Tourism industry

Tourism and travel (including accommodation services, food and beverage services, passenger transport services, vehicle hire, travel agencies and sports, recreational and conference services), employment levels and output of the tourism industry, the number of visitors to the UK and the amount they spend.

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OS visits to the UK: Thousands - SA

1,720

2020 MAR

Release date:: 20 July 2023
Next release:: To be announced

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Overseas travel and tourism: June 2022 provisional results

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There were 3.0 million visits to the UK by overseas visitors in June 2022; an increase from 2.8 million visits in May 2022.
Visits by overseas visitors to the UK in June 2022 are still lower than pre-coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic levels, down 19% from 3.7 million in June 2019.
Overseas residents spent £2.7 billion in the UK in June 2022.

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Travel trends

Visits to the UK by overseas residents, visits abroad by UK residents and spending estimates by travellers.

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OS visits to the UK: Thousands - SA

1,720 2020 MAR

Release date:

20 July 2023

Next release:

To be announced
UK visits abroad: All visits Thousands - SA

5,240 2020 MAR

Release date:

20 July 2023

Next release:

To be announced
OS visits to UK :Earnings: £ Millions-(Cur.Price-SA)

£ 1,020 m 2020 MAR

Release date:

20 July 2023

Next release:

To be announced
UK visits abroad:Expenditure abroad: £ Millions -(Cur.Price-SA)

£ 3,200 m 2020 MAR

Release date:

20 July 2023

Next release:

To be announced

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Datasets related to Tourism industry

Overseas travel and tourism, monthly

Seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted estimates of completed international visits to and from the UK.
Overseas travel and tourism, monthly revision triangles

Revision triangles of estimates for International Passenger Survey (IPS) monthly data.

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Statistical bulletins

Overseas travel and tourism: December 2022 provisional results

Visits to the UK by overseas residents, visits abroad by UK residents and spending by travellers, using provisional passenger traffic data.
UK Tourism Satellite Account: 2017

Annual inbound, outbound and domestic expenditure on tourism, internal tourism consumption and employment for the tourism industries.

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