In this article we put into practice new methods for estimating the value of outdoor tourism in the UK. It will detail total numbers of visits, the activities they took part in and the amounts spent on those activities. It also attempts to break the visits and value up by broad habitat types and provides national and regional breakdowns.

Publications

Data

  • Tourism UK natural capital

    Physical (non-monetary) and monetary estimates of services provided by natural assets in the UK between 1998 and 2019.

Methodology

  • UK natural capital accounts: Tourism - methodology

    Measurement and development of UK tourism natural capital ecosystem service accounts, including the specific methods used to value individual components of natural capital and physical and monetary data sources.