Monthly results on the number of overseas visitors to the UK, earnings from overseas visits, UK residents visits abroad, and their expenditure.
Publications
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Overseas travel and tourism: Jan 2017
Visits to the UK by overseas residents, visits abroad by UK residents and spending by travellers, using provisional passenger traffic data.
Data
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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, monthly
Seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted estimates of completed international visits to and from the UK.
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Overseas travel and tourism, monthly revision triangles
Revision triangles of estimates for International Passenger Survey (IPS) monthly data.
Methodology
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International Passenger Survey methodological information
The International Passenger Survey background notes outline dataset definitions, sample methodology, geography and purpose groupings.
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