Tourism

(asked on 16th May 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the annual spend in the UK’s domestic tourism sector in each of the last five years.


Answered by
Michael Ellis Portrait
Michael Ellis
This question was answered on 24th May 2018

The Great Britain Tourism Survey and the Great Britain Day Visits Survey show that domestic spend for Great Britain over the previous 5 years has been as follows:

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Domestic overnight spend (£bn)

£23.3

£22.7

£24.8

£23.1

£23.7

Domestic day visit spend (£bn)

£62.0

£61.8

£61.9

£63.9

£62.4

Total domestic spend (£bn)

£85.3

£84.5

£86.8

£87.0

£86.1

Sources:

Great Britain Tourism Survey:2017 Overview; GB All Trip Purposes

Great Britain Day Visits Survey: 2017 Regional and Demographic Breakdown

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