VisitEngland puts value on Christmas break

Saturday, 20 Dec, 2013 0

Overnight trips this Christmas and New Year will generate £1.9bn for the UK economy, according to VisitEngland.

The majority of that – £1.6bn – will be spent in England.

VisitEngland’s latest Trip Tracker survey reveals 10.1m Brits (20% of the adult population) will take an overnight trip in the UK, with 8.6m people (17%) planning to take that trip in England.

The majority (33.7m people or 67% of the population) will travel to see friends and family; 18.1m adults plan to do some post-Christmas sales shopping; 12.1m plan to visit a Christmas market and 7.5m will take part in other Christmas activities.

Minister for Tourism Helen Grant said: "The Christmas holidays provide a great economic boost for domestic tourism."

According to VisitEngland, just 4% (2m) of Brits plan to travel abroad over the Christmas and New Year period.



 

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Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.



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