Spending on domestic trips in England reaches record levels
Domestic overnight trips in England grew to 103 million last year, 11% up on 2014.
According to the latest results from the Great Britain Tourism Survey, there was also an 8% rise in expenditure over 2014, reaching a record total spend of £19.6 billion.
The number of holidays taken in England in 2015 increased by 7% to 43.7 million and holiday expenditure also increased by 7%.
All regions across England experienced growth in overnight trips and spend, but regions which saw the biggest increases in overnight trips include Yorkshire (+20%), the West Midlands (+22%), London (+14%) and the South West (+14%).
Regions seeing double digit increase in spend include the West Midlands (+26%), North East (+15%), South West (+13%) and Yorkshire (+11%).
Trips to the English countryside saw growth of 17%.
Across the whole of Great Britain, 124 million trips were recorded – a 9% increase on 2014 with spend also up by 9% to £25 billion.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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