Tourism
(asked on 16th March 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many jobs have been generated by the tourism industry in England in each of the last five years; and what the value of tourism was to the economy in each of those years.
Jobs created due to direct tourism and tourism’s economic contribution through GVA are presented below.
Year | Jobs (000s) | Percentage change from previous year | GVA (£bn) | Percentage change from previous year | Percentage of UK GVA |
2011 | 1,457 | - | 53,947 | - | 14.1 |
2012 | 1,532 | 5% | 57,344 | 6.3% | 13.9 |
2013 | 1,604 | 5% | 58,997 | 2.9% | 14.1 |
2014 | 1,432 | -11% | 60,438 | 2.4% | 13.9 |
2015 | 1,531 | 7% | 64,642 | 7.0% | 14.2 |
2016(p) | 1,504 | -2% | 66,065 | 2.2% | 14.2 |
This data can be sourced at the Office of National Statistics and the DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates for 2017.