Highlights
Overseas travel and tourism: March 2019 provisional results
What's in the bulletin?
- There were 2.9 million visits to the UK by overseas residents in March 2019 (2% fewer than in March 2018).
- Overseas residents spend £1.6 billion on visits to the UK in March 2019 (8% less than in March 2018).
- UK residents made 4.8 million visits overseas in March 2019 (4% more than in March 2018).
Datasets related to Leisure and tourism
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Overseas travel and tourism, monthly
Seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted estimates of completed international visits to and from the UK.
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Overseas travel and tourism time series
Seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted estimates of completed international visits to and from the UK. Based on International Passenger Survey data.
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Overseas travel and tourism, quarterly
Seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted estimates of completed international visits to and from the UK and earnings and expenditure associated with these visits.
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Travelpac: travel to and from the UK
Quarterly data on travel to and from the UK, taken from the International Passenger Survey (IPS). Includes detail on age and sex of travellers, purpose and length of trip, and spending. These data are in a form suitable for small businesses and students.
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Travel trends estimates: overseas residents in the UK
Annual estimates on visits and spending in the UK by overseas residents, by purpose and region of visit.
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Travel trends estimates: UK residents' visits abroad
Annual estimates on visits and spending by UK residents abroad, by purpose and region of visit.
Publications related to Leisure and tourism
Statistical bulletins
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Overseas travel and tourism: March 2019 provisional results
Visits to the UK by overseas residents, visits abroad by UK residents and spending by travellers, using provisional passenger traffic data.
Articles
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Young people spend a third of their leisure time on devices
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Holidays in the 1990s and now
Since the 1990s, we're going on more holidays... but they're shorter than they used to be. Explore three decades of changing tourism habits.
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Travel trends
Annual estimates of travel and tourism visits to the UK (of less than 12 months' duration) and associated earnings and expenditure between the UK and the rest of the world.
Methodology related to Leisure and tourism
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