodology and coverage Background The International Passenger Survey (IPS) is a large multi-purpose survey that collects information from passengers as they enter or leave the UK. It is carried out by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for a range of public and private sector organisations. In particular, the survey provides figures used for the travel account of the balance of payments, international migration statistics, and for informing decisions on tourism policy. The data from the survey are widely used across and outside of government to provide detailed information on the numbers and types of people travelling to and from the UK. Results are published regularly by ONS on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis. More detailed analyses are possible through ONS, marketing agents appointed by ONS or by downloading the Travelpac database from the Office for National Statistics website. Travellers passing through passport control are randomly selected for interview and all interviews are conducted on a voluntary and anonymous basis. Interviewing is carried out throughout the year and in 2010, 316,000 interviews were recorded. The overall response rate (complete and partial interviews) for the 2010 survey was 81 per cent. Since the IPS began in 1961, its coverage has been extended so that it includes all the main air, sea and tunnel ports or routes into and out of the UK. The only routes excluded from the survey are sea routes to and from the Channel Islands, the land border with the Irish Republic, and cruise ships travelling to and from the UK. About 95 per cent of passengers entering and leaving the UK are covered by the survey. The remainder are either passengers travelling at night, when interviewing is suspended, or on those routes too small in volume or too expensive to be covered. The IPS data are weighted to produce national estimates of all international travellers to and from the UK on a quarterly basis. Although some monthly data from the IPS are also published, a single quarter is the minimum period over which most detailed analyses of the data can be made. Annual national estimates are created by combining the four quarters of the year. The calculation of the weights on the IPS takes into account its complex sample design and information provided from other sources on, among other things, the non-sampled routes and time periods. For example, estimates of spending by travellers to and from the Channel Islands are provided by the Economic Advisor’s Office in Jersey, and the Central Statistical Office in the Irish Republic provides information on travellers crossing the land border with Northern Ireland. Overview of the survey design The IPS is based on face-to-face interviews with a sample of passengers travelling via the principal airports, sea routes and the Channel Tunnel. The number of interviews conducted in 2010 was 316,000, which represented about 0.2 per cent of all travellers. This large sample size allows reliable estimates to be produced for various groups of passengers despite the low proportion of travellers interviewed.


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The IPS sample is stratified to ensure it is representative by mode of travel (air, sea or tunnel), port or route, and time of day. Interviews are conducted throughout the year. The frequency of sampling within each stratum is varied according to the variability of tourist expenditure and the cost of interviewing. For example, where the expenditure quoted on a particular route varies greatly across respondents, a higher sampling frequency is used to enable a more satisfactory estimate to be produced. (For further details on the sample design, see the Sampling section below.) Some questions on the survey are asked of all of the passengers interviewed, while others are restricted to certain specific sub-groups. Information on the spending and length of stay of UK residents abroad and overseas residents in the UK is only collected on the return leg of a visit. This is because actual spending and length of stay are required, and these may differ from the respondents’ intentions when they start their visit. In 2010, 52,000 interviews were carried out with overseas residents departing from the UK and 67,000 with UK residents arriving back from abroad. The details collected on the survey are used by ONS, along with other sources of information, to produce overall national estimates of the number and expenditure of different types of travellers. A complex weighting procedure is used to do this that takes into account various factors in order to improve the estimates. (For further details of the weighting procedure, see Producing national estimates below). The collection of the IPS data The key to producing reliable results from the IPS lies initially in the way the data are collected. Great emphasis is therefore placed upon the IPS interviewers to ensure they are able to capture data efficiently and accurately. Nationally, IPS data are collected by a team of over 200 interviewers who are recruited and trained specifically to work on the IPS. All IPS interviewing staff undergo an intensive initial training course and, once qualified, are regularly briefed and monitored by a support team of team leaders and site managers. Some interviewing teams will cover a single large port, for example Heathrow, while others may cover several smaller ports which are generally in the same part of the UK. Interviews are carried out on all days of the year, apart from Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Typically, an IPS shift will consist of a group of between eight and ten interviewers led by a team leader. One of the team will act as a counter to ensure that people are correctly selected for interview according to the sampling intervals appropriate for that port. The team leader is responsible for the organisation and running of the shift and is available to offer advice to team members when required. Due to the layout and facilities at some seaports it is not always possible to interview passengers as they arrive. In such cases, IPS staff travel to seaports in France and Ireland to select their subject and then conduct interviews which take place either at the overseas ports of departure, or on board the vessels returning to the UK. Almost all IPS interviews take place on a face-to-face basis with the responses being initially recorded on paper forms. Shortly after the interview has taken place, the data are transferred to a computer system in which electronic checks are made of the data being input. In recent years some ‘self completion’ questionnaires have been used at times where an interviewer has been


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unable to conduct an interview because of language difficulties. The self-completion questionnaires are produced in 13 languages but they do not cover the complete range of questions asked in a full IPS interview. The forms are designed to be as simple and user friendly as possible and aim to capture the essential data items which will be needed to produce reliable estimates of tourism. Once the interview information has been captured electronically, it is transmitted to ONS headquarters where a series of further quality and accuracy checks are made on the data before they will be ready for processing and the publication of analysis. In recent years, collection of data has been made more difficult owing to the changes in both the way airports and seaports operate and through the differing behaviour patterns of travellers. Many airports now operate several gateways for clients and all these have to be covered by an interviewing team. Many passengers arriving want to use their mobile phones once they land. It is IPS policy not to intrude or interrupt when we want to interview such people and so these people although selected for inclusion in the IPS may not be interviewed. Sampling The IPS uses a multi-stage sample design. The sampling for air, sea and tunnel travel is carried out separately, although the underlying principle for each mode of travel is broadly similar. In the absence of a sampling frame of travellers, time shifts or sea crossings are selected at the first stage, and travellers are then systematically chosen at fixed intervals from a random start within these shifts or crossings at the second stage. The details of the sampling scheme for each individual mode of travel are described below. – Air routes For air routes, time periods are sampled. Shifts are selected for the first stage at the 12 largest air sites (that is the five terminals at Heathrow Airport, the two terminals at Gatwick Airport, three terminals at Manchester International Airport and Stansted and Luton Airports). These are done in such a way that the numbers of shifts are balanced between mornings and afternoons, and days of the week within any quarter. At the second stage, passengers are counted as they cross a predetermined line and every nth one is interviewed. The sampling interval, n, differs between sites and involves a first stage sampling rate used to screen respondents for migration purposes and a second stage sampling rate used for overseas travel and tourism interviews. Departing passengers are sampled at a higher rate than arriving ones because the expenditure information for overseas residents visiting the UK is more variable than that for UK residents returning from visits abroad. A small number of shifts every quarter are also conducted at other smaller international airports in the UK. However, the sample size is insufficient to provide accurate estimates for most of these airports individually. Those airports with less than about 250,000 passenger movements per quarter are usually excluded from the survey altogether on the grounds of cost effectiveness, but traffic at these sites is taken into account when producing national estimates. – Sea routes Sea routes carrying 50,000 passengers a year or more are generally included in the IPS sample. At some seaports, passengers are sampled and interviewed on the quayside as they embark or


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disembark, while at others IPS interviewers travel on the boat itself with interviewing being carried out on board. The choice between interviewing on the quayside or on crossings is made on practical grounds such as cost, safety and permission. Where interviewing is conducted on the quayside, the sample is designed to select shifts that are balanced across different days of the week and times of day within a quarter, with each individual shift covering several sailings. Where interviews are conducted on crossings, a predetermined number of return crossings are selected for each route, spread across time of day and day of week each quarter. As for air sampling, sea passengers are selected at fixed sampling intervals from a random start within each shift or crossing. The IPS also samples long haul ships capable of carrying more than 200 passengers at the port in Southampton. – Tunnel routes The method used for the tunnel routes is different for Eurostar passenger trains and for Eurotunnel vehicle shuttles. The method for passenger trains is similar to that for air travel; time shifts are selected and then passengers are selected at fixed intervals within the time shift. Passengers are interviewed after crossing a predetermined line at Ebbsfleet, St. Pancras, and Ashford International stations on arrival or departure. In contrast, for vehicle shuttles, crossings are randomly selected and interviewing takes place on board the shuttles themselves. Because of time constraints, only a certain number of interviews can be carried out on any individual shuttle and the sampling interval used is therefore dependent on traffic volumes. Producing national estimates Once the information has been collected from respondents, the survey data are weighted to produce national estimates, which are then published on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis. The basis of the weighting of IPS survey data is that the total set of respondents interviewed at a port or route is weighted up/calibrated to passenger traffic known to have passed through that port or route in the period in question. The known passenger traffic information is provided to the IPS team by CAA, Department for Transport, Eurostar, Eurotunnel, BAA and a number of airports themselves. The weighting approach incorporates a number of stages which take account of all passengers selected for interview. Weighting is conducted for each port/route and direction of travel combination, employing the same principles at each one. The stages, listed in order of application, are as follows. Stage 1 A Design weight is employed, to account for the probability of sampling this passenger using the first-stage sampling rate.


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The calculation compares the number of shifts or crossings sampled (at each port/route and direction of travel combination) with the number of shifts or crossings that could have been sampled for that combination in the period. In addition it takes into account the first-stage sampling rate. For example, in a case where a contact was sampled at a port with the following details:  10 shifts were run in the period  100 shifts could have been run in the period  the contact was sampled employing a first-stage sampling rate of 20 (that is, every 20th passenger was selected) The Design weight for this contact would be 200, calculated as (100/10) x 20. As well as port/route and direction, this weight incorporates weekday or weekend, and am, pm or night as weighting strata. Stage 2 A Non-response weight factor is employed to take account of contacts selected for interview but who were subsequently not interviewed, either because it was not possible to contact them or they refused to participate. The weight is applied at each port/route and direction of travel combination and also incorporates weekday versus weekend as weighting strata. It involves uplifting ‘complete’ and ‘minimums’ cases by a factor calculated as 

the sum of weights applied to all ‘completes’, ‘minimums’ and ‘non-response’ records



divided by the sum of ‘completes’ and ‘minimums’ at that port/route and direction of travel combination

Stage 3 A second Design weight is applied to account for the second-phase of the sample design and relates to the sub-sampling of non-migrants. The weight for this factor is simply equal to: 

the ratio second-stage sample interval: first-stage sample interval for non-migrants, and



1 for migrants

Stage 4 A weight factor is applied for discarding minimum respondents. Minimum interviews are discarded in this step of the weighting, with other cases weighted up to compensate. The purpose of applying this weight is that it is possible that the profile of minimums might be skewed to certain nationalities or residents of certain countries (for example driven by language difficulties meaning that only minimal information is provided to the interviewer). This weighting step works to the same principle as the non-response weight. It utilises port/route and direction of travel as weighting strata. Stage 5 Weighting to sampling frame. Here the population (that is, passenger traffic) or the ports and routes covered by the sampling frame are used to weight the data. The population excludes interlining passengers (those neither entering nor leaving the UK from this port, that is, simply changing international flights) and out-of-hours traffic (that is, arriving or departing outside the


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hours covered by the IPS interviewing at that port). The weight is applied at each port/route and direction of travel combination. Stage 6 Weighting for frame under coverage. This extends the above population weighting to compensate for not covering certain ports and times of day (out-of-hours traffic) in the survey sample. The weight utilises port/route and direction of travel as weighting strata and also incorporates region of the world that traffic has come from/gone to. The weight reflects the fact that flights to and from some parts of the world are more likely than others to arrive or take off at night when no interviewing is conducted at airports. Stage 7 Weighting for observed imbalance. This step is used to correct an observed imbalance between the number of non-migrants entering and leaving the UK. These are applied as a series of fixed factors, relating to direction of travel, port/route and country/residence. It has been noted since spring 2009 that there has been an increase in the proportion of respondents in the IPS overseas travel and tourism sample who are starting their visit compared to the proportion ending their visit. This proportion of the two types of traveller in the sample defines the estimates of travel and tourism. There is no clear reason for this trend and ONS has taken steps to calibrate its overseas travel and tourism estimates with external data, notably estimates from surveying conducted at departure gates at main airports in the UK by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and e-borders data. This work has shown general consistency between the datasets with the result that the factors used in the imbalance weight have been retained. However, this is an area of ongoing research. Stage 8 A final weight is applied, which combines each of the weighting stages listed above. Imputation Where the responses for key items of interest are missing from the survey data for an individual record the values are imputed. Imputation is applied to the following items:  Length of stay  Cost of fare (expressed in terms of cost of the single fare for the respondent)  Spend  Town of stay


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For each of length of stay, cost of fare and spend, a value is calculated for the survey record which had the information missing. The IPS employs a mean-value within class imputation procedure where the missing value is replaced with the average value for records with similar characteristics. The matching variables used for each of these items are: Length of stay: Cost of fare:

Spend:

Country of visit/visiting from Purpose of visit Port in UK travelled to/from Overseas port travelled to/from Month of travel Operator Country of visit/visiting from Duration Purpose of visit

Where the respondent has travelled on a package holiday, the cost of the fare is imputed and then deducted from the total cost of the package, and the residual cost (after removal of a percentage to cover travel agent fees) is assigned to expenditure. Overseas residents staying in the UK are asked about their total expenditure in the UK. This information is then imputed across the towns stayed in, proportionate to the length of stay in each one. It is recognised that people tend to spend more when they stay in London than in other towns in the UK and therefore an uplift index is calculated and applied to the spend allocated to London in cases where the respondent stayed in both London and other towns in the UK. In cases where an overseas resident hasn’t given details of all the towns in the UK they stayed in, an uplift is applied to towns stayed in by similar records, using the same principles as outlined above for the imputation of stay, fares and spend. Seasonal adjustment The number of travellers and their spending both have a clear seasonal pattern, with more visits and spending in the summer than in the winter. Statistical techniques are used by ONS with the package X-12-ARIMA to produce seasonally adjusted figures. These figures show visits and spending with an estimate for the seasonal component removed. They allow more meaningful comparisons to be made between months and quarters of the year and help to identify underlying trends. More details on seasonal adjustment procedures can be obtained from the IPS Branch of ONS. Constant prices Usually, spending by overseas residents in the UK and UK residents abroad grows each year as the price of goods and services rise. Constant price figures are calculated by ONS to show real spending across years with the effects of price inflation removed.


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For overseas residents’ expenditure in the UK, an index is created by splitting spending into its component parts (accommodation, meals etc.) using past IPS data and uprating these components by their related retail price indices. The resulting index is then used to rebase the overseas figures back to 1995 prices. For UK residents abroad, spending is split by country of visit. Consumer price indices for particular countries are used with currency conversion rates to produce an index of price rises. The index is then used to rebase UK residents’ spending to 1995 prices. Additional sources of data The method above explains how the national estimates are produced based on the routes sampled on the IPS. Unfortunately, as the IPS does not cover all passenger routes, additional figures have to be obtained from other sources or estimates and added to the totals derived from the IPS. These additions are: •

UK residents on cruises departing from or arriving at UK shores

•

Channel Islands expenditure and receipts from tourism, from the Economic Advisor’s office in Jersey

•

rail fares purchased by overseas visitors to the UK and UK visitors abroad before the start of their visit, and

•

estimates of travel across the land border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, from the Irish Central Statistical Office. For years before 1999, information was also provided regarding travel on air and sea routes between the UK and the Irish Republic. However, since 1999, the air and sea routes have been covered by the IPS sample

Changes in methodology introduced in 2005 Due to a rapid growth in traffic, in 2005 two new residual airports, Liverpool and Prestwick were introduced into the IPS sample for the first time. The introduction of these two airports has some implications for the results of the IPS. The inclusion of these two ports means that there is more likelihood of picking up contacts that reside in, or have visited areas close to, these airports. The introduction of the new airports caused the IPS research team to review the way that traffic from airports not sampled by the IPS is accounted for in the IPS processing systems. As a result, the systems were modified slightly in order to prevent overestimates or underestimates of traffic occurring at a regional level. The introduction of the new airports and the subsequent changes made to the processing systems causes a discontinuity in the IPS results. Any comparisons of IPS results for 2005 onwards with earlier years (and especially those of a UK regional nature) therefore should be made with care.


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Changes in methodology, 2007 - Imputing expenditure The methods of computing expenditure (imputation) for cases where no expenditure information is given by the contact changed in 2007. The new method takes account of the duration of stay of the contact which had not been the case previously and means there may be a discontinuity in the expenditure series from 2006 to 2007. The new methodology compensates for possible overestimates of spending which may have arisen in the past due to the average daily spending being generally lower on longer trips than on shorter ones. - Imputing fares The costs of a package trip normally include fares to and from the country of visit. For expenditure estimates the fares are deducted from the cost of a package in order to obtain the amount of spending on the visit. The manual method of looking up fares from brochures and from the web was replaced in 2007 by an automated system which uses fares data provided by the respondent. - Coding of UK towns In 2007 a more comprehensive approach to coding UK towns was introduced. Interviewers were provided with a more detailed list of towns and boroughs than in the past, meaning that their recording of responses given by respondents was more accurate. Changes in methodology, 2009 Aberdeen Airport was introduced to the sample, and as a result, the estimated number of visits to cities and regions in Scotland will have been impacted positively. Belfast International Airport was also introduced but visits to cities and regions in Northern Ireland are not reported in the IPS Overseas Travel and Tourism estimates due to inability to record details of visits made by crossing the Irish land border. Prior to 2009, known passenger traffic passing through Belfast was allocated to airports in Great Britain. The allocation of this traffic to interviews conducted in Belfast in 2009 will have had some downward impact on estimates of visits to towns and regions in Great Britain. More broadly, the overall methodology of the IPS was changed in 2009, in terms of both sampling and data processing. Sampling was revised to incorporate an increase in the number of shifts run at many ports outside of Heathrow and a decrease in the number of shifts run at Heathrow. This change was introduced following a Port Survey Review in response to the recommendations put forward by the InterDepartmental Task Force on Migration Statistics. Further, the way that shifts are run was changed via the introduction of a system employing a primary sampling interval for screening migrants and a sub-sample interval for travel and tourism contacts. This approach didn’t affect the profile of travel and tourism contacts but it did require a change in the way the data is processed.


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The data processing involves weighting of all records and imputation of records with information missing at certain questions. The basic principles behind the processing were retained in 2009 but improvements were made in some aspects. This resulted in some discontinuity with a downward impact of approx 2 per cent in visits to the UK and 3 per cent in visits overseas and a further value of less than 1 per cent in earnings and expenditure. Details can be viewed at the following location: www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_transport/Announcement.pdf Changes in methodology, 2010 There were no changes in data collection methodology in 2010. However, the methodology used to estimate the number of UK residents departing from or arriving at UK ports on cruises was revised. The new methodology utilises new sources of data, including that published by DfT, IRN Research and the European Cruise Council. This represents an improvement in methodology and has the effect of increasing the estimated number of visits to ‘rest of the world’ by UK residents by approximately 175,000 compared with 2009.


Appendix D

Travel Trends 2010

Appendix D – IPS response rates Sample surveys such as the IPS depend on achieving high levels of response from the public. Non-respondents often have different characteristics of travel and expenditure compared with those who do respond and this can lead to biases being introduced into the results. The response rates for the main airports, residual airports, sea routes and the Channel Tunnel are shown in Table D.1 below. A minimum response is one where the contact’s nationality and country of residence were known but where the reason for visit, date the visit began or the country visited were not obtained. The overall response rate in 2010 was 81 per cent of the sample. The overall response rates for sea and tunnel routes remained consistently higher than those at most of the airports.

Table D.1

IPS response rates 2009 and 2010 by type of response and UK port Complete or partials %

Minimum response

Total response

%

%

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

Heathrow terminal 1 Heathrow terminal 2 Heathrow terminal 3 Heathrow terminal 4 Heathrow terminal 5 Heathrow transits

72 72 77 75 72 76

64 74 73 72 77

4 6 4 3 5 5

5 4 6 5 5

76 78 81 78 77 81

69 79 79 75 82

Gatwick North Gatwick South

92 92

89 88

1 1

1 1

93 93

90 90

Manchester terminal 1 Manchester terminal 2 Manchester terminal 3

83 91 87

84 91 86

2 2 2

1 1 1

85 93 89

85 93 88

Stansted

92

92

2

1

94

93

Other airports

86

86

2

2

88

87

Sea

87

87

1

1

88

88

Channel Tunnel

93

87

2

1

95

88

Total

83

81

3

3

86

83


Appendix E

Travel Trends 2010

Appendix E – Detailed sampling errors The table below shows the sampling errors for 2010 estimates relating to various purposes for visit and region of the world, together with regions of the UK visited. Both standard errors and the 95 per cent confidence intervals are quoted, the latter representing the interval into which there are 19 chances out of 20 that the true figure (had all travellers been surveyed) would fall.

Sampling errors and confidence intervals Standard error

Absolute 95% ci

Relative 95% ci

Number of visits by purpose Holiday Business Visit friends or relatives Miscellaneous

222 136 138 73

435 266 271 142

3.7% 3.9% 3.3% 4.9%

Expenditure by purpose of visit Holiday Business Visit friends or relatives Miscellaneous

234 120 79 117

459 235 154 229

7.0% 5.9% 4.4% 8.7%

Number of visits by purpose Holiday Business Visit friends or relatives Miscellaneous

310 143 156 56

607 279 306 109

1.7% 4.3% 2.9% 7.2%

Expenditure by purpose of visit Holiday Business Visit friends or relatives Miscellaneous

244 163 85 57

479 320 167 112

2.2% 7.4% 3.8% 11.4%

Number of visits by region of residence North America Europe Other countries

66 291 63

130 571 123

3.8% 2.6% 2.8%

Expenditure by region of residence North America Europe Other countries

79 162 221

154 317 434

5.8% 3.5% 8.6%

Overseas visitors to the UK

UK residents going abroad



Appendix E

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Standard error

Absolute 95% ci

Relative 95% ci

North America Europe Other countries

85 350 137

166 686 269

4.5% 1.6% 2.9%

North America Europe Other countries

101 261 147

197 512 288

5.4% 2.7% 3.4%

Number of visits by region of visit London Rest of England Scotland Wales

195 162 144 43

382 317 282 84

2.6% 2.5% 12.0% 9.4%

Expenditure by region of visit London Rest of England Scotland Wales

133 129 110 27

261 253 216 54

3.0% 4.3% 14.9% 16.1%

UK residents going abroad



Appendix F

Travel Trends 2010

Appendix F – Information available from the International Passenger Survey Getting further information from the IPS The full IPS database contains over 100 variables and therefore the opportunity exists for more detailed analyses than can be shown here. However, the structure of the IPS database is complex making it rather difficult to analyse. To enable easier examination of the IPS data, a simplified version of the IPS database called Travelpac, comprising 14 of the most widely used variables, is available on the Office for National Statistics website. Data are available for each year from 1994 to 2010. Details of how to access Travelpac are given in Appendix G. Further analyses of IPS data can be commissioned from either of two companies who act as marketing agents for the IPS, or from the ONS. Each is able to undertake the more specific and specialised forms of analysis not covered in this publication and which would not be possible from the Travelpac database. Appendix G gives details of how to contact the marketing agents and ONS. Main analysis variables The full IPS dataset contains over 100 variables. These include variables containing answers to the questions asked in the interview and others that are derived from those answers. Some variables are simply indicators to help identify the quality of data or to show where data have been imputed, and to what degree. The most widely used variables for general analyses are described below. Variable Year1 Quarter1 Month Flow1

Weight1

Nationality Country visited1

Description The year of the interview is recorded as a four-digit number. The four quarters of the calendar year are recorded as a single digit. The month of interview is recorded as two digits from 01–12. Flow describes the direction of travel and the basic residence of traveller. Flow is differentiated further according to whether the contact travelled by a) air, or b) by sea or Channel Tunnel. This gives eight categories of flow, these being: • arrivals by UK residents (air, or sea/tunnel) • departures by UK residents (air, or sea/tunnel) • arrivals by overseas residents (air, or sea/tunnel) • departures by overseas residents (air, or sea/tunnel) The number of trips represented by each contact is given by the weight variable. The total number of trips can therefore be calculated by summing the weights values of the contacts. The nationality of the contact is recorded for all contacts. The main country of visit (or country stayed in the longest) by UK residents is recorded for arrivals and departures.


Appendix F

Residence1 Town of residence States of residence

Purpose of visit1 Stay1 Expenditure1

UK port First port

Second port

Flight origin/destination

Mileage travelled

Carrier

Type of flight Fare Vehicle type

Number in vehicle Age1 Gender1 Towns 1–9

Travel Trends 2010

The country of residence of overseas residents is recorded for both arrivals and departures. The town or area of residence is recorded for UK residents for arrivals and departures. Each year, the state or area within a country is recorded for overseas residents in addition to their country of residence. This detail is limited to four countries each year which are changed annually. In 2010 the countries were Canada, Germany, the United Arab Emirates and Spain. A single main purpose of visit is recorded for all contacts. The length of stay of the visit is recorded in nights. This is only available for overseas residents’ departures and UK residents’ arrivals. The amount of money spent on the trip (excluding fares) is recorded in £ sterling and is available for overseas residents’ departures and UK residents’ arrivals. The UK port is the airport, or the sea/tunnel port or route where the interview was conducted. This is the overseas port to which the contact is travelling directly (or has just travelled directly from). If the person does not change plane during the trip, ‘First port’ is also the final destination (for departures) or the place where the visit started from (for arrivals). If ‘First port’ is a port where the contact changed planes, ‘Second port’ then records the final destination (for departures) or the place where the visit started from (for arrivals). It is otherwise left blank. This is an overseas airport which is either the final destination of the flight being taken (for air departures) or where the flight originated from (for air arrivals). This is not necessarily the same port at which the contact boarded or left the flight. The distance travelled is computed in miles from the geographical locations of the ports recorded. The distances represent the sea level (or ‘great circle’) distances covered. Three distances are calculated: • from the ‘UK port’ to ‘First port’, (for all air contacts) • from ‘First port’ to ‘Second port’ (if a second port is recorded) • from ‘Second port’ to ‘UK port’ (if a second port is recorded) This is the air company or shipping line used on the leg of the journey between the ‘UK port’ and ‘First port’. However, the carrier used between ‘First port’ and ‘Second port’ is not recorded. The type of flight e.g. scheduled or charter (air records only). The single fare in £ sterling is recorded for UK residents’ arrivals only. The type of vehicle taken on board ship or train is recorded. If no vehicle is used or cannot be identified, the contact is recorded as being a foot passenger. This is the number of people travelling in the vehicle recorded above. The age group of the contact is asked and recorded for all contacts. Sex is recorded for all contacts. For overseas residents’ departures only, up to nine towns in which the contact has spent at least one night are recorded.


Appendix F

Stay 1–9 Spend 1–9 Package1 Money spent

Travel Trends 2010

The number of nights spent in ‘Towns 1–9’ are recorded. Expenditure while in ‘Towns 1–9’ is not collected but is imputed based on total expenditure, length of stay and area of visit. This identifies whether the contact travelled as part of an inclusive tour package or travelled independently. The money spent on spirits, beer, wine, other alcohol and on tobacco being brought back into the UK by UK residents is recorded.

The above list is not exhaustive and excludes variables based on questions not asked regularly on the IPS. Variables regarding data quality are also not included. 1

Information based on these variables is included in the Travelpac datasets.


Appendix G

Travel Trends 2010

Appendix G – Access to IPS data and analysis IPS results published by ONS In addition to Travel Trends, ONS also publishes monthly and quarterly results from the IPS that are available free of charge in PDF format from the Office for National Statistics website The monthly estimates are published in the Statistical Bulletin series ‘Overseas Travel and Tourism’. The quarterly results are published in ‘Quarterly Overseas Travel and Tourism’. Data tables from the IPS and other statistics relating to travel and tourism are available from ONS. The information can be found under the Transport, Travel and Tourism section of the website at www.ons.gov.uk. The website also provides more information about the International Passenger Survey. It should be noted that all IPS results published by ONS are subject to Crown Copyright. Reproduction of material is permitted under the terms of the Open Government Licence. Details of this are at the front of this report on page 2. Other analyses General enquiries about the IPS should be directed to: Office for National Statistics International Passenger Survey Room 2201 Government Buildings Cardiff Road Newport NP10 8XG Telephone: E-mail:

+44 (0) 1633 455678 [email protected]


Appendix G

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IPS Datasets Travelpac is a simplified version of the IPS database containing 14 of the most widely used variables. Data are available online for each year from 1993 onwards. Datasets of the individual contact records from the full IPS database may be purchased from ONS. Please contact the IPS branch on +44 (0) 1633 455678 for further details. IPS databases are also available to academics through the Data Archive at Essex University. Telephone: Web:

+44 (0) 1206 872143 www.data-archive.ac.uk

Marketing agents It is possible to commission more detailed analyses of the IPS data from marketing agents appointed by ONS. The marketing agents are: IRN Research Concorde House Trinity Park Solihull Birmingham B37 7UQ Telephone: Fax: E-mail: Web:

+44 (0) 121 635 5210 +44 (0) 121 635 5211 [email protected] www.irn-research.com

MDS Transmodal 5-6 Hunters Walk Canal Street Chester CH1 4EB Telephone: Fax: E-mail: Web:

+44 (0) 1244 348301 +44 (0) 1244 348471 [email protected] www.mdst.co.uk
