Key tourism facts

Thursday, 26 Feb, 2002 0

The British Tourist Authority has released the following information on tourism to the UK:

Tourism is one of the largest industries in the UK, worth approximately £75 billion in 2000, comprising:
Spending by Overseas Residents

Spending by Overseas Residents

£ billion

 

Visits to the UK

12.8

 

Fares to UK carriers

3.2

 

 

 

Spending by Domestic Tourists

 

 

Trips of 1+ nights

26.1

 

Day Trips

32.7

It accounts for 4.7% of GDP and employs 2.1 million people.

Inbound Tourism to the UK:

  • The 25.2 million overseas visitors who came in 2000 spent £12.8 billion in the UK.
  • The total number of visits for 2000 was 25.2 million, a -1% change compared with 1999, and an increase of 2% in spending to £12.8 billion.
  • The UK ranks fifth in the international tourism earnings league behind the USA, Spain, France and Italy.
  • The top five overseas markets for the UK in 2000 were:
    Visits

     

    Visits

     

    Spend

     

    Millions

     

    (£m)

    USA

    4.1

    USA

    2,752

    France

    3.1

    Germany

    887

    Germany

    2.8

    France

    684

    Irish Republic

    2.1

    Irish Republic

    570

    Netherlands

    1.4

    Australia

    517

    Employment:

  • There are an estimated 2.1 million jobs in tourism related industries in the UK, some 7% of all people in employment in Great Britain. There are more jobs in tourism than in construction or transport.
  • Approximately 160,000 of these jobs are in self-employment.
  • 2001
    The US terrorist attacks of September 11th, which followed hard on the heels of the foot and mouth outbreak, have depressed travel to Britain. Final figures for 2001 confirm that inbound tourism lost £2billion, a drop of 16%.



     



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