Written question asked by Lord Fearn (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 1 December 2015, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 15 December 2015. It was answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Conservative) on Tuesday, 15 December 2015 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Tourism
- Question
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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the annual spending by inbound tourists to the UK and which countries are the 10 largest source markets from which those tourists come.
- Answer
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According to the Office for National Statistics International Passenger Survey, inbound visitors to the UK spent £21.85 billion in 2014. The top ten inbound markets by spend last year are set out in the following table.
Top 10 inbound markets by value 2014
From
Spend (£m)
1
USA
£2,944
2
Germany
£1,478
3
France
£1,434
4
Australia
£1,224
5
Spain
£1,082
6
Italy
£922
7
Irish Republic
£870
8
Netherlands
£701
9
Norway
£548
10
Sweden
£503
More information can be found on the VisitBritain website -https://www.visitbritain.org/inbound-tourism-trends
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- HL4099
- Session
- 2015-16
- Subjects
- Expenditure Overseas visitors Tourism
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
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