Written question asked by Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 28 October 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 November 2003. It was answered by Richard Caborn (Labour) on Monday, 3 November 2003 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many foreign visitors she estimates visited (a) Bath, (b) York, (c) Liverpool, (d) Snowdonia, (e) Edinburgh, (f) Stratford upon Avon and (g) London in 2002-03. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many foreign visitors she estimates visited (a) Bath, (b) York, (c) Liverpool, (d) Snowdonia, (e) Edinburgh, (f) Stratford upon Avon and (g) London in 2002-03. [135838] Mr. Caborn: The following table shows the number of visits made by foreign residents to these places in 2002, since data on visits to areas around the UK are produced by calendar year. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Area Number of visits made by foreign residents in 2002 Bath 205,000 York 230,000 Liverpool 193,000 Snowdonia Not available Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire (includes Snowdonia) 21,000 Edinburgh 849,000 Stratford Upon Avon 110,000 London 11,603,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Figures for Snowdonia alone are not available, but figures are available for the combined regions of Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire, which contain Snowdonia. Source: International Passenger Survey, National Statistics

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 412 c445-6W;412 c453-4W; 135838
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Greater London Edinburgh Overseas visitors Liverpool Tourism York Snowdonia Bath Stratford-on-Avon
Contains statistics: Yes
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