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.
Answered on
15 December 2015
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