Key tourism facts
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 |
£ 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 top five overseas markets for the UK in 2000 were:
|
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:
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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