Tourism industry

OS visits to the UK: Thousands - SA

3,400

2018 MAR

Release date:

5 September 2018

Next release:

11 October 2018

Overseas travel and tourism: January, February and March 2018 provisional results

What's in the bulletin?

• There were 2.5 million visits to the UK by overseas residents in January 2018 (15% fewer than in January 2017), 2.4 million visits in February 2018 (the same as February 2017) and 3.0 million visits in March 2018 (1% fewer than in March 2017).
• Overseas residents spent £1.5 billion on visits to the UK in January 2018 (6% less than in January 2017), £1.2 billion in February 2018 (no change from February 2017) and £1.8 billion in March 2018 (13% more than in March 2017).
• UK residents made 4.6 million visits abroad in January 2018 (4% fewer than in January 2017), 4.1 million visits abroad in February 2018 (7% fewer than in February 2017) and 4.6 million visits abroad in March 2018 (6% fewer than in March 2017).