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Travel Trends
A report on the 2005 International Passenger Survey
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Introduction
Introduction .......................................................................................... 5
Tables
Travel and tourism 1985 to 2005 ........................................................ 23
Overseas residents visits to the UK 2001 to 2005 ............................... 33
UK residents visits abroad 2001 to 2005 ............................................ 53
Overseas residents visits to the UK 2005 ............................................ 69
UK residents visits abroad 2005 ......................................................... 93
Appendices
A Information available from the IPS ................................................ 118
B Methodology ............................................................................... 122
C Concepts ...................................................................................... 127
D Definitions .................................................................................... 130
E Response rates of the survey ........................................................ 132
F Accuracy of IPS estimates ............................................................. 133
G Access to IPS data and analysis ..................................................... 134
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Acknowledgements
Introduction
Travel Trends
z Acknowledgements
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Introduction: The International Passenger Survey Travel Trends 2005
Travel Trends presents the main results from the International Passenger Survey (IPS) which collects
information on travel to and from the United Kingdom.
The style of this report has changed compared with previous years. Commentary is generally limited to
those events occurring in 2005 and the effects they may have had on the longer term trends. However
all data tables which appeared last year have been retained and three new ones showing previously
unpublished information have been added.
It is intended that next year Travel Trends will be available only in electronic format. The range and layout
of tables will then be further extended to expand on the information available.
The IPS is a continuous survey carried out by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the results of which
are used by a number of Government Departments. The results are based on face-to-face interviews with
a random sample of passengers as they enter or leave the UK by the principal air, sea and tunnel routes.
collect data in order to measure travel expenditure and how it impacts on the UK balance of
payments (on the travel account);
provide detailed information about overseas visitors to the UK for tourism policy;
provide data on international migration; and
collect travel information on passenger routes as an aid to aviation and shipping authorities.
Travellers passing through passport control are randomly selected for interview and all interviews are
conducted on a voluntary and anonymous basis. Interviewing is carried out throughout the year and in
2005 over a quarter of a million interviews were conducted representing about 0.2 per cent of travellers.
The overall response rate for the 2005 survey was 83 per cent.
Since the IPS began in 1961, its coverage has been extended so that it includes all the main air, sea and
tunnel ports or routes into and out of the UK. The only routes excluded from the survey are sea routes to
and from the Channel Islands, the land border with the Irish Republic, and cruise ships travelling to and
from the UK.
About 90 per cent of passengers entering and leaving the UK are covered by the survey. The remainder
are either passengers travelling at night, when interviewing is suspended, or on those routes too small in
volume or too expensive to be covered.
The IPS data are weighted to produce national estimates of all international travellers to and from the UK
on a quarterly basis. Although some monthly data from the IPS are also published, a single quarter is the
minimum period over which most detailed analyses of the data can be made. Annual national estimates
are created by combining the four quarters of the year together.
The calculation of the weights on the IPS takes into account its complex sample design and information
provided from other sources on, among other things, the non-sampled routes and time periods. For
example, estimates of spending by travellers to and from the Channel Islands are provided by the
Economic Advisors Office in Jersey, and the Central Statistical Office in the Irish Republic provides
information on travellers crossing the land border with Northern Ireland.
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The key to producing reliable results from the IPS lies initially in the way the data are collected. Great
emphasis is therefore placed upon the IPS interviewers to ensure they are able to capture data efficiently
and accurately.
Nationally, IPS data are collected by a team of 180 interviewers who are recruited and trained specifically
to work on the IPS. All IPS interviewing staff undergo an intensive initial training course and, once
qualified, are regularly briefed and monitored by a support team of over 60 team leaders and 10 site
managers. Some interviewing teams will cover a single large port, for example Heathrow, whilst others
may cover several smaller ports which are generally in the same part of the UK. Interviews are carried out
on all days of the year, apart from Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Typically, an IPS shift will consist of a group of between eight and ten interviewers led by a team leader.
One of the team will act as a counter to ensure that people are correctly selected for interview according
to the sampling interval appropriate for that port. The team leader is responsible for the organisation
and running of the shift and is available to offer advice to team members when required.
Due to the layout and facilities at some sea ports it is not always possible to interview passengers as they
arrive. In such cases, IPS staff travel to seaports in France, Holland and Ireland to select their subject and
then conduct interviews which take place either at the overseas ports of departure, or on board the
vessels returning to the UK.
Almost all IPS interviews take place on a face-to-face basis with the responses being initially recorded on
paper forms. Shortly after the interview has taken place, the data are transferred to a computer system in
which electronic checks are made of the data being input. In recent years some self completion
questionnaires have been used at times where an interviewer has been unable to conduct an interview
because of language difficulties. The self completion questionnaires are produced in ten languages but
they do not cover the complete range of questions asked in a full IPS interview. The forms are designed
to be as simple and user friendly as possible and aim to capture the essential data items which will be
needed to produce reliable estimates of tourism.
Once the interview information has been captured electronically, it is transmitted to ONS headquarters
where a series of further quality and accuracy checks are made on the data before they will be ready for
processing and the publication of analysis.
In recent years, collection of data has been made more difficult owing to the changes in both the way
airports and seaports operate and through the differing behaviour patterns of travellers. Many airports
now operate several gateways for clients and all these have to be covered by an interviewing team. Many
passengers arriving want to contact friends or relatives once they land and these days tend to use their
mobile phones to do so. It is IPS policy not to intrude or interrupt when we want to interview such
people and so these people although selected for inclusion in the IPS may not be interviewed.
Airports at Prestwick and Liverpool were added to the sample in 2005 due to the growth in the numbers
of travellers at these ports. As a result, detailed results for 2005 may show a slight discontinuity from
previous years. Care should therefore be exercised when comparing results, especially those of a regional
nature, with earlier years. Please refer to Appendix B (page 122) for further details off this change.
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Introduction: The International Passenger Survey Travel Trends 2005
The design of the survey enables results to be produced on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis. For
the most part, annual data are used within this report, although some tables are split by quarter.
This report contains a chapter dealing with the main effects of events in 2005 and recent years then 5
sections of tables presenting information on:
Section 1 The long-term trends in tourism to and from the UK from 1985 to 2005
Section 2 The trends in travel and tourism to the UK over the last five years (2001 to 2005)
Section 3 The trends in overseas travel and tourism by UK residents over the last five years
(2001 to 2005)
Section 4 The characteristics of visits made by overseas residents to the UK in 2005; and
Please contact the IPS team for information about the cases on which no data were available (see
Appendix G).
The sum of spending across sub-categories of visit may not add to total spending. Spend per visit and
spend per day by overseas visitors broken down by some categories of visit cannot be calculated by
dividing spending by the number of visits. See Appendix D for details. On very rare occasions, rounding
errors have resulted in marginal inconsistencies between the information presented in a figure and the
corresponding table. In some cases, percentages in tables in this report from years prior to 2004 may
differ by 1.0 per cent from those published in previous years. This is because of changes in the method
of rounding figures. The figures in this report are the most accurate.
Acknowledgements
The IPS is a large continuous survey and ONS would not be able to carry out the survey without the
efforts of many different groups of people from a variety of organisations. In particular, ONS wishes to
acknowledge the parts played by the following:
1) The interviewers for their role in collecting the information on which the results of the IPS are
based.
3) The operators and managers of sea ports, airports and rail terminals who give IPS interviewers
access to their facilities in order to interview passengers.
4) The companies and organisations which provide additional information and data which enables
the IPS results to be produced.
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z UK residents made 66.4 million visits abroad in 2005, also an all time
record.
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Overview
Travel Trends presents some of the key findings of the 2005
Figure 1: Visits to and from the UK
International Passenger Survey (IPS). The tables referred to in this
Million
70 chapter can be found in Sections 1 to 5 of this report.
60
Number of visits
50
The number of visits by overseas residents to the UK increased from
40
UK residents 27.8 million in 2004 to 30.0 million in 2005, a rise of 8.0 per cent.
30
Visits abroad by UK residents rose by 3.5 per cent during the same
20
Overseas residents
period from 64.2 million visits in 2004 to 66.4 million visits in 2005. For
10 visits both to and from the UK these were record numbers.
0
1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 Figure 1 shows the trends in the number of visits to the UK by overseas
residents and visits abroad by UK residents for the years 1985 to 2005.
The trend over the period has been one of increasing travel, although
there are two notable exceptions.
The average annual growth over the period from 1985 to 2005 was
higher for UK residents' visits abroad at 5.8 per cent than for overseas
Figure 2: Percentage change in
residents' visits to the UK at 3.7 per cent. While the number of visits by
visits to the UK by quarter
and by region 2004-2005 overseas residents to the UK more than doubled during the period,
Per cent visits abroad by UK residents more than trebled. (Tables 1.01 and 1.02)
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Quarter 1 Quarter 3
Figure 2 shows the percentage change in the number of visits to the UK
from 2004 to 2005 by region of the world. The events of July 2005 in
Quarter 2 Quarter 4
London coincided with a slowing of the growth rates in visits to the UK
from residents of Europe and Other Countries during the last two
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quarters between 2004 and 2005. Compared with 2004, visits from Figure 3: Visits to the UK in quarter
North America to London fell during the first two quarters of 2005 and 3 by overseas residents
there was also a small fall in quarter 3 but increased in quarter 4. by region
Million
declined by 3.7 per cent in quarter 3 and by 1.2 per cent in quarter 4
when compared with the same period in 2004. These falls compared 6
with large increases of 13 per cent and 10 per cent in visits to the
capital in quarters 1 and 2 respectively. 4
2005, approximately one and a half times as many nights compared North America Other Countries
with 167 million nights in 1985. UK residents spent a total of 669 Europe
million nights abroad in 2005, approximately two and a half times as
many nights as the 270 million nights spent abroad in 1985.
Although there have been substantial increases over the period in both Figure 5: Average number of nights
the number of visits and the number of nights, the tendency has been per visit
Nights
for the length of visits to get shorter. Overseas visitors to the UK stayed
14
an average of just under 12 nights per visit in 1985 but by 1999 this
had declined to just over 8 nights, and has remained at this level. The
12
average length of stay for UK residents travelling abroad was just over
UK residents
12 nights in 1985, but this declined to just over 10 nights by 1997,
10
since when it has remained unchanged. (Tables 1.01 and 1.02, Figure 5)
The average lengths of stay for visits made by both overseas and UK 8
Overseas residents
residents have remained almost constant for the past 5 years although
there have been changes in the distribution of trip lengths during that 6
time. 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
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Figure 6: Overseas residents visits Between 2001 and 2005 there was a 39 per cent increase in the
to the UK by length of number of visits of 1 to 3 nights by overseas residents visiting the UK
stay 2001 to 2005 and a 31 per cent increase in the number of visits of 4 to 13 nights.
Per cent
50 Longer visits of 28 or more nights also increased, by 40 per cent.
However for day visits, where there was no overnight stay, the increase
40
was much lower at 4.2 per cent.
10
0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Nil stay 14-27 nights
4-13 nights
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length of stay for visits by overseas residents to the UK than for visits
abroad by UK residents. Although the number of visits by overseas
residents to the UK has doubled, the number of nights stayed in the
UK has increased by just under a half. (Tables 1.01 and 1.02, Figure 9)
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Holiday VFR
exceeded the 2000 level for the first time.
Business Misc Business trips and visits to friends or relatives increased as a proportion
of total visits by similar amounts. In 1985, 21 per cent (3.0 million visits)
of visits to the UK by overseas residents were for business purposes. By
Figure 11: UK residents visits 2005 this proportion had increased to 27 per cent (8.2 million visits).
abroad by purpose of visit
Visits to friends or relatives accounted for 20 per cent (2.9 million visits)
Million
of all visits to the UK by overseas residents in 1985, increasing to 29 per
50
cent (8.7 million visits) by 2005. (Table 1.03, Figure 10)
40
Visits for miscellaneous purposes declined as a proportion of all visits
30 between 1985 and 2005, although by much less than by holiday visits.
In 1985 there were 1.9 million visits to the UK for miscellaneous
20
purposes which was 13 per cent of all overseas residents' visits to the
10
UK. By 2005 the number miscellaneous visits had risen to 3.4 million,
but as a proportion of all visits had declined to 11 per cent.
0
1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 The changes in proportions of trips by purpose for UK residents
Holiday VFR travelling abroad have been considerably smaller over the same period.
Business Misc Holiday visits abroad by UK residents showed a strongly increasing trend
between 1985 and 2005. However the proportion of holidays against
total visits fell due to the growth in trips for other purposes, from 69
per cent (14.9 million visits) in 1985 to 66 per cent (44.2 million visits)
in 2005. (Table 1.04, Figure 11).
In 1985 business visits accounted for 15 per cent (3.2 million visits) of
all UK residents visits abroad, whereas in 2005 this had fallen to 13 per
cent (8.6 million visits).
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Package holidays
A far higher proportion of UK residents' visits overseas are as part of a
package holiday (29 per cent in 2005) than of overseas residents' visits
to the UK (6.3 per cent in 2005). UK residents make approximately 10
times as many package holiday visits abroad as overseas residents make
to the UK. The number of package holidays made by UK residents
travelling abroad declined by 7.9 per cent from 20.6 million in 2001 to Figure 12: Overseas residents
package holiday visits to
19.0 million in 2005 although there were rises and falls over this period.
the UK as a percentage of
Overseas residents made 2.0 million package holiday visits to the UK in all holidays by mode
2001 and although these also fluctuated over the five year period they Per cent
50
remained almost unchanged at 1.9 million in 2005.
40
As a proportion of all holidays, package holidays fell for both overseas
residents visiting the UK and UK residents travelling abroad over the 5 30
years from 2001 to 2005. For overseas residents, package holidays fell
from 26 per cent of all holidays in 2001 to 19 per cent in 2005 but for 20
proportion of package holidays abroad rose and fell over the years there 20
was an overall decrease from 42 per cent in 2001 to 36 per cent in
10
2005. The proportion of all holiday visits on packages via the tunnel for
UK residents travelling abroad fell from 42 per cent in 2001 to 33 per 0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
cent in 2003 before rising again to 39 per cent in 2005, still lower than
Air Sea Tunnel
the level in 2001. (Tables 2.07 and 3.07, Figures 12 and 13)
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Mode of travel
Overseas residents made a record level of 22.0 million visits by air to the
UK in 2005, 10 per cent more than in 2004 and a growth of 134 per
Figure 14: Overseas residents visits
to the UK by mode of cent since 1985. The trend has been upward throughout the period
travel with only occasional single years of decrease, the largest of these being
Million
in 2001, the year of a foot and mouth outbreak in the UK and the
30
events of 11 September in the USA. The second largest decrease was in
25
1991, the year of the first gulf war.
20
In contrast, the number of visits to the UK by sea fell by 2.0 per cent
15 between 2004 and 2005 to 4.7 million visits, and between 1985 and
10
2005 there was an overall fall of 7.2 per cent. There was a gently
increasing trend between 1985 and the mid-1990s, but since then the
5
trend has been generally decreasing with a pattern of alternate years of
0 small decreases and increases since 2000.
1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
Total Sea Visits to the UK via the Channel Tunnel rose by 9.0 per cent between
2004 and 2005 to a record level of 3.3 million visits. There was an
Air Tunnel
upward trend from the first full year of operation in 1995 to a peak in
1998, followed by a slight decline until 2000 and a sharper fall in 2001.
Since 2003 visits made via the Channel Tunnel have gradually recovered
and for the first time in 2005 they exceeded the 1998 level.
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grown to 74 per cent, 16 per cent were made by sea and 11 per cent
were via the Channel Tunnel. The growth in the proportion of air travel
was even higher for UK residents. By 2005 the proportion of all UK
residents' trips abroad made by air had grown to 81 per cent whilst
those by sea and the Channel Tunnel were 12 per cent and 7 per cent
respectively.
Visits to the UK for almost all the main categories of purpose of visit
increased for each mode of transport between 2001 and 2005, the
exception being for holiday visits by sea which remained approximately
constant. While total trips made by overseas residents visiting the UK by
sea had increased by 17 per cent between 2001 and 2005, trips for
business purposes increased by over 50 per cent from approximately
800 thousand trips in 2001 to 1.2 million trips in 2005. (Tables 1.07 and
1.08, Tables 2.07 and 2.08, Figures 14 and 15)
The highest number of visits by sea for business purposes in 2005 was
made by residents of Poland with 198 thousand visits, followed by
Germany with 175 thousand and France with 131 thousand. Over half
(54 per cent) of business visits by sea were made in lorries on the Dover-
Calais route and for business visits from Poland the figure was almost
two thirds (66 per cent). (Data not shown in tables)
There was a change in the five countries whose residents made the most 25
trips to the UK in 2005. Between 2001 and 2004 the top five countries
20
were the USA, France, Germany, the Irish Republic and the Netherlands.
In 2005 Spain replaced the Netherlands in fifth position. 15
Although residents of the USA made the most visits to the UK (3.4 10
million), the number of visits fluctuated between 2001 and 2005 which 5
represented an average fall of 1.0 per cent per year. Residents of France
0
made the second highest number of trips to the UK in 2005 (3.3 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
million), followed closely by residents of Germany (3.3 million), the Irish Total World Europe
Republic (2.8 million) and Spain (1.8 million). These last four countries
North America Other Countries
all showed an overall growth in the number of visits made to the UK
between 2001 and 2005 with the highest by residents of Spain, an
average annual growth of 20 per cent. Visits by residents of Spain
doubled from 0.9 million in 2001 to 1.8 million in 2005.
After the top five, the countries whose residents made the most visits to
the UK in 2005 were the Netherlands (1.7 million), Italy (1.2 million),
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Figure 17: Proportion of overseas Belgium (1.1 million), Poland (1.0 million) and Australia (0.9 million).
residents visits to the UK Poland appeared in the 'top 10' list for the first time in 2005, the
with UK nationality number of visits having almost doubled between 2004 and 2005. The
Per Cent
45 average annual rate of increase was 47 per cent over the five years.
30
between 2004 and 2005 were all from residents of European countries:
Poland (513 thousand); Germany (326 thousand); Spain (321
thousand); and the Irish Republic (228 thousand). There was
15 considerable growth in visits from France between 2001 and 2004, but
not in 2005. The countries with the highest average annual growth
rates for visits to the UK over the 5 year period were the EU accession
0
countries of Poland (47 per cent), Hungary (27 per cent) and the Czech
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
USA Germany Spain Republic (26 per cent), followed by Spain (20 per cent).
France Irish Republic Thirty one per cent of visits by Spanish residents were made by travellers
holding British passports. This was almost double the proportion of
residents of any of the top ten visiting countries, the two nearest being
Australia (16 per cent British nationality) and France (13 per cent). As
Figure 17 shows, the proportion of visitors from Spain with British
nationality has shown an increasing trend since 2001, rising from 23 per
cent to 31 per cent of all visits over the period although most of this rise
was between 2001 and 2003. (Table 2.18, Figure 17)
The five countries whose residents spent most when visiting the UK in
2005 were also the countries with the highest numbers of visits
although the order differed. The top five were the USA (2.4 billion),
Germany (1.0 billion), Irish Republic (0.9 billion), France (0.8 billion)
and Spain (0.7 billion). Total spending in the UK by residents of
different countries reflects differences in numbers of visits, the average
length of stay and the purpose of visit.
Figure 18: Visits and spending for the top ten visiting countries
USA
France
Germany
Irish Republic
Spain
Netherlands
Italy
Belgium
Poland
Australia
4 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 3
Visits (million) Spending ( billion)
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Although there was a decline in the number of visits from the USA,
spending remained approximately constant over the period. Growth in
spending by residents of Spain matched the growth in the number of
visits with an average annual increase of 22 per cent between 2001 and
2005. Spain and the EU accession countries of Poland, Hungary and the
Czech Republic were the only individual countries with more than 50
thousand visits to the UK per year to have average annual growth rates
in spending of over 20 per cent.
20
Visits to North America showed a steadily increasing trend rising from
10
0.9 million in 1985 to a record of 5.1 million in 2000. However in 2001
the numbers fell sharply and although they have risen again recently, 0
1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
the 2005 level of 4.9 million is still not as high as the peak level in
Total World Europe
2000.
North America Other Countries
Visits to Europe by UK residents have increased almost throughout the
period from 1985 to 2005 and the 52.8 million visits to Europe in 2005
by UK residents is a record.
With the exception of 1991, the number of visits to Other Countries has
increased in every year throughout the period. In particular in recent
years the rate of increase of trips to Other Countries has been higher
than to either North America or Europe. Growth in visits by UK residents
to Other Countries was 11 per cent between 2004 and 2005, reaching
a record level in 2005 of 8.7 million visits.
The five countries to which UK residents made the most visits in 2005
remained unchanged from 2004. These were Spain (13.8 million visits
in 2005), France (11.1 million visits), USA (4.2 million visits), Irish
Republic (4.2 million visits) and Italy (3.4 million visits). The next five
countries also remained unchanged from 2004; Greece, Germany,
Netherlands, Portugal and Belgium, but visits to Germany very narrowly
exceeded those to Greece in 2005 reversing the order of these two
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Figure 20: countries. Of the top 10 countries, visits to Italy grew at the fastest rate,
Number of visits for top
ten countries visited with 13 per cent growth between 2004 and 2005. The growth rates in
visits to most of the top 10 countries were relatively low or in some
Spain
cases negative. Visits to France fell by 4.4 per cent and to Greece by 10
France
per cent between 2004 and 2005, while visits to Spain between the
USA
years remained almost unchanged. (Figure 20)
Irish Republic
There has been a marked rise in the number of visits made to the UK
between 2001 and 2005 by residents of the A8 countries. In 2005 three
of the countries, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic together
accounted for 78 per cent of the visits made to the UK from the A8
countries, with Poland accounting for over half (51 per cent). Total visits
from the A8 countries increased from 0.6 million in 2001 to 2.0 million
in 2005. The largest increase was in visits by residents of Poland which
rose from 225 thousand in 2001 to 528 thousand in 2004, and then
almost doubling further to 1.0 million in 2005, an average annual
increase of 47 per cent. The number of visits by residents of Hungary
and the Czech Republic also showed large average annual increases
between 2001 and 2005. For Hungary the rise was 27 per cent to 274
thousand visits, and for the Czech Republic 26 per cent to 292
thousand visits. Between 2004 and 2005 the growth was high for
residents of Hungary (46 per cent), but lower for residents of the Czech
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Republic (6.6 per cent). Visits from the remaining five countries grew by
69 per cent between 2004 and 2005.
increased by 50 per cent, from 1.3 million visits in 2004, to 1.9 million
visits in 2005. Poland
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Figure 23: Proportion of UK the Czech Republic from 340 thousand to 786 thousand, an annual
residents visits abroad by average growth rate of 23 per cent.
purpose of visit
The average length of stay of UK residents visiting Poland varied
Czech Republic between 9 and 11 nights in the years between 2001 and 2005 and in
2005 was 11 nights. The average length of stay for visits to Hungary fell
Hungary from 11 nights in 2001 to 6 nights in 2005 whilst to the Czech Republic
it fluctuated between 5 and 6 nights and in 2005 was 5 nights.
Poland
The average spending per day in 2005 was 40 for visits to Poland, 56
Total World
for visits to Hungary and 65 for visits to the Czech Republic. By
comparison, the average spending per day for all of Europe was 50.
0 20 40 60 80 100
Visits (per cent) For UK residents travelling to these three countries, figure 23 shows the
Holiday VFR purposes of visit differ considerably in their proportions from those of
Business Miscellaneous residents of these countries visiting the UK shown in figure 22. A far
lower percentage of the visits to these countries are for business
purposes. Higher proportions of visits to the Czech Republic and
Hungary are for holidays, and in particular, the proportion to the Czech
Republic (81 per cent) is much higher than it is to all countries (66 per
Figure 24: Top 20 UK towns visited cent). Over half of visits made to Poland are to visit friends or relatives.
(excluding London) by (Tables 2.09-2.12, Tables 3.09-3.12, Table 4.04, Table 5.04, Figures 21-
overseas residents in 2005
23)
Edinburgh
Manchester
UK towns stayed in by overseas residents
Birmingham The IPS records in which towns overseas residents have stayed for at
Glasgow least one night. No information is recorded regarding towns visited on
day trips.
Liverpool
Oxford London was the most popular city visited by overseas residents in 2005
Cambridge
with 13.9 million overnight visits. After London, the most popular
places in which overseas residents stayed were Edinburgh, Manchester
Bristol
and Birmingham, 1.1 million, 0.8 million and 0.7 million visits
Brighton and Hove
respectively. (Figure 24)
Nottingham
Care should be taken when comparing visits to towns in 2005 with
Cardiff
earlier years as the inclusion of Liverpool and Prestwick airports in the
Bath
IPS sample is likely to have influenced results. (See notes in Appendix B
Newcastle-upon-Tyne on page 126.)
York
Inverness
Leeds
Reading
Coventry
Luton
Chester
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Tables: Section 1
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Section 1: Travel and Tourism 1985 to 2005 Travel Trends 2005
1.01 Overseas residents visits, nights and spending in the UK 1985 to 2005
Average annual
growth (%) 3.7 2.0 4.9 0.4
Due to changes in the IPS sampling methodology introduced in 1999, care should be taken when comparing results for 1999 to 2005 with earlier years.
See notes in Appendix C relating to IPS interviewing on routes to the Irish Republic.
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Average annual
growth (%) 5.8 4.6 9.9 7.4
Due to changes in the IPS sampling methodology introduced in 1999, care should be taken when comparing results for 1999 to 2005 with earlier years.
See notes in Appendix C relating to IPS interviewing on routes to the Irish Republic.
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1.03 Overseas residents visits and spending in the UK by purpose of visit 1985 to 2005
Visiting friends
Holiday Business Miscellaneous Total
or relatives
visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending
(thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million)
1985 6,666 2,379 3,014 1,293 2,880 852 1,890 908 14,449 5,442
1986 5,919 2,228 3,286 1,552 2,946 844 1,746 917 13,897 5,553
1987 6,828 2,695 3,564 1,644 3,179 910 1,996 1,001 15,566 6,260
1988 6,655 2,473 4,096 1,852 3,178 922 1,870 926 15,799 6,184
1989 7,286 2,757 4,363 2,032 3,497 1,049 2,193 1,094 17,338 6,945
1990 7,725 3,198 4,461 2,174 3,611 1,147 2,216 1,213 18,013 7,748
1991 7,169 2,849 4,219 2,077 3,591 1,148 2,147 1,293 17,125 7,386
1992 7,949 3,125 3,855 2,146 3,884 1,259 2,847 1,343 18,535 7,891
1993 8,729 3,925 4,706 2,420 4,109 1,467 2,319 1,654 19,863 9,487
1994 9,048 3,947 4,986 2,559 4,278 1,551 2,482 1,706 20,794 9,786
1995 10,323 4,567 5,763 3,219 4,602 1,739 2,849 2,214 23,537 11,763
1996 10,987 4,848 6,095 3,220 4,898 1,841 3,182 2,357 25,163 12,290
1997 10,803 4,555 6,347 3,501 5,155 1,941 3,209 2,223 25,515 12,244
1998 10,475 4,488 6,882 3,820 5,400 1,970 2,988 2,367 25,745 12,671
1999 9,826 4,251 7,044 3,967 5,640 2,133 2,884 2,108 25,394 12,498
2000 9,302 4,383 7,322 4,048 5,834 2,271 2,750 2,068 25,209 12,805
2001 7,585 3,446 6,778 3,582 5,898 2,273 2,574 1,964 22,835 11,306
2002 7,735 3,702 7,158 3,573 6,398 2,514 2,888 1,910 24,180 11,737
2003 7,973 3,683 6,967 3,432 6,978 2,643 2,797 2,062 24,715 11,855
2004 9,275 4,218 7,470 3,682 7,861 3,026 3,149 2,077 27,755 13,047
2005 9,713 4,516 8,168 4,055 8,687 3,218 3,401 2,412 29,970 14,248
Average annual
growth (%) 1.9 3.3 5.1 5.9 5.7 6.9 3.0 5.0 3.7 4.9
Due to changes in the IPS sampling methodology introduced in 1999, care should be taken when comparing results for 1999 to 2005 with earlier years.
See notes in Appendix C relating to IPS interviewing on routes to the Irish Republic.
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1.04 UK residents visits and spending abroad by purpose of visit 1985 to 2005
Visiting friends
Holiday Business Miscellaneous Total
or relatives
visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending
(thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million)
1985 14,898 3,215 3,188 1,075 2,628 412 896 169 21,610 4,871
1986 17,896 4,287 3,249 1,131 2,774 505 1,029 160 24,949 6,083
1987 19,703 5,134 3,639 1,323 3,051 612 1,054 211 27,447 7,280
1988 20,700 5,893 3,957 1,448 3,182 629 990 246 28,828 8,216
1989 21,847 6,737 4,505 1,616 3,485 730 1,193 274 31,030 9,357
1990 21,273 6,810 4,769 1,836 3,952 930 1,156 310 31,150 9,886
1991 20,788 6,909 4,840 1,821 3,952 910 1,227 312 30,808 9,951
1992 23,236 7,987 5,162 1,932 4,100 978 1,338 346 33,836 11,243
1993 25,133 9,059 5,297 2,287 4,457 1,106 1,833 520 36,720 12,972
1994 27,187 10,026 5,614 2,565 4,674 1,270 2,155 504 39,630 14,365
1995 27,808 10,425 6,113 2,974 4,938 1,358 2,486 629 41,345 15,386
1996 26,765 10,610 6,879 3,359 5,502 1,533 2,904 721 42,050 16,223
1997 29,138 11,107 7,166 3,351 6,004 1,650 3,649 823 45,957 16,931
1998 32,306 12,495 8,033 4,124 6,452 1,869 4,082 1,001 50,872 19,489
1999 35,023 14,555 8,161 4,261 6,598 1,991 4,100 1,215 53,881 22,020
2000 36,685 15,784 8,872 4,732 7,178 2,258 4,102 1,477 56,837 24,251
2001 38,670 17,317 8,220 4,391 7,727 2,512 3,664 1,112 58,281 25,332
2002 39,902 18,576 8,073 4,263 7,870 2,741 3,532 1,381 59,377 26,962
2003 41,197 19,788 7,892 4,040 8,527 2,910 3,807 1,813 61,424 28,550
2004 42,912 21,153 8,140 4,158 9,799 3,413 3,343 1,562 64,194 30,285
2005 44,175 22,272 8,556 4,611 10,648 3,748 3,063 1,523 66,441 32,154
Average annual
growth (%) 5.6 10.2 5.1 7.6 7.2 11.7 6.3 11.6 5.8 9.9
Due to changes in the IPS sampling methodology introduced in 1999, care should be taken when comparing results for 1999 to 2005 with earlier years.
See notes in Appendix C relating to IPS interviewing on routes to the Irish Republic.
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1.05 Overseas residents visits and spending in the UK by region of residence 1985 to 2005
Average annual
growth (%) 0.5 2.5 5.1 7.4 2.2 3.5 3.7 4.9
Due to changes in the IPS sampling methodology introduced in 1999, care should be taken when comparing results for 1999 to 2005 with earlier years.
See notes in Appendix C relating to IPS interviewing on routes to the Irish Republic.
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1.06 UK residents visits and spending abroad by region of visit 1985 to 2005
Average annual
growth (%) 8.7 12.0 5.2 8.9 9.2 12.4 5.8 9.9
Due to changes in the IPS sampling methodology introduced in 1999, care should be taken when comparing results for 1999 to 2005 with earlier years.
See notes in Appendix C relating to IPS interviewing on routes to the Irish Republic.
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1.07 Overseas residents visits and spending in the UK by mode of travel 1985 to 2005
Average annual
growth (%) 4.3 5.2 -0.4 0.4 2.0 1.8 3.7 4.9
Due to changes in the IPS sampling methodology introduced in 1999, care should be taken when comparing results for 1999 to 2005 with earlier years.
See notes in Appendix C relating to IPS interviewing on routes to the Irish Republic.
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1.08 UK residents visits and spending abroad by mode of travel 1985 to 2005
Average annual
growth (%) 7.0 10.7 0.1 4.3 3.5 6.7 5.8 9.9
Due to changes in the IPS sampling methodology introduced in 1999, care should be taken when comparing results for 1999 to 2005 with earlier years.
See notes in Appendix C relating to IPS interviewing on routes to the Irish Republic.
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Tables: Section 2
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Section 2: Overseas residents visits to the UK 2001 to 2005 Travel Trends 2005
2.01 Number of visits and nights by quarter of the year 2001 to 2005
not seasonally per cent change seasonally not seasonally per cent change
Quarter adjusted from year earlier adjusted adjusted from year earlier
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2.02 Spending at current and 1995 constant prices by quarter 2001 to 2005
not seasonally per cent change seasonally not seasonally per cent change seasonally
Quarter adjusted from year earlier adjusted adjusted from year earlier adjusted
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2.03 Number of visits by region of residence and purpose of visit 2001 to 2005
Average
Annual
Change Growth Growth
Visits (thousands) 2004-05 2004-05 2001-05
North America
Holiday 1,815 1,691 1,564 1,749 1,614 -135 -7.7 -2.9
of which inclusive tour 453 361 335 368 306 -62 -16.8 -9.3
Business 847 880 803 811 898 87 10.7 1.5
Visiting friends or relatives 1,109 1,171 1,171 1,222 1,235 13 1.1 2.7
Miscellaneous 456 531 459 573 487 -86 -15.0 1.7
All visits 4,228 4,272 3,997 4,356 4,234 -122 -2.8 0.0
Europe
Holiday 4,353 4,728 5,125 6,130 6,625 495 8.1 11.1
of which inclusive tour 1,214 1,183 1,025 1,383 1,313 -70 -5.1 2.0
Business 5,198 5,551 5,500 5,898 6,464 566 9.6 5.6
Visiting friends or relatives 3,686 4,037 4,661 5,290 6,032 742 14.0 13.1
Miscellaneous 1,621 1,901 1,921 2,106 2,444 338 16.0 10.8
All visits 14,857 16,217 17,207 19,424 21,565 2,141 11.0 9.8
- of which EU25
Holiday 3,947 4,285 4,672 5,584 5,997 413 7.4 11.0
of which inclusive tour 1,142 1,088 951 1,287 1,241 -46 -3.6 2.1
Business 4,737 5,111 4,999 5,396 5,875 479 8.9 5.5
Visiting friends or relatives 3,414 3,699 4,340 4,918 5,554 636 12.9 12.9
Miscellaneous 1,437 1,704 1,688 1,839 2,200 361 19.6 11.2
All visits 13,535 14,799 15,699 17,738 19,626 1,888 10.6 9.7
- of which EU15
Holiday 3,765 4,096 4,454 5,172 5,510 338 6.5 10.0
of which inclusive tour 1,060 1,024 904 1,143 1,174 31 2.7 2.6
Business 4,486 4,832 4,686 4,922 5,038 116 2.4 2.9
Visiting friends or relatives 3,267 3,559 4,102 4,552 4,936 384 8.4 10.9
Miscellaneous 1,347 1,639 1,545 1,682 1,939 257 15.3 9.5
All visits 12,865 14,126 14,787 16,328 17,424 1,096 6.7 7.9
Other Countries
Holiday 1,418 1,316 1,284 1,397 1,474 77 5.5 1.0
of which inclusive tour 291 234 201 247 255 8 3.2 -3.2
Business 734 728 664 760 806 46 6.1 2.4
Visiting friends or relatives 1,103 1,191 1,147 1,348 1,421 73 5.4 6.5
Miscellaneous 496 457 416 470 470 0 0.0 -1.3
All visits 3,751 3,691 3,511 3,975 4,171 196 4.9 2.7
Total World
Holiday 7,585 7,735 7,973 9,275 9,713 438 4.7 6.4
of which inclusive tour 1,958 1,778 1,561 1,998 1,875 -123 -6.2 -1.1
Business 6,778 7,158 6,967 7,470 8,168 698 9.3 4.8
Visiting friends or relatives 5,898 6,398 6,978 7,861 8,687 826 10.5 10.2
Miscellaneous 2,574 2,888 2,797 3,149 3,401 252 8.0 7.2
All visits 22,835 24,180 24,715 27,755 29,970 2,215 8.0 7.0
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Average
Annual
Change Growth Growth
Spending ( million) 2004-05 2004-05 2001-05
North America
Holiday 1,053 1,053 982 1,063 1,012 -51 -4.8 -1.0
of which inclusive tour 218 203 161 169 157 -12 -7.1 -7.9
Business 851 859 815 866 896 30 3.5 1.3
Visiting friends or relatives 496 539 533 547 522 -25 -4.6 1.3
Miscellaneous 290 318 318 388 382 -6 -1.5 7.1
All visits 2,701 2,780 2,658 2,877 2,822 -55 -1.9 1.1
Europe
Holiday 1,345 1,640 1,784 2,141 2,373 232 10.8 15.3
of which inclusive tour 317 347 322 409 406 -3 -0.7 6.4
Business 1,832 1,833 1,848 1,994 2,237 243 12.2 5.1
Visiting friends or relatives 906 1,061 1,273 1,471 1,655 184 12.5 16.3
Miscellaneous 970 1,001 962 1,002 1,365 363 36.2 8.9
All visits 5,070 5,549 5,882 6,623 7,656 1,033 15.6 10.9
- of which EU25
Holiday 1,168 1,408 1,569 1,859 2,085 226 12.2 15.6
of which inclusive tour 285 298 287 363 371 8 2.2 6.8
Business 1,569 1,553 1,526 1,703 1,851 148 8.7 4.2
Visiting friends or relatives 806 924 1,133 1,309 1,457 148 11.3 16.0
Miscellaneous 786 843 776 792 1,169 377 47.6 10.4
All visits 4,344 4,742 5,018 5,677 6,585 908 16.0 11.0
- of which EU15
Holiday 1,107 1,316 1,486 1,649 1,894 245 14.9 14.4
of which inclusive tour 263 281 271 334 356 22 6.6 7.9
Business 1,457 1,471 1,441 1,566 1,632 66 4.2 2.9
Visiting friends or relatives 739 872 1,033 1,175 1,251 76 6.5 14.1
Miscellaneous 714 774 683 657 894 237 36.1 5.8
All visits 4,031 4,445 4,655 5,059 5,691 632 12.5 9.0
Other Countries
Holiday 1,048 1,010 916 1,014 1,131 117 11.5 1.9
of which inclusive tour 121 85 69 97 89 -8 -8.2 -7.4
Business 900 881 768 822 923 101 12.3 0.6
Visiting friends or relatives 871 914 838 1,008 1,042 34 3.4 4.6
Miscellaneous 704 591 783 687 665 -22 -3.2 -1.4
All visits 3,535 3,408 3,315 3,546 3,770 224 6.3 1.6
Total World
Holiday 3,446 3,702 3,683 4,218 4,516 298 7.1 7.0
of which inclusive tour 657 635 551 675 652 -23 -3.4 -0.2
Business 3,582 3,573 3,432 3,682 4,055 373 10.1 3.1
Visiting friends or relatives 2,273 2,514 2,643 3,026 3,218 192 6.3 9.1
Miscellaneous 1,964 1,910 2,062 2,077 2,412 335 16.1 5.3
All visits 11,306 11,737 11,855 13,047 14,248 1,201 9.2 6.0
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2.05 Number of nights and average length of stay by region of residence and purpose of visit 2001 to 2005
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
North America
Holiday 13,291 13,092 11,604 13,298 11,833 7.3 7.7 7.4 7.6 7.3
of which inclusive tour 2,791 2,329 1,964 2,156 1,861 6.2 6.5 5.9 5.9 6.1
Business 4,974 5,467 4,865 5,040 4,946 5.9 6.2 6.1 6.2 5.5
Visiting friends or relatives 13,293 14,371 13,802 14,855 13,459 12.0 12.3 11.8 12.2 10.9
Miscellaneous 4,299 4,617 5,216 6,284 4,894 9.4 8.7 11.4 11.0 10.0
All visits 35,858 37,547 35,487 39,476 35,132 8.5 8.8 8.9 9.1 8.3
Europe
Holiday 23,249 27,403 28,212 35,545 38,201 5.3 5.8 5.5 5.8 5.8
of which inclusive tour 5,787 5,633 4,566 6,718 5,733 4.8 4.8 4.5 4.9 4.4
Business 16,673 16,506 16,880 17,159 21,656 3.2 3.0 3.1 2.9 3.4
Visiting friends or relatives 28,525 30,821 37,777 42,468 50,330 7.7 7.6 8.1 8.0 8.3
Miscellaneous 23,369 25,560 21,794 26,218 35,145 14.4 13.4 11.3 12.5 14.4
All visits 91,815 100,290 104,664 121,391 145,331 6.2 6.2 6.1 6.2 6.7
- of which EU25
Holiday 20,881 24,816 25,748 32,409 34,776 5.3 5.8 5.5 5.8 5.8
of which inclusive tour 5,409 5,059 4,212 6,257 5,348 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.9 4.3
Business 14,744 14,525 14,543 15,362 19,039 3.1 2.8 2.9 2.8 3.2
Visiting friends or relatives 25,789 27,642 34,008 38,372 46,054 7.6 7.5 7.8 7.8 8.3
Miscellaneous 19,586 22,538 19,144 21,647 31,846 13.6 13.2 11.3 11.8 14.5
All visits 81,000 89,521 93,443 107,790 131,715 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.7
- of which EU15
Holiday 19,211 22,150 22,446 26,507 27,882 5.1 5.4 5.0 5.1 5.1
of which inclusive tour 4,768 4,760 3,926 5,519 5,088 4.5 4.6 4.3 4.8 4.3
Business 13,257 13,481 12,468 13,512 14,677 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.9
Visiting friends or relatives 23,647 25,660 27,879 30,651 33,556 7.2 7.2 6.8 6.7 6.8
Miscellaneous 17,437 19,738 15,498 16,169 18,971 12.9 12.0 10.0 9.6 9.8
All visits 73,552 81,029 78,291 86,838 95,085 5.7 5.7 5.3 5.3 5.5
Other Countries
Holiday 17,956 17,493 15,628 15,797 16,714 12.7 13.3 12.2 11.3 11.3
of which inclusive tour 1,623 1,302 983 1,427 1,300 5.6 5.6 4.9 5.8 5.1
Business 6,471 6,841 7,311 7,705 8,129 8.8 9.4 11.0 10.1 10.1
Visiting friends or relatives 23,365 25,615 24,859 29,394 30,605 21.2 21.5 21.7 21.8 21.5
Miscellaneous 14,052 11,501 15,483 13,644 13,270 28.3 25.2 37.2 29.0 28.3
All visits 61,843 61,449 63,281 66,539 68,718 16.5 16.6 18.0 16.7 16.5
Total World
Holiday 54,496 57,989 55,445 64,639 66,748 7.2 7.5 7.0 7.0 6.9
of which inclusive tour 10,201 9,264 7,513 10,300 8,894 5.2 5.2 4.8 5.2 4.7
Business 28,118 28,814 29,056 29,904 34,731 4.1 4.0 4.2 4.0 4.3
Visiting friends or relatives 65,183 70,806 76,439 86,717 94,393 11.1 11.1 11.0 11.0 10.9
Miscellaneous 41,719 41,677 42,493 46,146 53,309 16.2 14.4 15.2 14.7 15.7
All visits 189,516 199,286 203,432 227,406 249,181 8.3 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.3
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2.06 Average spending per visit and per day by region of residence and purpose of visit 2001 to 2005
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
North America
Holiday 580 623 628 608 627 79 80 85 80 86
of which inclusive tour 482 564 481 460 513 78 87 82 78 84
Business 1,004 977 1,015 1,068 997 171 157 168 172 181
Visiting friends or relatives 447 461 455 448 423 37 38 39 37 39
Miscellaneous 636 600 693 678 784 68 69 61 62 78
All visits 636 648 663 658 664 75 74 75 73 80
Europe
Holiday 287 329 334 338 346 54 57 61 58 60
of which inclusive tour 261 293 314 296 309 55 62 71 61 71
Business 352 330 336 338 346 110 111 110 116 103
Visiting friends or relatives 246 263 273 278 274 32 34 34 35 33
Miscellaneous 599 527 501 476 558 42 39 44 38 39
All visits 334 336 337 336 350 54 54 55 54 52
- of which EU25
Holiday 271 309 321 320 334 51 53 58 55 58
of which inclusive tour 249 273 301 282 299 53 59 68 58 69
Business 331 304 305 316 315 106 107 105 111 97
Visiting friends or relatives 236 250 261 266 262 31 33 33 34 32
Miscellaneous 547 495 460 431 531 40 37 41 37 37
All visits 313 314 314 315 330 52 52 53 52 49
- of which EU15
Holiday 268 301 318 305 329 53 56 63 59 65
of which inclusive tour 248 275 300 292 304 55 59 69 61 70
Business 325 304 307 318 324 110 109 116 116 111
Visiting friends or relatives 226 245 252 258 253 31 34 37 38 37
Miscellaneous 530 472 442 390 461 41 39 44 41 47
All visits 305 308 309 305 321 53 54 58 57 59
Other Countries
Holiday 739 768 714 726 767 58 58 59 64 68
of which inclusive tour 417 362 340 391 349 75 65 70 68 68
Business 1,226 1,210 1,156 1,081 1,144 139 129 105 107 113
Visiting friends or relatives 790 768 731 748 733 37 36 34 34 34
Miscellaneous 1,418 1,293 1,880 1,461 1,415 50 51 51 50 50
All visits 939 920 941 888 901 57 55 52 53 55
Total World
Holiday 441 468 453 447 457 61 62 65 64 66
of which inclusive tour 335 357 353 338 348 64 69 73 66 73
Business 528 499 493 493 496 127 124 118 123 117
Visiting friends or relatives 385 393 379 385 370 35 36 35 35 34
Miscellaneous 763 661 737 660 709 47 46 49 45 45
All visits 489 480 475 466 471 59 58 58 57 57
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2.07 Number of visits by mode of travel and purpose of visit 2001 to 2005
Average
Annual
Change Growth Growth
Visits (thousands) 2004-05 2004-05 2001-05
Air
Holiday 4,538 4,858 5,081 5,835 6,496 661 11.3 9.4
of which inclusive tour 841 811 706 803 735 -68 -8.5 -3.3
Business 5,132 5,297 5,121 5,536 6,018 482 8.7 4.1
Visiting friends or relatives 4,494 4,971 5,529 6,290 7,064 774 12.3 12.0
Miscellaneous 1,890 1,972 1,904 2,341 2,465 124 5.3 6.9
All visits 16,054 17,098 17,635 20,002 22,043 2,041 10.2 8.2
Sea
Holiday 1,962 1,917 1,860 2,214 1,949 -265 -12.0 -0.2
of which inclusive tour 856 737 561 843 706 -137 -16.3 -4.7
Business 802 947 961 1,032 1,213 181 17.5 10.9
Visiting friends or relatives 781 891 879 975 952 -23 -2.4 5.1
Miscellaneous 456 650 669 548 561 13 2.4 5.3
All visits 4,002 4,405 4,369 4,770 4,675 -95 -2.0 4.0
Tunnel
Holiday 1,085 960 1,032 1,226 1,268 42 3.4 4.0
of which inclusive tour 260 230 294 351 433 82 23.4 13.6
Business 845 914 885 902 938 36 4.0 2.6
Visiting friends or relatives 622 537 570 595 672 77 12.9 2.0
Miscellaneous 227 266 224 260 375 115 44.2 13.4
All visits 2,779 2,677 2,711 2,983 3,252 269 9.0 4.0
Total
Holiday 7,585 7,735 7,973 9,275 9,713 438 4.7 6.4
of which inclusive tour 1,958 1,778 1,561 1,998 1,875 -123 -6.2 -1.1
Business 6,778 7,158 6,967 7,470 8,168 698 9.3 4.8
Visiting friends or relatives 5,898 6,398 6,978 7,861 8,687 826 10.5 10.2
Miscellaneous 2,574 2,888 2,797 3,149 3,401 252 8.0 7.2
All visits 22,835 24,180 24,715 27,755 29,970 2,215 8.0 7.0
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Average
Annual
Change Growth Growth
Spending ( million) 2004-05 2004-05 2001-05
Air
Holiday 2,671 2,948 2,908 3,264 3,622 358 11.0 7.9
of which inclusive tour 427 432 332 396 368 -28 -7.1 -3.6
Business 3,276 3,289 3,115 3,372 3,757 385 11.4 3.5
Visiting friends or relatives 1,975 2,195 2,283 2,600 2,840 240 9.2 9.5
Miscellaneous 1,546 1,492 1,702 1,729 1,996 267 15.4 6.6
All visits 9,505 9,957 10,039 11,003 12,260 1,257 11.4 6.6
Sea
Holiday 466 471 482 637 560 -77 -12.1 4.7
of which inclusive tour 172 153 149 203 189 -14 -6.9 2.4
Business 140 125 144 151 126 -25 -16.6 -2.6
Visiting friends or relatives 163 204 227 290 224 -66 -22.8 8.3
Miscellaneous 259 281 254 238 175 -63 -26.5 -9.3
All visits 1,029 1,083 1,108 1,317 1,087 -230 -17.5 1.4
Tunnel
Holiday 309 283 293 316 334 18 5.7 2.0
of which inclusive tour 58 50 71 76 95 19 25.0 13.1
Business 166 160 173 158 172 14 8.9 0.9
Visiting friends or relatives 135 115 133 136 154 18 13.2 3.3
Miscellaneous 160 137 107 111 240 129 116.2 10.7
All visits 772 697 708 726 902 176 24.2 4.0
Total
Holiday 3,446 3,702 3,683 4,218 4,516 298 7.1 7.0
of which inclusive tour 657 635 551 675 652 -23 -3.4 -0.2
Business 3,582 3,573 3,432 3,682 4,055 373 10.1 3.1
Visiting friends or relatives 2,273 2,514 2,643 3,026 3,218 192 6.3 9.1
Miscellaneous 1,964 1,910 2,062 2,077 2,412 335 16.1 5.3
All visits 11,306 11,737 11,855 13,047 14,248 1,201 9.2 6.0
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Average
Annual
Change Growth Growth
Visits (thousands) 2004-05 2004-05 2001-05
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Average
Annual
Change Growth Growth
Spending ( million) 2004-05 2004-05 2001-05
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2.11 Number of nights and average length of stay by country of residence 2001 to 2005
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Canada 7,395 7,810 7,351 9,027 8,786 11.4 11.8 11.3 12.2 11.0
USA 28,463 29,737 28,136 30,449 26,346 8.0 8.2 8.4 8.4 7.7
North America 35,858 37,547 35,487 39,476 35,132 8.5 8.8 8.9 9.1 8.3
Austria 1,268 1,761 1,813 1,835 2,078 6.6 8.0 6.9 6.2 7.2
Belgium 2,721 2,999 2,667 2,925 3,133 3.0 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.8
Bulgaria 354 277 180 447 561 10.1 8.4 4.3 20.7 14.4
Czech Republic 993 1,126 1,999 1,971 2,529 8.5 9.1 9.6 7.2 8.7
Cyprus 1,134 1,275 1,188 1,272 1,328 15.0 16.0 11.4 12.1 12.3
Denmark 2,096 2,545 1,925 2,346 3,028 5.3 5.9 4.6 4.9 5.6
Finland 912 958 795 841 1,219 9.1 7.9 6.5 5.4 7.0
France 16,274 17,735 13,765 17,283 16,722 5.7 5.8 4.5 5.3 5.0
Germany 14,182 15,392 15,435 16,603 18,098 6.1 6.0 5.9 5.6 5.5
Gibraltar 125 286 240 396 199 5.2 9.0 10.7 9.4 6.2
Greece 1,618 2,015 1,715 1,917 1,621 8.8 11.9 9.3 9.4 8.2
Hungary 881 985 1,709 1,875 2,774 8.5 7.5 15.4 10.0 10.1
Iceland 234 458 426 427 340 5.7 11.4 6.2 5.1 4.4
Irish Republic 8,077 9,927 9,675 9,217 10,204 4.0 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.6
Italy 7,186 7,749 8,048 9,597 9,703 8.4 7.9 6.9 7.1 8.2
Luxembourg 216 167 152 245 186 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.9 3.8
Malta 392 325 401 523 415 8.6 9.1 8.0 9.0 7.8
Netherlands 5,859 6,276 7,032 6,377 7,187 4.2 4.4 4.5 3.9 4.2
Norway 2,107 1,829 1,948 2,245 3,082 5.2 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.9
Poland 2,865 3,870 7,993 11,539 20,893 12.7 20.6 24.6 21.8 20.1
Portugal 1,381 1,439 1,206 1,502 2,129 8.0 8.5 6.3 7.0 9.6
Spain 8,562 9,348 10,957 12,968 16,139 10.0 9.3 9.1 8.9 9.0
Sweden 3,199 2,716 3,106 3,182 3,638 6.1 5.1 5.8 5.4 5.0
Switzerland 3,599 4,118 3,514 4,035 4,181 7.0 6.9 6.2 6.8 6.0
Turkey 1,260 846 1,002 1,014 1,108 18.3 13.0 11.0 10.6 11.2
Rest of Europe 4,320 3,866 5,774 8,810 12,834 12.8 10.4 14.4 14.9 16.1
Europe 91,815 100,290 104,664 121,391 145,331 6.2 6.2 6.1 6.2 6.7
- of which EU25 81,000 89,521 93,443 107,790 131,715 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.7
- of which EU15 73,552 81,029 78,291 86,838 95,085 5.7 5.7 5.3 5.3 5.5
Egypt 714 536 614 443 539 15.0 16.5 14.9 13.0 17.8
Tunisia 162 39 46 37 97 19.9 6.4 14.0 10.9 12.9
Other North Africa 724 826 828 531 975 17.3 23.1 27.6 18.7 30.0
South Africa 5,482 5,100 4,668 4,266 4,864 17.2 18.5 17.5 15.8 15.9
Other Africa 4,989 6,195 5,573 6,440 6,899 19.1 19.6 20.6 19.1 22.2
Israel 1,622 1,452 1,166 1,330 1,197 7.9 7.6 7.2 8.4 8.6
United Arab Emirates 1,788 1,831 1,626 2,116 1,734 16.0 16.7 14.4 14.4 13.0
Other Middle East 3,963 4,140 4,256 4,307 4,466 15.0 17.2 19.5 18.5 17.7
Hong Kong (China) 2,298 1,804 1,466 2,501 1,896 15.8 11.4 11.2 17.2 12.9
Other China 2,183 2,245 3,725 2,776 2,255 23.0 21.9 35.1 20.0 17.3
India 3,924 4,753 5,054 6,800 7,770 20.8 23.2 25.4 26.6 28.5
Japan 3,502 3,931 3,406 3,228 3,777 9.6 10.7 10.8 9.3 11.4
Pakistan 1,896 1,582 1,741 2,472 4,212 19.8 25.6 30.5 32.7 46.1
Sri Lanka 756 602 474 891 557 32.9 34.7 30.9 32.9 24.0
Thailand 1,037 639 614 978 909 20.7 15.7 13.1 14.5 17.4
Other Asia 4,553 5,147 6,014 5,222 4,850 14.1 15.3 17.9 12.8 11.8
Australia 12,914 11,678 13,125 12,239 12,699 18.6 16.6 18.1 15.5 13.8
New Zealand 2,775 2,758 2,409 3,117 3,386 18.4 20.1 16.8 17.9 16.2
Barbados 127 133 263 121 226 14.1 12.2 29.5 12.5 13.8
Jamaica 783 1,033 721 482 290 37.3 44.8 55.0 34.2 19.4
Other Caribbean 1,061 1,253 1,458 936 1,577 16.0 17.0 24.0 11.3 21.5
Mexico 623 794 537 2,599 818 9.9 11.2 7.1 38.9 10.5
Other Central & Sth.America 3,865 2,884 3,455 2,670 2,575 19.8 17.0 20.4 16.5 14.4
Rest of the World 102 92 43 38 149 23.2 12.5 7.1 7.1 20.5
Other Countries 61,843 61,449 63,281 66,539 68,718 16.5 16.6 18.0 16.7 16.5
Total World 189,516 199,285 203,432 227,406 249,181 8.3 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.3
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2.12 Average spending per visit and per day by country of residence 2001 to 2005
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
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2.13 Number of visits and spending by length of stay and purpose of visit 2001 to 2005
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Nil Stay
Total Holiday 472 458 551 638 479 18 17 23 27 21
of which inclusive tour 0 . . . . 0 . . . .
Business 1,166 1,191 1,130 1,134 1,157 76 55 55 76 60
Visiting friends or relatives 56 52 64 78 68 3 3 5 4 4
Miscellanous 159 172 183 227 227 23 14 14 26 26
All visits 1,853 1,873 1,928 2,077 1,931 161 126 132 177 158
1-3 nights
Total Holiday 2,634 2,624 2,928 3,244 3,708 612 686 731 867 998
of which inclusive tour 824 726 760 844 887 159 152 168 168 197
Business 3,576 3,922 3,846 4,235 4,683 1,118 1,185 1,142 1,286 1,464
Visiting friends or relatives 1,694 1,834 2,063 2,254 2,583 311 358 387 422 503
Miscellanous 1,292 1,516 1,468 1,706 1,847 252 277 252 308 430
All visits 9,196 9,896 10,305 11,440 12,821 2,293 2,508 2,512 2,884 3,395
4-13 nights
Total Holiday 3,522 3,622 3,572 4,284 4,445 1,699 1,802 1,790 2,070 2,210
of which inclusive tour 1,020 956 733 1,041 931 399 391 317 406 387
Business 1,695 1,696 1,644 1,745 1,909 1,528 1,518 1,454 1,524 1,655
Visiting friends or relatives 2,816 3,040 3,386 3,778 4,235 922 1,023 1,131 1,282 1,428
Miscellanous 484 511 511 563 587 318 305 300 358 395
All visits 8,517 8,868 9,113 10,370 11,177 4,467 4,648 4,674 5,234 5,688
14-27 nights
Total Holiday 728 770 669 814 761 626 668 670 690 747
of which inclusive tour 102 83 63 102 52 81 80 59 83 62
Business 217 215 229 219 246 369 357 385 357 405
Visiting friends or relatives 880 990 945 1,139 1,122 513 592 562 646 629
Miscellanous 280 332 272 266 283 271 321 271 268 291
All visits 2,105 2,306 2,115 2,437 2,411 1,780 1,938 1,887 1,960 2,073
28 nights or more
Total Holiday 230 261 253 295 321 394 448 398 492 461
of which inclusive tour 12 12 6 10 4 18 12 7 19 6
Business 124 136 119 136 173 490 457 395 439 471
Visiting friends or relatives 451 483 521 612 679 523 538 559 673 655
Miscellanous 358 357 362 388 457 1,100 992 1,226 1,116 1,269
All visits 1,165 1,236 1,254 1,430 1,629 2,507 2,435 2,578 2,720 2,856
All visits
Total Holiday 7,585 7,735 7,973 9,275 9,713 3,446 3,702 3,683 4,218 4,516
of which inclusive tour 1,958 1,778 1,561 1,998 1,875 657 635 551 675 652
Business 6,778 7,158 6,967 7,470 8,168 3,582 3,573 3,432 3,682 4,055
Visiting friends or relatives 5,898 6,398 6,978 7,861 8,687 2,273 2,514 2,643 3,026 3,218
Miscellanous 2,574 2,888 2,797 3,149 3,401 1,964 1,910 2,062 2,077 2,412
All visits 22,835 24,180 24,715 27,755 29,970 11,306 11,737 11,855 13,047 14,248
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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Nil Stay
North America 45 40 41 48 56 24 14 13 17 17
Europe 1,773 1,795 1,851 1,993 1,840 118 96 104 138 126
- of which EU25 1,624 1,709 1,754 1,872 1,722 109 88 96 120 113
- of which EU15 1,615 1,691 1,734 1,842 1,638 108 87 95 117 107
Other Countries 34 38 37 36 36 18 17 15 23 15
Total World 1,853 1,873 1,928 2,077 1,931 161 126 132 177 158
1-3 nights
North America 1,410 1,422 1,297 1,486 1,428 429 440 408 477 526
Europe 6,737 7,476 8,035 8,936 10,231 1,493 1,715 1,799 2,053 2,448
- of which EU25 6,160 6,862 7,392 8,229 9,363 1,308 1,521 1,580 1,811 2,124
- of which EU15 5,944 6,589 7,085 7,739 8,503 1,266 1,479 1,530 1,732 2,015
Other Countries 1,049 998 972 1,018 1,162 371 352 305 353 420
Total World 9,196 9,896 10,305 11,440 12,821 2,293 2,508 2,512 2,884 3,395
4-13 nights
North America 2,095 2,070 1,984 2,060 2,100 1,436 1,425 1,349 1,411 1,445
Europe 4,925 5,326 5,759 6,668 7,404 1,828 2,049 2,285 2,627 2,938
- of which EU25 4,491 4,808 5,164 6,018 6,662 1,570 1,744 1,931 2,239 2,486
- of which EU15 4,202 4,559 4,818 5,471 5,969 1,454 1,632 1,810 2,070 2,246
Other Countries 1,497 1,472 1,369 1,642 1,673 1,204 1,175 1,039 1,196 1,305
Total World 8,517 8,868 9,113 10,370 11,177 4,467 4,648 4,674 5,234 5,688
14-27 nights
North America 513 542 501 549 468 459 505 530 497 455
Europe 936 1,117 1,018 1,204 1,243 608 735 728 765 830
- of which EU25 844 984 909 1,072 1,112 520 589 606 629 705
- of which EU15 737 908 794 923 885 448 541 528 555 588
Other Countries 655 647 597 685 700 713 698 628 698 788
Total World 2,105 2,306 2,115 2,437 2,411 1,780 1,938 1,887 1,960 2,073
28 nights or more
North America 164 198 175 213 183 353 396 356 475 379
Europe 485 502 544 624 846 925 872 895 970 1,235
- of which EU25 416 437 479 546 767 739 718 733 806 1,078
- of which EU15 368 379 357 353 428 658 625 621 513 656
Other Countries 516 536 536 594 599 1,229 1,167 1,327 1,275 1,242
Total World 1,165 1,236 1,254 1,430 1,629 2,507 2,435 2,578 2,720 2,856
All visits
North America 4,228 4,272 3,997 4,356 4,234 2,701 2,780 2,658 2,877 2,822
Europe 14,857 16,217 17,207 19,424 21,565 5,070 5,549 5,882 6,623 7,656
- of which EU25 13,535 14,799 15,699 17,738 19,626 4,344 4,742 5,018 5,677 6,585
- of which EU15 12,865 14,126 14,787 16,328 17,424 4,031 4,445 4,655 5,059 5,691
Other Countries 3,751 3,691 3,511 3,975 4,171 3,535 3,408 3,315 3,546 3,770
Total World 22,835 24,180 24,715 27,755 29,970 11,306 11,737 11,855 13,047 14,248
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2.15 Number of visits and spending by region of visit and region of residence 2001 to 2005
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
London
North America 2,767 2,805 2,550 2,775 2,676 1,614 1,609 1,546 1,610 1,654
Europe 6,146 6,343 6,842 8,011 8,572 2,266 2,364 2,639 2,980 3,212
- of which EU25 5,443 5,615 6,074 7,203 7,612 1,865 1,953 2,190 2,486 2,658
- of which EU15 5,083 5,267 5,676 6,526 6,727 1,713 1,804 1,999 2,145 2,279
Other Countries 2,539 2,456 2,303 2,603 2,644 1,965 1,814 1,685 1,849 1,993
Total World 11,452 11,603 11,696 13,389 13,893 5,845 5,788 5,870 6,439 6,859
Other England
North America 1,708 1,687 1,660 1,734 1,697 713 802 770 837 793
Europe 6,388 7,482 8,058 8,737 9,749 2,050 2,416 2,417 2,690 3,212
- of which EU25 5,912 6,892 7,380 8,026 8,893 1,793 2,104 2,064 2,326 2,790
- of which EU15 5,582 6,571 6,882 7,375 7,771 1,654 1,992 1,926 2,107 2,392
Other Countries 1,582 1,587 1,566 1,736 1,830 1,314 1,307 1,360 1,377 1,439
Total World 9,678 10,757 11,284 12,207 13,275 4,077 4,525 4,547 4,904 5,444
Total England
North America 3,879 3,920 3,659 3,949 3,849 2,327 2,411 2,316 2,447 2,446
Europe 11,854 13,110 14,124 15,912 17,529 4,316 4,781 5,056 5,670 6,424
- of which EU25 10,762 11,880 12,779 14,471 15,827 3,657 4,058 4,254 4,812 5,448
- of which EU15 10,139 11,259 11,945 13,205 13,920 3,367 3,796 3,925 4,252 4,670
Other Countries 3,587 3,511 3,343 3,770 3,944 3,279 3,121 3,045 3,226 3,432
Total World 19,320 20,542 21,126 23,631 25,323 9,922 10,313 10,417 11,343 12,302
Scotland
North America 514 504 501 555 525 282 292 270 355 286
Europe 799 768 764 970 1,502 313 319 387 421 683
- of which EU25 727 672 669 862 1,353 268 263 335 370 609
- of which EU15 684 638 621 766 1,207 253 249 317 326 533
Other Countries 276 309 300 356 365 162 196 181 218 239
Total World 1,589 1,581 1,565 1,881 2,392 757 806 837 994 1,208
Wales
North America 181 158 144 168 133 51 46 44 40 37
Europe 577 562 599 695 694 136 153 164 202 218
- of which EU25 536 530 565 652 658 125 134 156 187 198
- of which EU15 495 509 535 594 606 120 125 149 177 182
Other Countries 158 141 151 149 146 61 53 61 68 56
Total World 916 861 894 1,013 973 248 252 269 311 311
All Regions
North America 4,228 4,272 3,997 4,356 4,234 2,701 2,780 2,658 2,877 2,822
Europe 14,857 16,217 17,207 19,424 21,565 5,070 5,549 5,882 6,623 7,656
- of which EU25 13,535 14,799 15,699 17,738 19,626 4,344 4,742 5,018 5,677 6,585
- of which EU15 12,865 14,126 14,787 16,328 17,424 4,031 4,445 4,655 5,059 5,691
Other Countries 3,751 3,691 3,511 3,975 4,171 3,535 3,408 3,315 3,546 3,770
Total World 22,835 24,180 24,715 27,755 29,970 11,306 11,737 11,855 13,047 14,248
Due to changes in IPS sampling methodology in 2005 with the introduction of Liverpool and Prestwick airports into the sample, care should be taken when comparing results for 2005 with earlier years.
See notes in Appendix B relating to changes in methodology introduced in 2005.
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2.16 Number of visits and spending by region and purpose of visit 2001 to 2005
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
London
Holiday 4,827 4,863 4,946 5,858 5,859 2,078 2,172 2,133 2,491 2,507
of which inclusive tour 1,409 1,182 1,130 1,400 1,218 418 391 333 402 371
Business 2,839 2,791 2,734 2,890 3,175 2,038 1,865 1,816 1,939 2,182
Visiting friends or relatives 2,568 2,696 2,800 3,241 3,462 926 1,018 1,009 1,144 1,220
Miscellaneous 1,217 1,253 1,216 1,400 1,397 804 733 912 866 949
All visits 11,452 11,603 11,696 13,389 13,893 5,845 5,788 5,870 6,439 6,859
Other England
Holiday 2,496 2,574 2,644 2,869 3,202 806 926 947 1,008 1,186
of which inclusive tour 566 566 452 597 631 120 131 117 147 164
Business 2,846 3,204 3,171 3,400 3,710 1,247 1,411 1,312 1,427 1,493
Visiting friends or relatives 3,239 3,689 4,143 4,511 4,888 1,077 1,191 1,338 1,449 1,585
Miscellaneous 1,098 1,290 1,326 1,427 1,473 948 997 950 1,019 1,179
All visits 9,678 10,757 11,284 12,207 13,275 4,077 4,525 4,547 4,904 5,444
Total England
Holiday 6,568 6,698 6,889 7,934 8,355 2,883 3,098 3,079 3,499 3,694
of which inclusive tour 1,806 1,635 1,445 1,844 1,715 539 522 451 549 534
Business 5,242 5,578 5,476 5,877 6,465 3,284 3,276 3,128 3,366 3,675
Visiting friends or relatives 5,319 5,826 6,350 7,092 7,751 2,003 2,210 2,347 2,593 2,805
Miscellaneous 2,191 2,439 2,411 2,728 2,752 1,751 1,730 1,862 1,885 2,128
All visits 19,320 20,542 21,126 23,631 25,323 9,922 10,313 10,417 11,343 12,302
Scotland
Holiday 785 828 786 930 1,097 351 411 416 502 584
of which inclusive tour 263 198 209 226 210 103 95 88 108 97
Business 240 269 254 304 401 125 144 144 146 217
Visiting friends or relatives 424 407 415 544 750 170 192 168 248 273
Miscellaneous 140 77 110 103 144 111 59 110 97 133
All visits 1,589 1,581 1,565 1,881 2,392 757 806 837 994 1,208
Wales
Holiday 370 293 306 382 333 75 73 72 85 97
of which inclusive tour 109 69 57 89 85 15 17 12 14 16
Business 198 155 188 193 181 61 56 73 55 68
Visiting friends or relatives 265 305 334 349 336 70 84 79 127 91
Miscellaneous 83 107 66 89 124 42 40 44 43 55
All visits 916 861 894 1,013 973 248 252 269 311 311
All Regions
Holiday 7,585 7,735 7,973 9,275 9,713 3,446 3,702 3,683 4,218 4,516
of which inclusive tour 1,958 1,778 1,561 1,998 1,875 657 635 551 675 652
Business 6,778 7,158 6,967 7,470 8,168 3,582 3,573 3,432 3,682 4,055
Visiting friends or relatives 5,898 6,398 6,978 7,861 8,687 2,273 2,514 2,643 3,026 3,218
Miscellaneous 2,574 2,888 2,797 3,149 3,401 2,005 1,947 2,097 2,122 2,458
All visits 22,835 24,180 24,715 27,755 29,970 11,306 11,737 11,855 13,047 14,248
Due to changes in IPS sampling methodology in 2005 with the introduction of Liverpool and Prestwick airports into the sample, care should be taken when comparing results for 2005 with earlier years.
See notes in Appendix B relating to changes in methodology introduced in 2005.
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2.17 Number of visits by region of visit and region of residence by quarter 2001 to 2005
Visits (thousands)
Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4
London
North America 586 905 846 429 560 804 877 563 504 666 791 590
Europe 1,503 1,695 1,565 1,383 1,217 1,608 1,720 1,798 1,609 1,640 1,775 1,818
- of which EU25 1,333 1,514 1,365 1,231 1,068 1,441 1,528 1,578 1,446 1,437 1,590 1,602
- of which EU15 1,236 1,409 1,266 1,171 1,013 1,373 1,375 1,505 1,369 1,342 1,466 1,499
Other Countries 527 635 952 425 418 584 905 550 416 489 880 518
Total World 2,616 3,236 3,363 2,238 2,195 2,996 3,502 2,911 2,530 2,796 3,446 2,925
Other England
North America 350 500 547 312 313 490 564 320 288 428 586 359
Europe 1,257 1,728 2,015 1,388 1,347 2,040 2,262 1,834 1,489 2,123 2,433 2,014
- of which EU25 1,156 1,640 1,870 1,246 1,209 1,918 2,086 1,679 1,363 1,955 2,240 1,823
- of which EU15 1,104 1,553 1,739 1,185 1,157 1,816 1,977 1,622 1,266 1,855 2,071 1,691
Other Countries 311 379 610 281 292 354 610 331 287 321 618 340
Total World 1,918 2,607 3,172 1,981 1,951 2,885 3,436 2,484 2,063 2,872 3,636 2,714
Total England
North America 830 1,202 1,202 645 777 1,120 1,237 786 708 943 1,172 837
Europe 2,629 3,222 3,366 2,637 2,451 3,486 3,705 3,468 2,965 3,563 3,930 3,666
- of which EU25 2,371 2,977 3,056 2,358 2,180 3,215 3,373 3,112 2,691 3,229 3,581 3,278
- of which EU15 2,238 2,817 2,840 2,245 2,075 3,056 3,139 2,988 2,529 3,053 3,306 3,057
Other Countries 732 887 1,350 618 630 818 1,294 768 617 711 1,273 743
Total World 4,190 5,311 5,919 3,900 3,859 5,424 6,236 5,023 4,290 5,217 6,374 5,245
Scotland
North America 60 162 223 69 59 157 215 73 58 129 225 90
Europe 88 151 478 82 73 149 455 91 97 126 440 101
- of which EU25 78 135 446 68 61 122 405 84 89 101 399 80
- of which EU15 75 126 418 64 58 116 381 82 82 95 375 70
Other Countries 40 68 124 44 43 67 139 61 40 61 149 49
Total World 188 381 826 195 175 374 808 225 195 316 814 240
Wales
North America 26 57 79 18 20 53 67 18 14 46 50 34
Europe 87 142 218 131 74 182 204 103 96 149 222 133
- of which EU25 83 126 200 127 71 176 191 92 92 142 207 123
- of which EU15 74 105 191 126 70 173 178 88 86 133 198 118
Other Countries 21 42 68 26 23 26 71 20 22 31 69 29
Total World 134 242 365 175 117 261 342 141 131 226 341 196
All Regions
North America 880 1,308 1,338 702 825 1,207 1,402 837 756 1,037 1,305 898
Europe 3,221 4,042 4,352 3,242 3,029 4,314 4,787 4,087 3,536 4,291 4,890 4,490
- of which EU25 2,922 3,715 3,984 2,914 2,735 3,994 4,381 3,689 3,233 3,925 4,493 4,048
- of which EU15 2,774 3,550 3,746 2,794 2,621 3,823 4,125 3,557 3,062 3,727 4,187 3,811
Other Countries 762 929 1,410 649 671 853 1,367 800 652 744 1,339 776
Total World 4,863 6,279 7,100 4,593 4,525 6,375 7,555 5,724 4,944 6,073 7,534 6,165
Due to changes in IPS sampling methodology in 2005 with the introduction of Liverpool and Prestwick airports into the sample, care should be taken when comparing results for 2005 with earlier years.
See notes in Appendix B relating to changes in methodology introduced in 2005.
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2.17 Number of visits by region of visit and region of residence by quarter 2001 to 2005
Visits (thousands)
2004 2005
London
North America 579 818 842 536 510 775 839 553
Europe 1,691 1,936 2,091 2,292 2,101 2,253 1,996 2,222
- of which EU25 1,535 1,733 1,881 2,053 1,875 2,003 1,776 1,957
- of which EU15 1,437 1,550 1,668 1,870 1,710 1,770 1,527 1,720
Other Countries 466 617 935 585 480 676 889 598
Total World 2,736 3,371 3,868 3,414 3,091 3,704 3,723 3,374
Other England
North America 310 495 598 331 301 426 598 371
Europe 1,723 2,240 2,757 2,017 1,996 2,575 2,924 2,253
- of which EU25 1,590 2,076 2,526 1,834 1,850 2,358 2,654 2,032
- of which EU15 1,483 1,921 2,306 1,666 1,666 2,017 2,331 1,757
Other Countries 303 389 690 354 306 442 701 380
Total World 2,336 3,123 4,046 2,703 2,604 3,444 4,223 3,004
Total England
North America 787 1,151 1,233 778 730 1,050 1,251 817
Europe 3,259 3,973 4,536 4,144 3,941 4,618 4,679 4,291
- of which EU25 2,983 3,631 4,119 3,738 3,585 4,183 4,225 3,833
- of which EU15 2,785 3,307 3,707 3,407 3,248 3,638 3,686 3,347
Other Countries 680 875 1,393 823 709 967 1,400 868
Total World 4,726 5,999 7,162 5,744 5,380 6,636 7,330 5,977
Scotland
North America 55 147 246 107 47 173 224 81
Europe 88 183 493 205 175 368 694 265
- of which EU25 78 164 440 181 148 337 634 232
- of which EU15 67 153 389 157 138 312 567 191
Other Countries 46 61 186 62 43 82 175 65
Total World 189 392 926 374 265 623 1,093 411
Wales
North America 22 56 69 21 12 47 47 27
Europe 122 188 257 128 130 191 260 113
- of which EU25 114 176 244 117 120 181 252 105
- of which EU15 109 164 219 102 110 168 237 90
Other Countries 21 37 65 26 17 35 69 25
Total World 166 281 391 175 159 273 376 165
All Regions
North America 825 1,246 1,419 865 775 1,172 1,399 889
Europe 3,907 4,858 5,600 5,059 4,654 5,682 5,959 5,271
- of which EU25 3,607 4,446 5,096 4,589 4,241 5,204 5,418 4,764
- of which EU15 3,399 4,106 4,633 4,191 3,858 4,602 4,775 4,188
Other Countries 717 918 1,482 859 744 1,014 1,500 912
Total World 5,449 7,022 8,501 6,783 6,172 7,868 8,858 7,072
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Visits (thousands)
2004 2005
Nationality Nationality
Country of Country of
residence UK Other Total residence UK Other Total
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3.01 Number of visits and nights by quarter of the year 2001 to 2005
not seasonally per cent change seasonally not seasonally per cent change
Quarter adjusted from year earlier adjusted adjusted from year earlier
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3.02 Spending at current and 1995 constant prices by quarter 2001 to 2005
not seasonally per cent change seasonally not seasonally per cent change seasonally
Quarter adjusted from year earlier adjusted adjusted from year earlier adjusted
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3.03 Number of visits by region of visit and purpose of visit 2001 to 2005
Average
Annual
Change Growth Growth
Visits (thousands) 2004-05 2004-05 2001-05
North America
Holiday 2,779 2,460 2,498 2,899 2,959 60 2.1 1.6
of which inclusive tour 1,018 802 811 1,039 1,028 -11 -1.1 0.2
Business 834 727 720 791 855 64 8.1 0.6
Visiting friends or relatives 947 917 815 969 936 -33 -3.4 -0.3
Miscellaneous 97 108 109 122 120 -2 -1.6 5.5
All visits 4,656 4,211 4,142 4,780 4,869 89 1.9 1.1
Europe
Holiday 32,197 33,761 34,838 35,353 36,180 827 2.3 3.0
of which inclusive tour 17,453 17,784 16,569 16,218 15,222 -996 -6.1 -3.4
Business 6,731 6,663 6,488 6,588 6,782 194 2.9 0.2
Visiting friends or relatives 5,267 5,275 5,896 6,608 7,229 621 9.4 8.2
Miscellaneous 3,378 3,181 3,444 2,976 2,647 -329 -11.1 -5.9
All visits 47,573 48,879 50,667 51,525 52,838 1,313 2.5 2.7
- of which EU25
Holiday 30,711 32,114 32,983 33,190 33,579 389 1.2 2.3
of which inclusive tour 16,515 16,706 15,436 14,932 13,656 -1,276 -8.5 -4.6
Business 6,230 6,147 5,980 6,039 6,157 118 2.0 -0.3
Visiting friends or relatives 4,922 4,945 5,515 6,079 6,672 593 9.8 7.9
Miscellaneous 3,330 3,106 3,381 2,913 2,520 -393 -13.5 -6.7
All visits 45,193 46,312 47,859 48,221 48,928 707 1.5 2.0
- of which EU15
Holiday 28,612 30,143 30,844 30,835 30,815 -20 -0.1 1.9
of which inclusive tour 14,983 15,353 14,181 13,620 12,281 -1,339 -9.8 -4.9
Business 5,979 5,916 5,720 5,773 5,839 66 1.1 -0.6
Visiting friends or relatives 4,687 4,691 5,211 5,685 5,910 225 4.0 6.0
Miscellaneous 3,288 3,072 3,315 2,845 2,427 -418 -14.7 -7.3
All visits 42,566 43,822 45,090 45,137 44,991 -146 -0.3 1.4
Other Countries
Holiday 3,694 3,682 3,861 4,660 5,036 376 8.1 8.1
of which inclusive tour 2,160 2,052 2,134 2,546 2,743 197 7.7 6.2
Business 655 683 683 761 919 158 20.8 8.8
Visiting friends or relatives 1,514 1,678 1,816 2,223 2,483 260 11.7 13.2
Miscellaneous 189 244 254 245 296 51 20.8 11.9
All visits 6,052 6,287 6,615 7,889 8,734 845 10.7 9.6
Total World
Holiday 38,670 39,902 41,197 42,912 44,175 1,263 2.9 3.4
of which inclusive tour 20,631 20,638 19,515 19,803 18,993 -810 -4.1 -2.0
Business 8,220 8,073 7,892 8,140 8,556 416 5.1 1.0
Visiting friends or relatives 7,727 7,870 8,527 9,799 10,648 849 8.7 8.3
Miscellaneous 3,664 3,532 3,807 3,343 3,063 -280 -8.4 -4.4
All visits 58,281 59,377 61,424 64,194 66,441 2,247 3.5 3.3
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Average
Annual
Change Growth Growth
Spending ( million) 2004-05 2004-05 2001-05
North America
Holiday 2,534 2,298 2,323 2,531 2,757 226 8.9 2.1
of which inclusive tour 1,017 835 826 981 1,043 62 6.3 0.6
Business 1,041 815 807 802 882 80 10.0 -4.1
Visiting friends or relatives 484 443 387 460 469 9 2.0 -0.8
Miscellaneous 86 105 151 143 105 -38 -26.6 5.1
All visits 4,146 3,661 3,669 3,936 4,213 277 7.0 0.4
Europe
Holiday 11,755 12,945 13,857 14,321 14,868 547 3.8 6.0
of which inclusive tour 6,786 7,238 7,024 7,182 6,760 -422 -5.9 -0.1
Business 2,568 2,636 2,461 2,431 2,657 226 9.3 0.9
Visiting friends or relatives 1,100 1,166 1,332 1,482 1,673 191 12.9 11.1
Miscellaneous 782 875 1,222 1,076 1,081 5 0.5 8.4
All visits 16,204 17,622 18,872 19,311 20,279 968 5.0 5.8
- of which EU25
Holiday 11,116 12,206 12,951 13,303 13,642 339 2.5 5.3
of which inclusive tour 6,385 6,739 6,472 6,565 6,020 -545 -8.3 -1.5
Business 2,323 2,342 2,216 2,120 2,317 197 9.3 -0.1
Visiting friends or relatives 1,017 1,071 1,224 1,329 1,493 164 12.3 10.1
Miscellaneous 757 827 1,192 1,042 989 -53 -5.1 6.9
All visits 15,213 16,446 17,583 17,794 18,440 646 3.6 4.9
- of which EU15
Holiday 10,221 11,323 12,021 12,234 12,436 202 1.7 5.0
of which inclusive tour 5,721 6,118 5,910 5,910 5,381 -529 -9.0 -1.5
Business 2,211 2,205 2,043 1,980 2,122 142 7.2 -1.0
Visiting friends or relatives 949 995 1,108 1,209 1,223 14 1.2 6.5
Miscellaneous 740 805 1,125 1,003 934 -69 -6.9 6.0
All visits 14,120 15,328 16,298 16,426 16,715 289 1.8 4.3
Other Countries
Holiday 3,028 3,333 3,607 4,301 4,647 346 8.0 11.3
of which inclusive tour 1,581 1,657 1,800 2,140 2,144 4 0.2 7.9
Business 781 813 772 925 1,073 148 16.0 8.3
Visiting friends or relatives 928 1,131 1,190 1,470 1,606 136 9.3 14.7
Miscellaneous 245 402 440 343 337 -6 -1.7 8.3
All visits 4,982 5,678 6,009 7,038 7,663 625 8.9 11.4
Total World
Holiday 17,317 18,576 19,788 21,153 22,272 1,119 5.3 6.5
of which inclusive tour 9,384 9,730 9,649 10,303 9,947 -356 -3.5 1.5
Business 4,391 4,263 4,040 4,158 4,611 453 10.9 1.2
Visiting friends or relatives 2,512 2,741 2,910 3,413 3,748 335 9.8 10.5
Miscellaneous 1,112 1,381 1,813 1,562 1,523 -39 -2.5 8.2
All visits 25,332 26,962 28,550 30,285 32,154 1,869 6.2 6.1
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3.05 Number of nights and average length of stay by region of visit and purpose of visit 2001 to 2005
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
North America
Holiday 40,423 34,988 34,923 41,117 41,473 14.5 14.2 14.0 14.2 14.0
of which inclusive tour 13,494 9,974 10,548 12,783 12,724 13.3 12.4 13.0 12.3 12.4
Business 7,500 7,169 7,214 7,588 7,054 9.0 9.9 10.0 9.6 8.3
Visiting friends or relatives 18,013 16,271 13,814 17,302 16,796 19.0 17.7 16.9 17.9 18.0
Miscellaneous 1,890 2,922 2,805 2,723 2,703 19.6 27.1 25.7 22.3 22.5
All visits 67,824 61,350 58,755 68,729 68,027 14.6 14.6 14.2 14.4 14.0
Europe
Holiday 289,195 296,014 308,745 299,924 302,850 9.0 8.8 8.9 8.5 8.4
of which inclusive tour 163,349 163,250 153,205 145,288 131,979 9.4 9.2 9.2 9.0 8.7
Business 26,677 27,123 25,259 23,580 25,878 4.0 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.8
Visiting friends or relatives 47,836 47,934 52,092 57,592 66,279 9.1 9.1 8.8 8.7 9.2
Miscellaneous 8,192 10,459 14,798 13,273 12,122 2.4 3.3 4.3 4.5 4.6
All visits 371,900 381,529 400,894 394,368 407,129 7.8 7.8 7.9 7.7 7.7
- of which EU25
Holiday 272,678 278,109 288,495 277,059 275,419 8.9 8.7 8.7 8.3 8.2
of which inclusive tour 153,129 151,204 140,565 131,384 115,573 9.3 9.1 9.1 8.8 8.5
Business 24,072 24,391 22,058 20,348 22,603 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.4 3.7
Visiting friends or relatives 43,821 43,437 46,962 50,257 58,128 8.9 8.8 8.5 8.3 8.7
Miscellaneous 7,651 9,047 14,021 12,376 11,305 2.3 2.9 4.1 4.2 4.5
All visits 348,222 354,984 371,535 360,040 367,455 7.7 7.7 7.8 7.5 7.5
- of which EU15
Holiday 249,956 257,028 265,768 254,962 250,664 8.7 8.5 8.6 8.3 8.1
of which inclusive tour 136,866 136,782 127,121 118,449 103,193 9.1 8.9 9.0 8.7 8.4
Business 22,431 22,877 20,297 18,729 20,893 3.8 3.9 3.5 3.2 3.6
Visiting friends or relatives 39,725 39,657 42,323 45,195 48,043 8.5 8.5 8.1 7.9 8.1
Miscellaneous 7,295 8,594 13,174 11,706 10,147 2.2 2.8 4.0 4.1 4.2
All visits 319,407 328,155 341,561 330,591 329,747 7.5 7.5 7.6 7.3 7.3
Other Countries
Holiday 69,731 71,533 74,856 87,706 89,682 18.9 19.4 19.4 18.8 17.8
of which inclusive tour 27,345 26,492 27,184 31,996 33,226 12.7 12.9 12.7 12.6 12.1
Business 9,437 10,242 10,021 11,762 13,094 14.4 15.0 14.7 15.5 14.2
Visiting friends or relatives 49,717 57,742 58,842 71,403 77,974 32.8 34.4 32.4 32.1 31.4
Miscellaneous 10,193 12,796 14,717 11,924 13,056 53.8 52.5 57.9 48.7 44.2
All visits 139,078 152,313 158,435 182,796 193,806 23.0 24.2 24.0 23.2 22.2
Total World
Holiday 399,349 402,535 418,524 428,747 434,005 10.3 10.1 10.2 10.0 9.8
of which inclusive tour 204,187 199,716 190,938 190,066 177,930 9.9 9.7 9.8 9.6 9.4
Business 43,614 44,534 42,494 42,930 46,026 5.3 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.4
Visiting friends or relatives 115,566 121,948 124,747 146,297 161,049 15.0 15.5 14.6 14.9 15.1
Miscellaneous 20,274 26,176 32,319 27,920 27,882 5.5 7.4 8.5 8.4 9.1
All visits 578,803 595,192 618,084 645,893 668,962 9.9 10.0 10.1 10.1 10.1
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3.06 Average spending per visit and per day by region and purpose of visit 2001 to 2005
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
North America
Holiday 912 934 930 873 932 63 66 67 62 66
of which inclusive tour 999 1,041 1,018 944 1,014 75 84 78 77 82
Business 1,248 1,121 1,120 1,015 1,032 139 114 112 106 125
Visiting friends or relatives 512 483 475 475 501 27 27 28 27 28
Miscellaneous 887 970 1,387 1,174 876 45 36 54 53 39
All visits 890 869 886 823 865 61 60 62 57 62
Europe
Holiday 364 383 397 405 410 41 44 45 48 49
of which inclusive tour 389 407 424 443 444 42 44 46 49 51
Business 381 396 379 369 392 96 97 97 103 103
Visiting friends or relatives 209 221 226 224 231 23 24 26 26 25
Miscellaneous 231 275 355 361 408 95 84 83 81 89
All visits 340 360 372 374 383 44 46 47 49 50
- of which EU25
Holiday 361 379 392 400 406 41 44 45 48 49
of which inclusive tour 387 403 419 440 441 42 45 46 50 52
Business 373 381 371 351 376 97 96 100 104 102
Visiting friends or relatives 207 217 222 219 224 23 25 26 26 26
Miscellaneous 227 266 352 358 392 99 91 85 84 87
All visits 336 355 367 369 377 44 46 47 49 50
- of which EU15
Holiday 356 375 389 396 403 41 44 45 48 50
of which inclusive tour 382 399 417 434 438 42 45 46 50 52
Business 370 373 357 343 363 99 96 101 106 102
Visiting friends or relatives 202 212 213 213 207 24 25 26 27 25
Miscellaneous 225 262 339 353 385 101 94 85 86 92
All visits 331 349 361 364 371 44 47 48 50 51
Other Countries
Holiday 820 905 934 923 923 43 47 48 49 52
of which inclusive tour 732 808 843 841 782 58 63 66 67 65
Business 1,193 1,190 1,130 1,215 1,167 83 79 77 79 82
Visiting friends or relatives 613 674 655 661 647 19 20 20 21 21
Miscellaneous 1,292 1,648 1,730 1,399 1,141 24 31 30 29 26
All visits 823 903 908 892 877 36 37 38 39 40
Total World
Holiday 447 465 480 493 504 43 46 47 49 51
of which inclusive tour 455 471 494 520 524 46 49 51 54 56
Business 534 528 512 511 539 101 96 95 97 100
Visiting friends or relatives 325 348 341 348 352 22 22 23 23 23
Miscellaneous 303 391 476 467 497 55 53 56 56 55
All visits 434 454 465 472 484 44 45 46 47 48
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3.07 Number of visits by mode of travel and purpose of visit 2001 to 2005
Average
Annual
Change Growth Growth
Visits (thousands) 2004-05 2004-05 2001-05
Air
Holiday 29,842 30,472 32,644 34,363 36,001 1,638 4.8 4.8
of which inclusive tour 16,944 16,671 16,358 16,535 15,979 -556 -3.4 -1.5
Business 6,301 6,281 6,269 6,604 7,070 466 7.1 2.9
Visiting friends or relatives 6,046 6,293 6,939 8,179 9,113 934 11.4 10.8
Miscellaneous 821 943 1,249 1,289 1,442 153 11.9 15.1
All visits 43,011 43,990 47,101 50,435 53,626 3,191 6.3 5.7
Sea
Holiday 6,052 6,642 5,953 5,895 5,429 -466 -7.9 -2.7
of which inclusive tour 2,534 2,922 2,306 2,331 1,944 -387 -16.6 -6.4
Business 924 926 769 732 675 -57 -7.8 -7.5
Visiting friends or relatives 1,132 1,117 1,083 1,124 1,052 -72 -6.4 -1.8
Miscellaneous 1,542 1,352 1,395 1,198 945 -253 -21.1 -11.5
All visits 9,651 10,038 9,200 8,950 8,102 -848 -9.5 -4.3
Tunnel
Holiday 2,775 2,788 2,601 2,654 2,745 91 3.4 -0.3
of which inclusive tour 1,153 1,045 851 937 1,070 133 14.2 -1.9
Business 995 866 854 804 811 7 0.9 -5.0
Visiting friends or relatives 549 459 505 496 482 -14 -2.8 -3.2
Miscellaneous 1,300 1,237 1,164 856 675 -181 -21.1 -15.1
All visits 5,619 5,349 5,123 4,809 4,713 -96 -2.0 -4.3
Total
Holiday 38,670 39,902 41,197 42,912 44,175 1,263 2.9 3.4
of which inclusive tour 20,631 20,638 19,515 19,803 18,993 -810 -4.1 -2.0
Business 8,220 8,073 7,892 8,140 8,556 416 5.1 1.0
Visiting friends or relatives 7,727 7,870 8,527 9,799 10,648 849 8.7 8.3
Miscellaneous 3,664 3,532 3,807 3,343 3,063 -280 -8.4 -4.4
All visits 58,281 59,377 61,424 64,194 66,441 2,247 3.5 3.3
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Average
Annual
Change Growth Growth
Spending ( million) 2004-05 2004-05 2001-05
Air
Holiday 14,464 15,462 16,723 18,125 19,327 1,202 6.6 7.5
of which inclusive tour 7,904 8,141 8,273 8,798 8,588 -210 -2.4 2.1
Business 3,662 3,596 3,434 3,618 4,105 487 13.5 2.9
Visiting friends or relatives 2,187 2,404 2,610 3,112 3,439 327 10.5 12.0
Miscellaneous 621 810 1,079 1,025 1,123 98 9.6 16.0
All visits 20,934 22,273 23,846 25,879 27,994 2,115 8.2 7.5
Sea
Holiday 2,020 2,301 2,211 2,241 2,092 -149 -6.6 0.9
of which inclusive tour 1,120 1,268 1,085 1,212 1,013 -199 -16.4 -2.5
Business 357 366 290 250 219 -31 -12.4 -11.5
Visiting friends or relatives 223 248 212 219 220 1 0.5 -0.3
Miscellaneous 244 291 384 281 219 -62 -22.1 -2.7
All visits 2,844 3,206 3,096 2,991 2,750 -241 -8.1 -0.8
Tunnel
Holiday 834 813 854 787 852 65 8.3 0.5
of which inclusive tour 360 321 291 293 346 53 18.1 -1.0
Business 371 301 316 290 287 -3 -1.0 -6.2
Visiting friends or relatives 102 88 87 82 89 7 8.5 -3.4
Miscellaneous 247 280 350 256 182 -74 -28.9 -7.4
All visits 1,554 1,482 1,607 1,415 1,410 -5 -0.4 -2.4
Total
Holiday 17,317 18,576 19,788 21,153 22,272 1,119 5.3 6.5
of which inclusive tour 9,384 9,730 9,649 10,303 9,947 -356 -3.5 1.5
Business 4,391 4,263 4,040 4,158 4,611 453 10.9 1.2
Visiting friends or relatives 2,512 2,741 2,910 3,413 3,748 335 9.8 10.5
Miscellaneous 1,112 1,381 1,813 1,562 1,523 -39 -2.5 8.2
All visits 25,332 26,962 28,550 30,285 32,154 1,869 6.2 6.1
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Annual
Change Growth Growth
Visits (thousands) 2004-05 2004-05 2001-05
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Change Growth Growth
Spending ( million) 2004-05 2004-05 2001-05
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3.11 Number of nights and average length of stay by country of visit 2001 to 2005
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Canada 11,047 10,085 8,547 10,450 11,042 16.6 16.6 16.1 17.0 17.6
USA 56,778 51,265 50,208 58,279 56,984 14.2 14.2 13.9 14.0 13.4
North America 67,824 61,350 58,755 68,729 68,027 14.6 14.6 14.2 14.4 14.0
Austria 4,142 6,126 4,697 5,610 5,946 7.3 8.5 7.6 7.2 7.7
Belgium 4,503 4,772 4,486 4,667 4,672 2.6 2.7 2.3 2.6 2.7
Bulgaria 1,191 1,838 2,084 3,607 4,237 12.0 13.0 13.2 12.2 11.6
Czech Republic 2,080 1,687 3,261 3,207 3,583 6.1 4.5 5.8 4.6 4.6
Cyprus 17,437 16,244 16,272 16,904 17,894 11.8 12.5 12.7 13.1 12.5
Denmark 1,655 1,732 1,636 2,219 1,677 5.4 5.7 5.6 6.2 5.0
Finland 1,020 811 1,376 812 979 6.1 5.6 7.9 4.4 6.7
France 61,620 63,464 68,671 65,234 66,227 5.2 5.2 5.7 5.6 6.0
Germany 12,383 12,912 11,846 12,146 13,324 5.5 5.7 5.5 5.2 5.3
Gibraltar 408 368 304 516 476 9.1 11.4 6.3 7.7 7.1
Greece 36,975 34,368 31,679 30,141 26,916 11.5 11.6 11.1 11.1 11.1
Hungary 1,285 1,058 1,283 1,363 1,682 10.7 9.2 8.6 6.3 5.6
Iceland 476 365 336 483 777 7.9 7.0 6.2 8.1 9.8
Irish Republic 21,520 20,135 20,778 20,262 20,899 5.5 5.1 5.3 4.9 5.0
Italy 19,912 21,986 21,739 21,641 25,555 8.1 8.3 7.5 7.3 7.6
Luxembourg 296 318 317 228 264 4.3 4.3 3.6 2.4 2.4
Malta 5,441 5,293 6,253 5,454 6,790 12.3 12.1 12.8 10.9 12.1
Netherlands 9,027 8,192 8,286 8,007 8,552 4.3 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.9
Norway 1,997 2,191 1,794 2,238 2,118 8.3 8.1 6.6 7.7 6.8
Poland 1,478 1,461 1,960 2,925 7,174 9.1 9.7 11.2 9.6 11.3
Portugal 16,786 18,441 19,385 17,690 17,916 10.5 10.4 10.3 9.8 9.7
Spain 126,807 132,070 144,719 139,437 134,094 10.8 10.5 10.5 10.1 9.7
Sweden 2,759 2,829 1,945 2,498 2,727 6.7 7.5 5.1 6.7 6.6
Switzerland 5,115 4,574 5,299 5,288 5,761 6.5 6.0 6.5 5.9 5.8
Turkey 10,876 12,539 14,393 14,109 16,252 12.4 12.7 13.4 12.6 11.9
Rest of Europe 4,709 5,758 6,093 7,683 10,637 13.4 13.6 12.1 11.7 11.3
Europe 371,900 381,529 400,894 394,368 407,129 7.8 7.8 7.9 7.7 7.7
- of which EU25 348,222 354,984 371,535 360,040 367,455 7.7 7.7 7.8 7.5 7.5
- of which EU15 319,407 328,155 341,561 330,591 329,747 7.5 7.5 7.6 7.3 7.3
Egypt 3,343 2,656 3,405 3,923 6,434 12.8 11.3 11.8 11.4 11.4
Tunisia 3,626 2,718 2,230 2,925 3,327 9.4 10.2 9.9 10.4 9.4
Other North Africa 2,911 2,698 2,808 2,936 4,100 13.8 15.0 14.0 14.7 14.8
South Africa 6,615 7,875 10,307 9,932 8,491 21.4 19.8 21.7 22.6 18.9
Other Africa 9,067 9,875 12,468 14,068 14,802 24.6 22.9 25.1 23.8 21.4
Israel 1,795 1,125 985 1,542 1,324 16.9 17.2 12.9 13.8 12.4
United Arab Emirates 2,367 2,648 3,220 4,414 4,593 12.2 11.9 11.7 11.1 11.2
Other Middle East 4,105 5,476 3,927 4,141 6,202 21.7 24.0 23.8 20.7 22.3
Hong Kong (China) 3,500 4,771 3,805 6,312 3,998 23.3 27.8 33.3 35.6 22.5
Other China 3,407 3,810 3,788 6,440 7,010 23.4 21.1 22.5 26.8 24.2
India 14,175 15,924 13,276 20,360 20,038 29.6 34.3 26.9 31.0 25.2
Japan 1,893 2,265 2,002 2,260 2,398 17.7 17.3 17.5 20.2 18.2
Pakistan 10,133 11,795 16,459 14,822 17,603 42.9 46.2 54.0 41.4 43.8
Sri Lanka 1,564 1,874 3,776 3,307 2,947 19.4 22.2 25.3 19.3 24.5
Thailand 6,161 7,125 7,073 8,934 9,063 22.9 23.7 25.6 24.6 25.5
Other Asia 11,002 13,293 12,506 14,530 17,040 26.2 30.0 28.2 25.7 27.9
Australia 22,952 24,564 22,735 22,565 24,917 47.2 49.3 43.3 40.4 38.4
New Zealand 5,751 5,808 6,910 8,694 8,320 48.4 42.9 44.2 47.1 40.7
Barbados 1,638 1,891 1,743 2,217 2,160 13.4 14.4 12.5 15.0 14.4
Jamaica 2,789 3,960 3,388 3,100 3,084 20.6 21.8 20.9 19.5 22.1
Other Caribbean 7,631 6,998 7,767 9,772 11,425 16.5 15.0 15.1 14.6 15.5
Mexico 4,100 4,409 4,077 4,544 3,951 15.8 15.9 16.6 15.3 15.1
Other Central & Sth.America 4,301 4,623 5,242 5,762 6,608 21.5 24.9 26.4 25.3 25.6
Rest of the World 4,252 4,132 4,539 5,295 3,972 12.0 11.6 11.2 12.1 12.4
Other Countries 139,078 152,313 158,435 182,795 193,806 23.0 24.2 24.0 23.2 22.2
Total World 578,803 595,192 618,084 645,893 668,962 9.9 10.0 10.1 10.1 10.1
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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
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3.13 Number of visits and spending by length of stay and purpose of visit 2001 to 2005
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Nil Stay
Total Holiday 1,315 1,318 1,304 1,191 917 116 100 113 108 72
of which inclusive tour 1 . 0 . . 0 . 0 . .
Business 966 930 835 896 834 64 87 73 70 64
Visiting friends or relatives 64 48 70 51 70 4 5 9 5 8
Miscellanous 2,139 1,823 1,735 1,425 1,041 325 306 326 273 201
All visits 4,484 4,119 3,944 3,563 2,861 509 498 520 456 344
1-3 nights
Total Holiday 5,312 5,749 6,117 6,650 7,171 1,166 1,309 1,446 1,610 1,732
of which inclusive tour 1,919 1,868 1,756 1,800 1,799 443 443 417 449 443
Business 4,106 4,033 4,073 4,164 4,411 1,175 1,201 1,184 1,203 1,345
Visiting friends or relatives 1,325 1,379 1,597 1,897 1,978 190 187 219 261 288
Miscellanous 791 826 951 812 849 174 233 268 242 324
All visits 11,534 11,987 12,738 13,523 14,409 2,705 2,931 3,116 3,316 3,690
4-13 nights
Total Holiday 18,813 19,939 20,851 22,335 23,563 7,181 7,812 8,489 9,375 10,298
of which inclusive tour 10,928 11,435 10,805 11,455 11,149 4,208 4,520 4,446 5,010 5,006
Business 2,550 2,536 2,420 2,505 2,716 1,983 1,845 1,714 1,812 2,051
Visiting friends or relatives 3,533 3,547 3,879 4,383 4,715 815 890 928 1,037 1,167
Miscellanous 452 541 697 730 759 219 246 351 418 395
All visits 25,348 26,562 27,847 29,952 31,753 10,198 10,793 11,482 12,642 13,911
14-27 nights
Total Holiday 12,121 11,750 11,629 11,355 11,132 7,396 7,605 7,910 8,014 8,130
of which inclusive tour 7,637 7,200 6,782 6,368 5,896 4,573 4,607 4,603 4,588 4,303
Business 393 348 340 342 367 569 479 498 467 649
Visiting friends or relatives 1,789 1,856 1,890 2,155 2,400 771 827 876 1,040 1,147
Miscellanous 134 157 203 178 201 124 147 294 223 220
All visits 14,437 14,110 14,063 14,031 14,101 8,861 9,058 9,578 9,745 10,147
28 nights or more
Total Holiday 1,108 1,146 1,297 1,381 1,391 1,434 1,731 1,814 2,029 2,021
of which inclusive tour 147 135 172 181 149 159 160 183 256 195
Business 206 227 224 233 228 599 651 571 605 503
Visiting friends or relatives 1,016 1,040 1,091 1,314 1,484 732 832 878 1,069 1,137
Miscellanous 149 186 221 198 214 271 449 575 406 383
All visits 2,479 2,599 2,832 3,126 3,318 3,035 3,663 3,837 4,110 4,043
All visits
Total Holiday 38,670 39,902 41,197 42,912 44,175 17,317 18,576 19,788 21,153 22,272
of which inclusive tour 20,631 20,638 19,515 19,803 18,993 9,384 9,730 9,649 10,303 9,947
Business 8,220 8,073 7,892 8,140 8,556 4,391 4,263 4,040 4,158 4,611
Visiting friends or relatives 7,727 7,870 8,527 9,799 10,648 2,512 2,741 2,910 3,413 3,748
Miscellanous 3,664 3,532 3,807 3,343 3,063 1,112 1,381 1,813 1,562 1,523
All visits 58,281 59,377 61,424 64,194 66,441 25,332 26,962 28,550 30,285 32,154
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3.14 Number of visits and spending by length of stay and region of visit 2001 to 2005
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Nil Stay
North America . 1 2 2 3 . 0 0 1 2
Europe 4,476 4,115 3,937 3,557 2,856 506 495 518 452 338
- of which EU25 4,435 4,076 3,881 3,488 2,802 504 492 511 447 332
- of which EU15 4,428 4,067 3,873 3,477 2,795 503 491 509 446 332
Other Countries 8 3 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 4
Total World 4,484 4,119 3,944 3,563 2,861 509 498 520 456 344
1-3 nights
North America 155 192 176 166 195 78 101 74 65 97
Europe 11,270 11,701 12,453 13,242 14,051 2,589 2,785 2,996 3,202 3,522
- of which EU25 10,782 11,168 11,941 12,671 13,358 2,456 2,642 2,863 3,032 3,312
- of which EU15 10,489 10,856 11,490 12,002 12,401 2,373 2,568 2,748 2,860 3,051
Other Countries 109 93 109 115 163 38 44 45 49 70
Total World 11,534 11,987 12,738 13,523 14,409 2,705 2,931 3,116 3,316 3,690
4-13 nights
North America 2,093 2,026 2,012 2,340 2,452 1,622 1,487 1,435 1,624 1,767
Europe 21,163 22,482 23,612 24,914 26,129 7,266 7,937 8,541 9,227 9,944
- of which EU25 20,094 21,424 22,367 23,379 24,256 6,821 7,481 7,994 8,570 9,127
- of which EU15 18,775 20,188 21,026 21,932 22,313 6,386 7,013 7,520 8,021 8,385
Other Countries 2,091 2,054 2,223 2,698 3,171 1,309 1,370 1,505 1,791 2,200
Total World 25,348 26,562 27,847 29,952 31,753 10,198 10,793 11,482 12,642 13,911
14-27 nights
North America 2,125 1,702 1,701 1,967 1,909 1,985 1,585 1,647 1,752 1,853
Europe 9,717 9,575 9,501 8,667 8,539 4,839 5,088 5,438 5,031 5,111
- of which EU25 9,007 8,727 8,605 7,674 7,402 4,475 4,633 4,948 4,493 4,458
- of which EU15 8,088 7,893 7,768 6,833 6,518 3,978 4,161 4,399 3,966 3,901
Other Countries 2,595 2,834 2,860 3,397 3,653 2,037 2,385 2,493 2,962 3,183
Total World 14,437 14,110 14,063 14,031 14,101 8,861 9,058 9,578 9,745 10,147
28 nights or more
North America 283 290 251 305 310 460 489 512 494 494
Europe 947 1,006 1,164 1,145 1,263 980 1,298 1,362 1,382 1,344
- of which EU25 875 917 1,065 1,009 1,110 933 1,179 1,251 1,235 1,192
- of which EU15 787 818 933 894 963 857 1,075 1,105 1,116 1,028
Other Countries 1,249 1,302 1,417 1,675 1,744 1,596 1,876 1,964 2,233 2,205
Total World 2,479 2,599 2,832 3,126 3,318 3,035 3,663 3,837 4,110 4,043
All visits
North America 4,656 4,211 4,142 4,780 4,869 4,146 3,661 3,669 3,936 4,213
Europe 47,573 48,879 50,667 51,525 52,838 16,204 17,622 18,872 19,311 20,279
- of which EU25 45,193 46,312 47,859 48,221 48,928 15,213 16,446 17,583 17,794 18,440
- of which EU15 42,566 43,822 45,090 45,137 44,991 14,120 15,328 16,298 16,426 16,715
Other Countries 6,052 6,287 6,615 7,889 8,734 4,982 5,678 6,009 7,038 7,663
Total World 58,281 59,377 61,424 64,194 66,441 25,332 26,962 28,550 30,285 32,154
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Visits (thousands)
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Visits (thousands)
2004 2005
Nationality Nationality
Country Country
UK of visit Other Total UK of visit Other Total
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Visits to UK (thousands)
5,000
1,000
500
100
10
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London 13,893
1,000
500
100
50
10
Less than 10 thousand
recorded visits
Channel Islands
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London 91,843
10,000
5,000
1,000
750
500
100
Less than 50 thousand
recorded nights
Note - Symbol on Orkney represents combined
nights at Shetland, Orkney and Eilean Siar
Channel Islands
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4.01 Number of visits and spending by mode of travel and by region and purpose of visit 2005
North America
Holiday 1,276 890 122 44 216 78 1,614 1,012
of which inclusive tour 189 128 61 16 57 13 306 157
Business 856 846 4 1 38 48 898 896
Visiting friends or relatives 1,186 504 11 3 37 15 1,235 522
Miscellaneous 466 347 3 1 18 34 487 382
All visits 3,784 2,598 141 48 310 176 4,234 2,822
Europe
Holiday 4,095 1,729 1,695 469 834 175 6,625 2,373
of which inclusive tour 420 173 594 163 299 70 1,313 406
Business 4,388 2,008 1,204 124 872 105 6,464 2,237
Visiting friends or relatives 4,539 1,347 906 202 588 106 6,032 1,655
Miscellaneous 1,568 1,030 548 173 329 162 2,444 1,365
All visits 14,590 6,137 4,352 971 2,623 548 21,565 7,656
- of which EU25
Holiday 3,594 1,468 1,579 447 825 170 5,997 2,085
of which inclusive tour 363 145 580 156 298 70 1,241 371
Business 3,884 1,630 1,140 119 851 102 5,875 1,851
Visiting friends or relatives 4,087 1,156 885 196 582 104 5,554 1,457
Miscellaneous 1,358 839 516 169 325 161 2,200 1,169
All visits 12,922 5,114 4,120 932 2,584 538 19,626 6,585
- of which EU15
Holiday 3,269 1,312 1,467 419 774 163 5,510 1,894
of which inclusive tour 343 139 556 151 275 67 1,174 356
Business 3,593 1,444 693 89 752 99 5,038 1,632
Visiting friends or relatives 3,649 993 771 172 517 86 4,936 1,251
Miscellaneous 1,206 670 460 116 272 108 1,939 894
All visits 11,717 4,438 3,391 798 2,315 456 17,424 5,691
Other Countries
Holiday 1,124 1,003 132 47 218 81 1,474 1,131
of which inclusive tour 127 67 51 10 78 12 255 89
Business 774 903 5 1 27 19 806 923
Visiting friends or relatives 1,339 989 35 19 46 34 1,421 1,042
Miscellaneous 432 619 10 2 28 44 470 665
All visits 3,669 3,524 182 68 320 178 4,171 3,770
Total World
Holiday 6,496 3,622 1,949 560 1,268 334 9,713 4,516
of which inclusive tour 735 368 706 189 433 95 1,875 652
Business 6,018 3,757 1,213 126 938 172 8,168 4,055
Visiting friends or relatives 7,064 2,840 952 224 672 154 8,687 3,218
Miscellaneous 2,465 1,996 561 175 375 240 3,401 2,412
All visits 22,043 12,260 4,675 1,087 3,252 902 29,970 14,248
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4.02 Number of visits and spending by quarter and by region and purpose of visit 2005
North America
Holiday 252 156 503 298 596 392 263 166
of which inclusive tour 56 26 106 48 112 69 33 15
Business 177 148 260 274 224 214 238 260
Visiting friends or relatives 260 98 296 133 398 180 280 111
Miscellaneous 85 45 113 86 181 103 108 148
All visits 775 449 1,172 794 1,399 892 889 688
Europe
Holiday 1,334 440 1,899 633 2,157 860 1,235 440
of which inclusive tour 320 88 395 105 418 157 180 55
Business 1,486 495 1,729 562 1,504 515 1,744 664
Visiting friends or relatives 1,338 336 1,515 375 1,604 455 1,576 490
Miscellaneous 496 242 539 357 693 386 717 380
All visits 4,654 1,519 5,682 1,933 5,959 2,221 5,271 1,983
- of which EU25
Holiday 1,200 381 1,743 561 1,947 760 1,107 384
of which inclusive tour 300 78 375 98 396 145 170 50
Business 1,363 420 1,568 455 1,365 429 1,579 548
Visiting friends or relatives 1,234 297 1,401 328 1,477 398 1,442 433
Miscellaneous 444 220 491 322 629 349 636 279
All visits 4,241 1,323 5,204 1,670 5,418 1,941 4,764 1,651
- of which EU15
Holiday 1,129 349 1,614 518 1,739 679 1,029 349
of which inclusive tour 298 77 347 93 366 137 163 49
Business 1,212 386 1,317 410 1,190 372 1,319 464
Visiting friends or relatives 1,114 265 1,234 286 1,300 325 1,289 374
Miscellaneous 403 170 438 264 546 265 552 196
All visits 3,858 1,174 4,602 1,482 4,775 1,645 4,188 1,389
Other Countries
Holiday 225 171 378 263 598 487 273 209
of which inclusive tour 46 19 68 20 101 36 40 14
Business 176 203 199 192 215 281 217 247
Visiting friends or relatives 266 190 330 216 525 414 299 221
Miscellaneous 77 111 107 162 162 175 123 216
All visits 744 676 1,014 836 1,500 1,361 912 898
Total World
Holiday 1,811 767 2,780 1,194 3,351 1,739 1,772 816
of which inclusive tour 422 133 569 174 630 262 253 83
Business 1,839 846 2,188 1,028 1,943 1,010 2,198 1,171
Visiting friends or relatives 1,864 624 2,141 724 2,528 1,049 2,155 822
Miscellaneous 659 398 759 605 1,036 664 947 744
All visits 6,172 2,644 7,868 3,562 8,858 4,474 7,072 3,568
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4.03 Visits and spending by region of stay and by region of residence and purpose of visit 2005
visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending
(thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million)
North America
Holiday 1,221 596 515 224 1,488 820 245 150 69 13
of which inclusive tour 269 103 86 22 290 125 60 29 24 2
Business 567 597 361 237 824 834 68 45 18 10
Visiting friends or relatives 537 193 684 244 1,068 437 192 70 44 11
Miscellaneous 352 268 137 88 468 356 21 20 3 4
All visits 2,676 1,654 1,697 793 3,849 2,446 525 286 133 37
Europe
Holiday 3,496 1,198 2,174 648 5,433 1,847 727 350 212 64
of which inclusive tour 709 205 492 122 1,170 327 132 62 50 13
Business 2,086 1,037 3,039 945 4,891 1,982 269 120 150 51
Visiting friends or relatives 2,240 597 3,391 859 5,375 1,456 399 109 224 55
Miscellaneous 751 379 1,145 759 1,831 1,138 107 103 109 47
All visits 8,572 3,212 9,749 3,212 17,529 6,424 1,502 683 694 218
- of which EU25
Holiday 3,147 1,032 1,960 567 4,904 1,599 655 313 206 63
of which inclusive tour 668 187 467 112 1,105 298 124 57 50 13
Business 1,766 790 2,785 834 4,369 1,623 240 107 144 41
Visiting friends or relatives 2,053 512 3,124 765 4,939 1,277 361 94 207 48
Miscellaneous 645 324 1,024 625 1,614 950 96 96 100 46
All visits 7,612 2,658 8,893 2,790 15,827 5,448 1,353 609 658 198
- of which EU15
Holiday 2,880 924 1,775 515 4,480 1,439 595 280 201 62
of which inclusive tour 655 181 432 106 1,057 287 110 54 50 13
Business 1,539 703 2,279 715 3,677 1,418 204 101 116 36
Visiting friends or relatives 1,760 417 2,824 673 4,370 1,091 330 84 188 39
Miscellaneous 549 235 893 488 1,392 723 78 68 100 45
All visits 6,727 2,279 7,771 2,392 13,920 4,670 1,207 533 606 182
Other Countries
Holiday 1,143 713 513 314 1,434 1,027 126 84 51 20
of which inclusive tour 239 63 52 19 254 82 18 6 10 1
Business 522 548 310 311 749 859 64 52 13 6
Visiting friends or relatives 685 430 814 483 1,308 913 159 94 69 26
Miscellaneous 295 302 192 331 453 633 16 10 12 5
All visits 2,644 1,993 1,830 1,439 3,944 3,432 365 239 146 56
Total World
Holiday 5,859 2,507 3,202 1,186 8,355 3,694 1,097 584 333 97
of which inclusive tour 1,218 371 631 164 1,715 534 210 97 85 16
Business 3,175 2,182 3,710 1,493 6,465 3,675 401 217 181 68
Visiting friends or relatives 3,462 1,220 4,888 1,585 7,751 2,805 750 273 336 91
Miscellaneous 1,397 949 1,473 1,179 2,752 2,128 144 133 124 55
All visits 13,893 6,859 13,275 5,444 25,323 12,302 2,392 1,208 973 311
Due to changes in IPS sampling methodology in 2005 with the introduction of Liverpool and Prestwick airports into the sample, care should be taken when comparing results for 2005 with earlier years.
See notes in Appendix B relating to changes in methodology introduced in 2005. Channel Islands and transit passengers are excluded from spending figures
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4.04 Number of visits, nights and spending by purpose and by country of residence 2005
Holiday Business
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4.04 Number of visits, nights and spending by purpose and by country of residence 2005
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4.05 Average stay, spend per visit and per day by purpose and by country of residence 2005
stay spend per spend per stay spend per spend per stay spend per spend per
(nights) visit () day () (nights) visit () day () (nights) visit () day ()
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4.05 Average stay, spend per visit and per day by purpose and by country of residence 2005
stay spend per spend per stay spend per spend per stay spend per spend per
(nights) visit () day () (nights) visit () day () (nights) visit () day ()
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4.06 Number of visits and spending by length of stay and by country of residence 2005
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4.06 Number of visits and spending by length of stay and by country of residence 2005
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Airports
Other
Heathrow Gatwick Manchester Stansted England Scotland Wales
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Dover and Other East coast Long haul Irish Sea & Channel
Folkestone channel ports ports sea routes land routes Tunnel
Canada 4 1 3 0 16 41 796
USA 48 11 7 1 50 269 3,438
North America 51 12 10 1 65 310 4,234
Austria 20 . . . . 20 287
Belgium 407 . 25 0 2 417 1,112
Bulgaria 16 . . . . 4 39
Czech Republic 94 . 4 . . 27 292
Cyprus . . . . . 1 108
Denmark 17 . 17 . 1 6 538
Finland 2 . 1 . . 1 174
France 460 229 16 . 3 1,344 3,324
Germany 561 3 158 0 18 180 3,294
Gibraltar . 1 . . . . 32
Greece 4 . 2 . . 4 199
Hungary 80 . . . . 19 274
Iceland . . . . . 0 77
Irish Republic 10 8 2 . 606 24 2,806
Italy 76 1 1 . 4 9 1,186
Luxembourg 7 . 1 0 . 7 49
Malta 3 . . . . 0 53
Netherlands 264 . 302 0 9 215 1,720
Norway 3 . 135 . 1 1 627
Poland 403 . 1 . 1 185 1,041
Portugal 28 5 . . . 12 222
Spain 97 20 2 0 2 61 1,786
Sweden 1 . 3 . . 16 728
Switzerland 18 1 3 0 . 15 699
Turkey 17 1 . . . 2 99
Rest of Europe 172 . 2 . 5 53 799
Europe 2,759 269 674 0 650 2,623 21,565
- of which EU25 2,671 266 535 0 648 2,584 19,626
- of which EU15 1,952 266 530 0 644 2,315 17,424
Egypt . . . . . 1 30
Tunisia . . . . . 0 8
Other North Africa 3 . . . . 1 33
South Africa 7 . 2 . 3 9 306
Other Africa 3 1 1 . 2 9 311
Israel 3 . . . . 6 140
United Arab Emirates . . . 0 . 2 133
Other Middle East . . 1 0 . 12 252
Hong Kong (China) 3 . . . . 8 146
Other China 3 . . . . 11 131
India . . . 0 . 15 272
Japan 3 . . . . 43 332
Pakistan . . . . . 1 91
Sri Lanka . . . . . . 23
Thailand . . . . . 4 52
Other Asia 16 . 3 . 1 74 412
Australia 47 . 7 0 35 64 919
New Zealand 8 . . . 7 13 210
Barbados 2 . . . . . 16
Jamaica . . . . . . 15
Other Caribbean . . . . . 3 73
Mexico 3 . 4 0 . 17 78
Other Central & Sth.America 13 2 . . 2 25 179
Rest of the World . . . . . . 7
Other Countries 112 3 18 0 49 320 4,171
Total World 2,922 285 703 2 764 3,252 29,970
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4.08 Number of visits by type of vehicle used and by country of residence 2005
thousands
Canada 732 52 1 11 . . 64
USA 3,052 317 16 52 . . 386
North America 3,784 370 17 63 . . 450
Austria 248 2 10 14 14 . 39
Belgium 261 294 229 232 95 . 850
Bulgaria 19 . . . 20 . 20
Czech Republic 166 1 11 32 81 . 125
Cyprus 107 1 . . . . 1
Denmark 497 15 11 10 5 . 41
Finland 170 1 3 . . . 4
France 1,272 1,022 464 364 200 2 2,052
Germany 2,373 41 370 343 164 3 920
Gibraltar 31 . 1 . . . 1
Greece 190 5 . . 4 . 9
Hungary 176 1 7 15 76 . 98
Iceland 77 0 . . . . 0
Irish Republic 2,155 143 261 42 8 196 650
Italy 1,096 8 28 16 38 . 90
Luxembourg 34 3 11 1 . . 15
Malta 50 0 3 . . . 3
Netherlands 930 153 354 145 139 . 790
Norway 487 120 17 3 . 1 140
Poland 451 4 70 336 180 . 590
Portugal 178 1 8 14 21 . 44
Spain 1,605 7 27 14 134 . 181
Sweden 707 2 7 9 3 . 20
Switzerland 661 9 23 4 1 . 38
Turkey 79 2 . 1 17 . 20
Rest of Europe 568 11 40 39 135 6 231
Europe 14,590 1,848 1,953 1,632 1,335 207 6,975
- of which EU25 12,922 1,707 1,905 1,622 1,263 206 6,704
- of which EU15 11,717 1,697 1,781 1,203 825 200 5,707
Egypt 29 1 . . . . 1
Tunisia 7 0 . . . . 0
Other North Africa 28 1 . . 3 . 4
South Africa 287 13 4 2 . . 20
Other Africa 295 11 3 2 . . 16
Israel 131 6 3 . . . 9
United Arab Emirates 131 2 . . . . 2
Other Middle East 239 10 2 1 . . 13
Hong Kong (China) 136 8 . 3 . . 11
Other China 117 11 . 3 . . 14
India 257 15 1 . . . 15
Japan 286 42 3 1 . . 46
Pakistan 90 1 . . . . 1
Sri Lanka 23 . . . . . .
Thailand 48 4 . . . . 4
Other Asia 319 81 3 10 . . 94
Australia 767 84 18 50 . . 153
New Zealand 182 17 7 4 . . 27
Barbados 15 . . 2 . . 2
Jamaica 15 . . . . . .
Other Caribbean 70 3 . . . . 3
Mexico 54 14 1 9 . . 24
Other Central & Sth.America 137 22 1 19 . . 42
Rest of the World 7 . . . . . .
Other Countries 3,669 347 47 105 3 . 502
Total World 22,043 2,564 2,017 1,801 1,338 207 7,927
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4.09 Number of visits and spending by sex and purpose and by country of residence 2005
Male Female
91
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4.10 Number of visits and spending by age group and by country of residence 2005
92
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4.10 Number of visits and spending by age group and by country of residence 2005
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4.11 Number of visits, nights and spending by purpose of visit and by area of visit 2005
of whjich Visiting
inclusive friends or
Holiday tour Business relatives Other Total purposes
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4.11 Number of visits, nights and spending by purpose of visit and by area of visit 2005
of which Visiting
inclusive friends or
Holiday tour Business relatives Other Total purposes
Aberconway/Colwyn 27 8 3 17 3 50 411 19
Anglesey 19 . 5 11 . 34 105 4
Blaenau Gwent . . 4 2 . 6 26 1
Bridgend 7 1 17 7 . 30 140 6
Caernarfonshire/Meriotnidd 42 8 13 25 1 82 565 23
Caerphilly 1 . 2 6 0 10 70 2
Cardiff 79 35 58 84 61 282 1,620 83
Cardiganshire 17 3 4 14 1 36 143 10
Carmarthenshire 21 3 1 15 7 43 273 13
Denbighshire 23 12 3 8 2 36 208 9
Flintshire 6 1 1 5 1 13 79 3
Merthyr Tydfil . . 2 4 3 9 319 6
Monmouthshire 14 . 10 18 2 43 518 23
Neath/Port Talbot 9 5 4 3 2 19 125 4
Newport 12 1 14 15 8 49 220 13
Pembrokeshire 40 4 9 19 5 73 305 12
Powes 22 1 4 14 5 45 229 8
Rhondda 4 . 2 12 2 20 91 7
Swansea 16 4 10 51 9 86 676 29
Torfaen 2 . 5 9 . 17 167 6
Vale of Glamorgan 8 . 1 5 2 16 236 4
Wrexham 11 1 16 9 8 43 669 17
Wales unspecified 15 3 0 8 2 25 207 8
Total Wales 333 85 181 336 124 973 7,403 311
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10,000
5,000
1,000
500
100
10
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5.01 Number of visits and spending by mode of travel and by region and purpose of visit 2005
North America
Holiday 2,955 2,749 1 1 2 7 2,959 2,757
of which inclusive tour 1,028 1,043 0 0 . . 1,028 1,043
Business 854 882 0 0 . . 855 882
Visiting friends or relatives 935 469 0 0 . . 936 469
Miscellaneous 120 105 . . . . 120 105
All visits 4,866 4,205 1 1 2 7 4,869 4,213
Europe
Holiday 28,329 12,353 5,112 1,674 2,739 841 36,180 14,868
of which inclusive tour 12,520 5,814 1,633 601 1,069 345 15,222 6,760
Business 5,297 2,152 675 219 809 285 6,782 2,657
Visiting friends or relatives 5,698 1,366 1,050 219 481 88 7,229 1,673
Miscellaneous 1,028 682 945 219 674 181 2,647 1,081
All visits 40,353 16,553 7,783 2,331 4,703 1,395 52,838 20,279
- of which EU25
Holiday 25,893 11,201 4,979 1,624 2,708 818 33,579 13,642
of which inclusive tour 11,020 5,114 1,580 575 1,057 331 13,656 6,020
Business 4,690 1,823 664 216 802 278 6,157 2,317
Visiting friends or relatives 5,156 1,192 1,039 214 477 86 6,672 1,493
Miscellaneous 909 593 944 218 667 178 2,520 989
All visits 36,649 14,809 7,626 2,271 4,654 1,360 48,928 18,440
- of which EU15
Holiday 23,186 10,037 4,930 1,586 2,698 813 30,815 12,436
of which inclusive tour 9,666 4,486 1,560 566 1,055 330 12,281 5,381
Business 4,384 1,636 663 213 792 273 5,839 2,122
Visiting friends or relatives 4,471 963 994 188 444 72 5,910 1,223
Miscellaneous 828 550 935 207 664 176 2,427 934
All visits 32,870 13,187 7,523 2,194 4,598 1,334 44,991 16,715
Other Countries
Holiday 4,716 4,225 316 417 4 4 5,036 4,647
of which inclusive tour 2,431 1,731 311 412 1 1 2,743 2,144
Business 918 1,072 . . 1 1 919 1,073
Visiting friends or relatives 2,480 1,605 2 0 1 1 2,483 1,606
Miscellaneous 294 336 . . 1 2 296 337
All visits 8,408 7,237 318 418 8 7 8,734 7,663
Total World
Holiday 36,001 19,327 5,429 2,092 2,745 852 44,175 22,272
of which inclusive tour 15,979 8,588 1,944 1,013 1,070 346 18,993 9,947
Business 7,070 4,105 675 219 811 287 8,556 4,611
Visiting friends or relatives 9,113 3,439 1,052 220 482 89 10,648 3,748
Miscellaneous 1,442 1,123 945 219 675 182 3,063 1,523
All visits 53,626 27,994 8,102 2,750 4,713 1,410 66,441 32,154
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5.02 Number of visits and spending by quarter and by region and purpose of visit 2005
North America
Holiday 667 569 741 656 846 899 704 634
of which inclusive tour 238 207 266 249 292 343 232 243
Business 243 235 230 244 154 169 229 234
Visiting friends or relatives 214 103 218 102 295 158 209 105
Miscellaneous 24 15 32 35 29 35 35 20
All visits 1,148 921 1,221 1,037 1,324 1,262 1,176 993
Europe
Holiday 5,879 2,272 9,514 3,668 13,944 6,399 6,843 2,528
of which inclusive tour 2,344 1,019 3,929 1,631 6,192 3,056 2,758 1,055
Business 1,424 559 2,090 844 1,445 540 1,823 714
Visiting friends or relatives 1,544 340 1,724 373 2,212 580 1,748 379
Miscellaneous 541 169 731 398 581 224 794 290
All visits 9,388 3,341 14,058 5,283 18,183 7,743 11,209 3,911
- of which EU25
Holiday 5,570 2,115 8,927 3,429 12,653 5,743 6,430 2,354
of which inclusive tour 2,216 951 3,600 1,503 5,336 2,614 2,504 951
Business 1,299 493 1,897 736 1,298 475 1,663 612
Visiting friends or relatives 1,424 304 1,602 335 2,021 520 1,625 334
Miscellaneous 529 166 681 349 548 209 762 266
All visits 8,822 3,077 13,107 4,850 16,519 6,947 10,479 3,566
- of which EU15
Holiday 5,141 1,978 8,240 3,129 11,624 5,210 5,809 2,119
of which inclusive tour 2,028 888 3,272 1,356 4,790 2,305 2,191 832
Business 1,241 453 1,790 675 1,232 427 1,576 567
Visiting friends or relatives 1,286 257 1,401 263 1,799 437 1,423 265
Miscellaneous 522 161 659 340 509 182 737 252
All visits 8,191 2,849 12,090 4,407 15,164 6,255 9,546 3,203
Other Countries
Holiday 1,246 1,331 1,244 1,071 1,324 1,182 1,222 1,062
of which inclusive tour 576 534 692 491 755 584 719 534
Business 212 254 222 242 214 221 272 355
Visiting friends or relatives 745 476 618 419 635 378 485 333
Miscellaneous 82 88 55 57 87 126 71 67
All visits 2,285 2,149 2,138 1,789 2,260 1,907 2,051 1,818
Total World
Holiday 7,791 4,172 11,499 5,395 16,115 8,480 8,769 4,224
of which inclusive tour 3,158 1,761 4,887 2,371 7,239 3,983 3,709 1,832
Business 1,879 1,048 2,541 1,331 1,812 930 2,323 1,303
Visiting friends or relatives 2,504 919 2,559 894 3,142 1,117 2,442 817
Miscellaneous 647 271 817 490 698 385 901 377
All visits 12,821 6,411 17,417 8,110 21,767 10,912 14,436 6,722
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5.03 Visits and spending by region of residence and by region of visit and purpose of visit 2005
visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending
(thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million)
North America
Holiday 502 436 2,003 1,873 306 303 103 95 44 50
of which inclusive tour 117 113 743 750 107 111 49 53 12 16
Business 237 293 552 530 43 32 12 13 11 14
Visiting friends or relatives 227 102 546 275 126 72 23 9 13 11
Miscellaneous 21 16 88 70 7 14 2 3 3 3
All visits 987 846 3,189 2,748 482 420 140 120 71 78
Europe
Holiday 5,041 2,064 26,127 10,649 2,492 1,098 1,860 776 661 282
of which inclusive tour 1,409 629 11,442 5,049 1,301 583 998 459 72 40
Business 1,635 706 4,354 1,684 299 116 198 61 296 90
Visiting friends or relatives 2,123 541 4,077 904 413 92 234 53 382 82
Miscellaneous 467 282 1,885 671 95 47 98 63 102 17
All visits 9,266 3,594 36,443 13,908 3,299 1,353 2,390 953 1,441 472
- of which EU25
Holiday 4,623 1,867 24,269 9,782 2,342 1,028 1,726 710 619 254
of which inclusive tour 1,263 561 10,251 4,493 1,192 531 890 404 61 32
Business 1,435 585 3,994 1,494 260 100 187 57 281 80
Visiting friends or relatives 1,896 464 3,802 823 377 81 225 49 372 75
Miscellaneous 446 271 1,802 606 79 35 95 61 98 16
All visits 8,401 3,187 33,867 12,706 3,059 1,245 2,232 878 1,370 425
- of which EU15
Holiday 4,182 1,681 22,384 8,956 2,065 908 1,597 653 587 238
of which inclusive tour 1,094 487 9,289 4,045 1,016 452 829 373 54 25
Business 1,349 515 3,796 1,382 250 97 171 54 274 74
Visiting friends or relatives 1,619 350 3,398 696 328 67 207 43 358 67
Miscellaneous 432 262 1,728 563 76 34 92 59 98 16
All visits 7,582 2,807 31,307 11,596 2,719 1,107 2,067 809 1,317 395
Other Countries
Holiday 1,140 999 3,357 3,030 271 322 154 162 114 133
of which inclusive tour 382 295 2,037 1,554 166 135 105 81 52 78
Business 260 313 571 676 49 48 21 23 19 13
Visiting friends or relatives 874 535 1,352 882 149 114 61 49 46 26
Miscellaneous 80 98 180 197 14 12 14 21 7 9
All visits 2,354 1,945 5,460 4,786 484 495 251 255 186 181
Total World
Holiday 6,683 3,499 31,487 15,553 3,069 1,722 2,118 1,033 819 465
of which inclusive tour 1,908 1,037 14,222 7,353 1,573 829 1,152 593 136 134
Business 2,131 1,312 5,477 2,890 391 195 230 97 326 117
Visiting friends or relatives 3,225 1,178 5,975 2,062 688 278 319 111 441 119
Miscellaneous 568 396 2,153 937 116 73 114 87 112 30
All visits 12,607 6,385 45,091 21,442 4,264 2,268 2,781 1,328 1,698 731
Due to changes in IPS sampling methodology in 2005 with the introduction of Liverpool and Prestwick airports into the sample, care should be taken when comparing results for 2005 with earlier years.
See notes in Appendix B relating to changes in methodology introduced in 2005.
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5.04 Number of visits, nights and spending by purpose and by country of visit 2005
Holiday Business
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5.05 Average stay, spend per visit and spend per day by purpose and by country of visit 2005
stay spend per spend per stay spend per spend per stay spend per spend per
(nights) visit () day () (nights) visit () day () (nights) visit () day ()
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5.05 Average stay, spend per visit and spend per day by purpose and by country of visit 2005
stay spend per spend per stay spend per spend per stay spend per spend per
(nights) visit () day () (nights) visit () day () (nights) visit () day ()
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5.06 Number of visits and spending by length of stay and by country of visit 2005
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Airports
Other
Heathrow Gatwick Manchester Stansted England Scotland Wales
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Dover and Other East coast Long haul Irish Sea & Channel
Folkestone channel ports ports sea routes land routes Tunnel
Canada . . . 0 . . 628
USA . . . 1 . 2 4,241
North America . . . 1 . 2 4,869
Austria 130 . 5 . . 43 769
Belgium 466 1 156 . . 720 1,733
Bulgaria . . . . . 2 367
Czech Republic 12 . 3 . . 14 786
Cyprus . . . . . . 1,431
Denmark 9 . 13 . . 4 337
Finland . . . . . 1 146
France 2,282 1,370 58 . . 3,351 11,094
Germany 254 . 95 . . 148 2,493
Gibraltar . . . . . 4 67
Greece 8 . 1 . . 2 2,435
Hungary 2 . 1 . . 3 302
Iceland . . . . . . 79
Irish Republic . . . . 1,681 . 4,221
Italy 151 1 12 . . 70 3,374
Luxembourg 32 . . . . 33 110
Malta 4 . . . . . 560
Netherlands 130 . 365 . . 145 2,174
Norway 4 . 53 . . 0 314
Poland 63 . 4 . . 34 637
Portugal 19 3 . . . 2 1,855
Spain 112 158 4 . . 80 13,837
Sweden . . 5 . . 1 414
Switzerland 70 . 3 . . 33 1,001
Turkey . . . . . 0 1,367
Rest of Europe 38 1 2 . . 13 938
Europe 3,787 1,535 780 . 1,681 4,703 52,838
- of which EU25 3,687 1,534 724 . 1,681 4,654 48,928
- of which EU15 3,594 1,534 714 . 1,681 4,598 44,991
Egypt 2 . . . . . 564
Tunisia . . . . . . 353
Other North Africa 4 . . . . 2 278
South Africa . . 1 . . 1 449
Other Africa . . . . . 2 692
Israel . . . . . . 106
United Arab Emirates . . . . . . 410
Other Middle East . . . . . . 278
Hong Kong (China) . . . . . . 178
Other China . . . . . . 290
India . . . . . . 796
Japan 1 . . . . . 132
Pakistan . . . . . . 402
Sri Lanka . . . . . . 120
Thailand . . . . . . 356
Other Asia . . . . . 2 610
Australia . . . . . . 648
New Zealand . . . . . . 204
Barbados . . . . . . 151
Jamaica . . . . . . 139
Other Caribbean . . . 0 . 1 736
Mexico . . . . . . 261
Other Central & Sth.America . . . . . 1 258
Rest of the World . . . 311 . . 321
Other Countries 7 . 1 311 . 8 8,734
Total World 3,794 1,535 780 312 1,681 4,713 66,441
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5.08 Number of visits by type of vehicle used and by country of visit 2005
thousands
Canada 628 0 . . . . 0
USA 4,238 1 . 2 . . 3
North America 4,866 1 . 2 . . 3
Austria 590 6 35 138 . . 179
Belgium 390 448 471 348 74 2 1,343
Bulgaria 364 . . 2 . . 2
Czech Republic 756 . 11 16 2 . 30
Cyprus 1,431 . . . . . .
Denmark 311 4 20 . 2 . 26
Finland 145 . 1 . . . 1
France 4,033 1,676 4,362 898 125 . 7,061
Germany 1,996 25 232 188 49 2 496
Gibraltar 63 . . . 4 . 4
Greece 2,424 . 10 . 1 . 11
Hungary 297 . 3 . 3 . 5
Iceland 79 . . . . . .
Irish Republic 2,540 195 544 167 . 775 1,681
Italy 3,140 25 83 110 16 . 234
Luxembourg 45 7 17 40 2 . 65
Malta 557 . 4 . . . 4
Netherlands 1,534 213 271 128 22 6 640
Norway 256 35 16 4 1 . 58
Poland 535 1 50 48 3 . 102
Portugal 1,831 . 14 7 4 . 24
Spain 13,483 61 211 78 4 . 353
Sweden 408 . 6 . . . 6
Switzerland 896 14 56 31 4 . 105
Turkey 1,366 0 . . . . 0
Rest of Europe 884 4 33 17 . . 54
Europe 40,353 2,713 6,450 2,220 317 786 12,486
- of which EU25 36,649 2,660 6,359 2,168 308 786 12,280
- of which EU15 32,870 2,658 6,276 2,101 300 786 12,121
Egypt 563 . 2 . . . 2
Tunisia 353 . . . . . .
Other North Africa 272 1 5 . . . 5
South Africa 448 1 1 . . . 1
Other Africa 690 2 . . . . 2
Israel 106 . . . . . .
United Arab Emirates 410 . . . . . .
Other Middle East 278 . . . . . .
Hong Kong (China) 178 . . . . . .
Other China 290 . . . . . .
India 796 . . . . . .
Japan 130 . . 1 . . 1
Pakistan 402 . . . . . .
Sri Lanka 120 . . . . . .
Thailand 356 . . . . . .
Other Asia 608 2 . . . . 2
Australia 648 . . . . . .
New Zealand 204 . . . . . .
Barbados 151 . . . . . .
Jamaica 139 . . . . . .
Other Caribbean 736 1 . . . . 1
Mexico 261 . . . . . .
Other Central & Sth.America 257 1 . . . . 1
Rest of the World 10 311 . . . . 311
Other Countries 8,408 318 7 1 . . 326
Total World 53,626 3,031 6,457 2,224 317 786 12,815
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5.09 Number of visits and spending by sex and purpose and by country of visit 2005
Male Female
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5.11 Number of visits and spending by region of residence and by country of visit 2005
visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending
(thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million)
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Appendices
Appendix B Methodology
Appendix C Concepts
Appendix D Definitions
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Appendix A
Information available from the International Passenger Survey
For most types of analysis of IPS data, and for all analyses within this report, the information is
presented separately for two distinct groups of travellers:
For each of these groups of traveller, the results are shown according to one or more of the following
observations:
Within Travel Trends, the IPS data are further analysed by a variety of other characteristics based on
variables from the IPS database, for example:
All the information published in this report relates to the group of travellers normally termed visitors. A
visitor is described as someone on a trip abroad that lasts less than a year. For the purposes of this
publication, visitors include, among others, those on holiday, business travellers, people visiting friends
or relatives, those on study trips or travelling to receive medical attention. This includes day visitors.
Those not included are migrants, crews of ships, trains and aircraft who are travelling as part of their
work, or those on sea trips who do not actually disembark at a foreign port. A full definition of a visitor
can be found in Appendix D.
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To enable easier examination of the IPS data, a simplified version of the IPS database called Travelpac,
comprising fourteen of the most widely used variables, is available on the National Statistics website.
Data are available for each year from 1993 to 2005. Details of how to access Travelpac are given in
Appendix G.
Further analyses of IPS data can be commissioned from either of two companies who act as marketing
agents for the IPS. The marketing agents are able to undertake the more specific and specialised forms
of analysis not covered in this publication and which would not be possible from the Travelpac database.
Appendix G gives details of how to contact the marketing agents.
Spending in Travel Trends is normally shown as sterling at current prices, i.e. the value of money at
the time the visit was made, taking no account of inflation. In some cases, the information on spending
is also shown at 1995 constant prices, which gives an indication of spending over time but with the
effects of inflation removed (see Appendix B for more details).
Care must be taken when using the regional information, as the numbers of visits to separate UK areas
cannot simply be added together to form larger regions. This is because a person may stay in more than
one area of the UK during a single visit. As a result, the numbers of visits to smaller areas do not sum to
the figures given for larger regions in the regional tables in this publication.
For example, a person visiting London, Windsor and Aberdeen in a single visit to the UK would appear
as one visit to London, one to Berkshire and one to Grampian. However, the same visitor would be
recorded as a single visit in the England total and a visit in the Scotland total, and as just one visit in the
UK total. Although visits cannot be summed across UK regions, the amount of spending and the
number of nights stayed can.
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Flight origin/destination This is an overseas airport which is either the final destination of the flight
being taken (for air departures) or where the flight originated from (for air
arrivals). This is not necessarily the same port at which the contact boarded
or left the flight.
Mileage travelled The distance travelled is computed in miles from the geographical locations
of the ports recorded. The distances represent the sea level (or great circle)
distances covered. Three distances are calculated:
from the UK port to First port, (for all air contacts);
from First port to Second port (if a second port is recorded);
from Second port to UK port (if a second port is recorded).
Carrier This is the air company or shipping line used on the leg of the journey
between the UK port and First port. However, the carrier used between
First port and Second port is not recorded.
Class of travel The class of travel used by the contact e.g. first class, business class or
standard class.
Type of flight The type of flight e.g. scheduled or charter (air records only).
Fare The single fare in sterling is recorded for UK residents departures only.
Vehicle type The type of vehicle taken on board ship or train is recorded. If no vehicle is
used or cannot be identified, the contact is recorded as being a foot
passenger.
Number in vehicle This is the number of people travelling in the vehicle recorded above
Age1 The age group of the contact is asked and recorded for all contacts.
Gender1 Sex is recorded for all contacts.
Towns 15 For overseas residents departures only, up to five towns in which the
contact has spent at least one night are recorded.
Stay 15 The number of nights spent in Towns 15 are recorded.
Spend 15 Expenditure while in Towns 15 is not collected but is imputed based on
total expenditure, length of stay and area of visit.
1
Package This identifies whether the contact travelled as part of an inclusive tour
package or travelled independently.
Money spent The money spent on spirits, beer, wine, other alcohol and on tobacco being
brought back into the UK by UK residents is recorded.
The above list is not exhaustive and excludes variables based on questions not asked regularly on the
IPS. Variables regarding data quality are also not included.
1
Information based on these variables is included in the Travelpac datasets.
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Travellers passing through passport control are randomly selected for interview and all interviews are
conducted on a voluntary and anonymous basis. Interviewing is carried out throughout the year and in
2005 over a quarter of a million interviews were recorded representing about 0.3 per cent of travellers.
The overall response rate (complete and partial interviews) for the 2005 survey was 83 per cent.
Since the IPS began in 1961, its coverage has been extended so that it includes all the main air, sea and
tunnel ports or routes into and out of the UK. The only routes excluded from the survey are sea routes
to and from the Channel Islands, the land border with the Irish Republic, and cruise ships travelling to
and from the UK.
About 90 per cent of passengers entering and leaving the UK are covered by the survey. The remainder
are either passengers travelling at night, when interviewing is suspended, or on those routes too small in
volume or too expensive to be covered.
The IPS data are weighted to produce national estimates of all international travellers to and from the
UK on a quarterly basis. Although some monthly data from the IPS are also published, a single quarter is
the minimum period over which most detailed analyses of the data can be made. Annual national
estimates are created by combining the four quarters of the year.
The calculation of the weights on the IPS takes into account its complex sample design and information
provided from other sources on, among other things, the non-sampled routes and time periods. For
example, estimates of spending by travellers to and from the Channel Islands are provided by the
Economic Advisors Office in Jersey, and the Central Statistical Office in the Irish Republic provides
information on travellers crossing the land border with Northern Ireland.
The IPS sample is stratified to ensure it is representative by mode of travel (air, sea or tunnel), port or
route, and time of day. Interviews are conducted throughout the year. The frequency of sampling within
each stratum is varied according to the variability of tourist expenditure, the volume of migrants and the
cost of interviewing. For example, where the expenditure quoted on a particular route varies greatly
across respondents, a higher sampling frequency is used to enable a more satisfactory estimate to be
produced. (For further details on the sample design, see the Sampling section below.)
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Some questions on the survey are asked of all of the passengers interviewed, while others are restricted
to certain specific sub-groups. Information on the spending and length of stay of UK residents abroad
and overseas residents in the UK is only collected on the return leg of a visit. This is because actual
spending and length of stay are required, and these may differ from the respondents intentions when
they start their visit. In 2005, 45 thousand interviews were carried out with overseas residents departing
from the UK and 63 thousand with UK residents arriving back from abroad.
The details collected on the survey are used by ONS, along with other sources of information, to
produce overall national estimates of the number and expenditure of different types of travellers. A
complex weighting procedure is used to do this that takes into account various factors in order to
improve the estimates. (For further details of the weighting procedure, see Producing national estimates
below.)
Sampling
The IPS uses a multi-stage sample design. The sampling for air, sea and tunnel travel is carried out
separately, although the underlying principle for each mode of travel is broadly similar. In the absence of
a sampling frame of travellers, time shifts or sea crossings are selected at the first stage, and travellers
are then systematically chosen at fixed intervals from a random start within these shifts or crossings at
the second stage. The details of the sampling scheme for each individual mode of travel are described
below.
Air routes
For air routes, time periods are sampled. Shifts are selected for the first stage at the ten main air sites
(i.e. the four terminals at Heathrow Airport, the two terminals at Gatwick Airport, three terminals at
Manchester International Airport and Stansted Airport). These are done in such a way that the numbers
of shifts are balanced between mornings and afternoons, and days of the week within any quarter. At
the second stage, passengers are counted as they cross a predetermined line and every nth one is
interviewed. The sampling interval, n, differs between sites but is never more than 67. Departing
passengers are sampled at a higher rate than arriving ones because the expenditure information for
overseas residents visiting the UK is more variable than that for UK residents returning from visits
abroad.
A small number of shifts every quarter are also conducted at other smaller international airports,
referred to as residual airports. However, the sample size is insufficient to provide accurate estimates
for most of these airports individually. Those airports with less than about 100,000 passenger
movements per quarter are usually excluded from the survey altogether on the grounds of cost
effectiveness, but traffic at these sites is taken into account when producing national estimates.
Sea routes
Sea routes carrying 50,000 passengers a year or more are generally included in the IPS sample. At some
seaports, passengers are sampled and interviewed on the quayside as they embark or disembark, while
at others IPS interviewers travel on the boat itself with interviewing being carried out on board. The
choice between interviewing on the quayside or on crossings is made on practical grounds such as cost,
safety and permission.
Where interviewing is conducted on the quayside, the sample is designed to select shifts that are
balanced across different days of the week and times of day within a quarter, with each individual shift
covering several sailings. Where interviews are conducted on crossings, a predetermined number of
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return crossings are selected for each route, spread across time of day and day of week each quarter. As
for air sampling, sea passengers are selected at fixed sampling intervals from a random start within each
shift or crossing.
The IPS also samples long haul ships capable of carrying more than 200 passengers at the port in
Southampton; one outward and one inward sailing are randomly selected per quarter.
Tunnel routes
The method used for the tunnel routes is different for Eurostar passenger trains and for Eurotunnel
vehicle shuttles.
The method for passenger trains is similar to that for air travel; time shifts are selected and then
passengers are selected at fixed intervals within the time shift. Passengers are interviewed after crossing
a predetermined line at Waterloo and Ashford International stations on arrival or departure.
In contrast, for vehicle shuttles, crossings are randomly selected and interviewing takes place on board
the shuttles themselves. Because of time constraints, only a certain number of interviews can be carried
out on any individual shuttle and the sampling interval used is therefore dependent on traffic volumes.
Main airports
Each person interviewed at one of the main airports is assigned a value that indicates the number of
people they represent in the traffic flow. This initial weight is the inverse of the sampling interval used
for the shift, which is then adjusted to take account of time slots that were not selected in the sample
design. For example, if the sampling interval is 1 in 25, and one eight-hour period in six is sampled, then
the initial weight will be 25 x 6=150.
This initial weight for each respondent is then built upon to take account of a range of other factors.
The series of procedures is as follows:
(a) Firstly, the initial weight is adjusted to take account of people refusing to be interviewed or any
non-contacts during the interviewing time (during peak periods an interviewer may not
finish an interview before their next assigned contact has crossed the counting line).
(b) Further adjustment to the weights within country of residence and nationality groups is then
made to take into account interviews in which only minimum information is obtained from the
respondents, as these minimum interviews are not included in the final datasets. This
procedure makes the assumption that minimum respondents are similar to those of a similar
residency and nationality status who provide fuller information.
(c) Adjustments are then made for passengers arriving or departing outside the eligible times for
sampling, usually over the night-time period between 11.00 pm and 7.00 am. These adjustments
are based upon information from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
(d) The resulting weights are next summed across respondents to give estimated total passenger
flows from the IPS sample data. These total flows are then scaled to bring them into line with
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actual numbers of international passengers passing through the main airports, which are
provided to ONS by the CAA. The passenger flow figures for Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester
are adjusted before scaling to exclude airside interliners (passengers in transit to another flight)
who do not pass through passport control and so technically do not enter the country.
(e) The weights are finally adjusted to allow for any imbalance in the sample. This involves
comparing total arrivals and departures for each major country and port group over a period of a
rolling year and, if the two totals are further apart than can be explained by statistical error, the
weights of the relevant contacts are adjusted to reflect this.
This series of procedures leads to a final weight being assigned to each respondent. These final weights
are then applied to the individual responses to produce the national estimates.
For all other types of port, sample figures are directly scaled to known international passenger flows. For
the residual airports these flows are derived from statistics provided by the CAA, while for the seaports,
information is provided by the Department for Transport. Data on Channel Tunnel flows are supplied by
both Eurotunnel (vehicle shuttles) and Eurostar (passenger trains). In the case of the vehicle shuttles,
only vehicle flows are available; these are converted to passenger flows using information collected from
a separate survey of vehicle occupancies conducted on behalf of ONS at the Eurotunnel terminals in the
UK and France.
For residual airports, international passenger movement figures are assigned to groups of airports, and
then subdivided between arrivals and departures. For long and short haul sea ports, the passenger
movement figures are similarly assigned to groups of routes and subdivided between arrivals and
departures. The sample for these grouped routes is then scaled to the passenger flows by dividing the
number of contacts into the actual number of passengers.
In the calculation of these scaling weights, no allowance is made for non-response. However, by
grouping airports or sea routes, allowances are made for unsampled ports and routes. Finally, the
sample within each group is re-weighted to take into account minimum interviews and sample
imbalance (in the same way as for the main airports, see above) to arrive at a final weight for each
respondent.
Imputation
Inevitably, some respondents only partially respond and do not give details of their expenditure, fares or
length of stay. For these respondents, ONS imputes the missing information based on the information
provide by other similar contacts who do give these details. Spending for overseas residents visiting UK
towns is also imputed.
Seasonal adjustment
The number of travellers and their spending both have a clear seasonal pattern, with more visits and
spending in the summer than in the winter. Statistical techniques are used by ONS with the package
X11ARIMA to produce seasonally adjusted figures. These figures show visits and spending with an
estimate for the seasonal component removed. They allow more meaningful comparisons to be made
between months and quarters of the year and help to identify underlying trends. More details on
seasonal adjustment procedures can be obtained from the IPS Branch of ONS.
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Constant prices
Usually, spending by overseas residents in the UK and UK residents abroad grows each year as the price
of goods and services rise. Constant price figures are calculated by ONS to show real spending across
years with the effects of price inflation removed.
For overseas residents expenditure in the UK, an index is created by splitting spending into its
component parts (accommodation, meals etc.) using past IPS data and uprating these components by
their related retail price indices. The resulting index is then used to rebase the overseas figures back to
1995 prices.
For UK residents abroad, spending is split by country of visit. Consumer price indices for particular
countries are used with currency conversion rates to produce an index of price rises. The index is then
used to rebase UK residents spending to 1995 prices.
UK residents on cruises departing from or arriving at UK shores, from the Department for
Transport;
Channel Islands expenditure and receipts from tourism, from the Economic Advisors office in
Jersey;
rail fares purchased by overseas visitors to the UK and UK visitors abroad before the start of their
visit, from British Rail International and Eurostar; and
estimates of travel across the land border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, from
the Irish Central Statistical Office. For years before 1999, information was also provided
regarding travel on air and sea routes between the UK and the Irish Republic. However, since
1999, the air and sea routes have been covered by the IPS sample.
The inclusion of these two ports means that there is more likelihood of picking up contacts that reside
in, or have visited areas close to these airports.
The introduction of the new airports caused the IPS research team to review the way that traffic from
airports not sampled by the IPS is accounted for in the IPS processing systems. As a result, the systems
were modified slightly in order to prevent overestimates or underestimate of traffic occurring at a
regional level.
The introduction of the new airports and the subsequent changes made to the processing systems
causes a discontinuity in the IPS results. Any comparisons of IPS results for 2005 with earlier years (and
especially those of a UK regional nature) therefore should be made with care.
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Appendix C - Concepts
Key concepts and variables
Flow
Respondents in the survey are mainly identified and analysed by their flow. Flow is described as the
direction of travel of the visitor combined with whether they are a UK resident or an overseas resident.
There are, therefore, four main flows on the IPS:
Only data on overseas residents departing from the UK and UK residents arriving in the UK have been
used in this publication. This is because the IPS interviews for these travellers take place at the end of
their visits when factual information about visit duration and spending is available. This is felt to be
more complete and reliable than the information gathered at the beginning of a trip when intentions
regarding duration and spending may not prove to be accurate.
Number of visits
The data in this report relate to the number of visits not the number of visitors. Those entering or
leaving the UK more than once in the same period are counted on each visit.
Purpose of visit
The IPS records the many different reasons people have for making a visit. These are combined into four
main analysis categories:
Holiday;
Business;
Miscellaneous.
The categories describe the main purpose of the visit and where it is not possible to determine this, the
respondents reason for the visit is categorised as miscellaneous. People migrating (to or from the UK)
or travelling as crew of aircraft, ships or trains are excluded from analyses in this publication.
The IPS collects information on whether tourists travel independently or on some form of package trip.
As well as providing data on all holiday visits, this report also provides information on those who are on
package holidays, which are referred to as inclusive tours.
The business category includes conference and trade fair visits, and those who made their visits for
study, medical treatment or shopping appear in the miscellaneous category. More detailed information
on the main reason for visits (such as attending conferences or trade fairs) is available from the IPS
datasets (see Appendix G).
Some analyses show data for leisure and business visits, where the leisure category includes all visits
for holidays, visits to friends or relatives, and visits for miscellaneous purposes.
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For overseas residents visiting the UK, this is the main country of residence of the visitor. For UK
residents travelling abroad, it is the main country of visit.
Although the IPS collects information on all individual countries of the world, many countries outside of
EU Europe are shown within groups rather than individually. It would not be practical to show all
countries separately but also for many countries, sample sizes are too small to give accurate estimates.
From 1 May 2004, 10 new countries joined the EU. In the tables in this report, figures are given for the
original 15 member states (EU 15) and for the 25 current EU member states (EU 25). In years previous to
2004, EU Europe is defined as consisting of the countries which were EU members during the year in
question. It should be noted that for the years before the reunification of Germany in 1991, data on the
then East Germany are not included in the figures for Germany, and therefore are not included within
the figures for EU Europe.
Appendix D shows how the countries of the world are grouped into the areas used in this report. A
larger number of countries than appear in this publication can be identified in the IPS datasets.
UK region of stay
For overseas residents, information is collected regarding the place of stay during their visit to the UK.
Information is collected and recorded on the towns where the respondent has stayed for at least one
night. Within this publication, however, this is shown by county or unitary authority. People who did not
stay in any particular place (for example, who did not specify where they stayed or were travelling
overnight) or who did not stay in the UK overnight are shown separately.
Each individual visit may have involved overnight stays in more than one region, therefore the number of
visits shown in the regional tables may not sum to the totals.
UK region of residence
For UK residents, data are presented by the region of residence i.e. London, the rest of England,
Scotland and Wales.
Mode of transport
Until 1994, air and sea were the only two main modes of transport to and from the UK. The Channel
Tunnel between the UK and France began operating towards the end of 1994. Information on
passengers using the tunnel is available on the IPS from the fourth quarter of 1994.
Journeys by sea and tunnel are further analysed to show whether a vehicle was taken on the trip and, if
so, the type of vehicle that was used.
Respondents age and sex are collected in the IPS interview. Questions on exact age are not asked on
the IPS and instead respondents are classified into age groups as it is felt that some people may not give
accurate answers, and age groups are normally sufficient for users needs.
All travellers, including children under the age of 16, are eligible to be interviewed on the IPS. If the
sampled person is under 16, where possible the interview is carried out with the child after having first
received permission from a parent, guardian or responsible adult travelling with them (for example,
school teacher if they are on a school trip). If the child is too young to complete the interview
themselves, proxy information is collected from the parent, guardian or responsible adult, wherever
possible.
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Expenditure
Expenditure for both UK and overseas residents, exclude amounts spent on fares to and from the UK.
Visits and expenditure information regarding travel to or from the Irish Republic for years up to and
including 1998 are included in the figures for the European Union, but do not appear separately in the
rows and columns of some tables. Consequently, rows and columns in the tables may not always sum to
the figures shown for the whole European Union.
Expenditure data relating to the Channel Islands are included within the figures for the European Union
but are not shown separately. This means that spending shown for the individual countries of the
European Union will not always sum to the figures shown for the whole European Union.
Expenditure data of overseas visitors transiting the UK, but not staying overnight, are included within
the figure shown for All purposes of travel, but are not shown separately. This means that spending
shown for overseas residents visits by individual purpose of visit will not always sum to the figure shown
for all purposes.
There is a major discontinuity in the time series shown in this publication between years up to and
including 1998, and subsequent years. From the second quarter of 1999 the IPS began interviewing on
air and sea routes between the UK and the Irish Republic. For the years up to and including 1998,
estimates of visitor numbers, their spending and nights stayed on routes between the UK and the Irish
Republic and their characteristics were based on data provided by the Central Statistical Office of the
Irish Republic. From 1999, and for subsequent years, this report uses IPS interview data. To enable 1999
data to be analysed, data for the first quarter of 1999 were constructed, based upon interviews
conducted in the first quarter of 2000, but weighted to the traffic volumes of the first quarter of 1999.
Analysis of the interview data from 1999 onwards has shown that a large number of Irish visitors who
would previously have been defined as tourists to the UK were transiting through the UK on their
overseas visits. Also, the data for 1999 onwards showed that a number of European and
Commonwealth visitors made combined visits to the UK and the Irish Republic; these visits were
previously recorded as visits from residents of the Irish Republic. These factors combined to reduce the
number of overseas visitors to the UK from 1999 onwards, mainly the estimates of visitors from the Irish
Republic, but they also increased the number of visitors from certain other countries, particularly
Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands.
The data from the IPS Irish interviews also affected estimates of spending and nights. These showed that
the previous estimates of spending per visit of Irish visitors to the UK were overstated, while estimates of
UK residents spending per visit in the Irish Republic were previously understated.
The interview-based details of visitors from the Irish Republic have enabled more complete duration of
stay and regional breakdowns to be produced from 1999 onwards. This has lead to discontinuities
between 1998 and 1999 in the duration of stay and regional profile from the IPS.
In summary, the major effect resulting from IPS interviewing on routes to and from the Irish Republic
was to improve the quality and detail of estimates from 1999 onwards. The discontinuities from this
change affected time series estimates of visitors to and from the Irish Republic, with some smaller effects
for other countries.
For more information on the discontinuity, please contact the IPS team (see Appendix G for details).
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Appendix D - Definitions
1. The figures relate to the number of visits, not the number of visitors. Those entering or leaving
the United Kingdom more than once in the same period are counted on each visit. The count of
visits relates to UK residents returning to this country and to overseas residents leaving it.
2. Day trips are visits that do not involve an overnight stay. Day trips abroad made by UK residents
as well as day trips to the UK made by overseas residents are included in the figures for visits and
spending. Note 14 refers to overseas residents in transit through the UK.
3. An overseas visitor is a person who, being permanently resident in a country outside the UK,
visits the UK for a period of less than 12 months. UK citizens resident overseas for 12 months or
more coming home on leave are included in this category. Visits abroad are visits for a period of
less than 12 months by people permanently resident in the UK (who may be of foreign
nationality).
4. When a resident of the UK has visited more than one country, spending and stay for the entire
visit are allocated to the country stayed in for the longest time.
5. Visits for miscellaneous purposes include those for study, to attend sporting events, for
shopping, health, religious or other purposes, together with visits for more than one purpose
when no one purpose predominates (e.g. visits both on business and on holiday). Overseas
visitors staying overnight in the UK en route to other destinations are also included in the
miscellaneous purposes category.
6. Estimates relating to tourist flows across the land border between the Irish Republic and
Northern Ireland are, for convenience, included in the figures for sea. Where not shown
separately, flows through the Channel Tunnel are also included under the figures for sea.
Also excluded from the regional analysis tables (except the Total section) are all visits that did
not include an overnight stay in the UK. Visits by overseas residents to Northern Ireland, although
included in the total column, are not separately analysed. More than one region can be visited
by an individual whilst in the UK so the total of the visits to all the regions will be greater than
the total number of visits to the UK as a whole.
7. Adjustments are made to the reported cost of an inclusive tour so that only the amount earned
by the country of visit is included (e.g. accommodation costs, car hire, etc.). This estimate is then
added to an individuals spending to give the total spending in the country of visit (see also note
9).
8. Length of stay for UK residents covers the time spent outside the UK, including the journey. For
overseas residents it refers to the time spent within the UK.
9. Spending figures cover the same categories of traveller as the number of visits figures except
that the figures for overseas residents additionally include the spending of same day transit
passengers.
Spending also includes foreign exchange earnings and expenditure due to travel relating to the
Channel Islands. Spending excludes fares for travel to and from the UK. For any traveller on an
inclusive tour, an estimate of the return fare is deducted from the total tour price.
10. Spending does not include the personal export of cars that have been purchased in the UK by
overseas residents. Similarly spending excludes the personal import of cars by UK residents.
11. An estimate for purchases by overseas visitors at airport duty-free shops is included in the
figures for spending. Such purchases on British carriers are excluded.
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Exclusions
The following groups are excluded from the tables in this publication:
12. Trippers who cross the Channel, North or Irish Sea but do not alight from the boat (called stay-on-
board);
13. Migrants and persons travelling to take up prearranged employment, together with military or
diplomatic personnel, merchant seamen and airline personnel on duty; and
14. Overseas residents passing through the UK en route to other destinations, but who do not stay
overnight (often known as transit passengers). However, any spending by transit passengers while
in the UK is included in the spending figures.
Geographical areas
The geographical areas used in this report are unchanged from the previous publication.
15. North America: Canada (including Greenland and St. Pierre et Miquelon) and the USA (including
Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands).
16. Europe: All countries listed under EU25 plus other central and eastern Europe, North Cyprus,
Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland (including Lichtenstein), Turkey, the former
USSR and the states of former Yugoslavia.
17. EU Europe: EU15: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France (including Monaco), Finland, Germany,
Greece, Irish Republic, Italy (including San Marino and Vatican City), Luxembourg, Netherlands,
Portugal (including Azores and Madeira), Spain (including Canary Islands, Spanish North Africa,
Balearic Islands and Andorra) and Sweden.
18. EU Europe: EU25: The above countries, with the addition of Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary,
Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Malta, Cyprus. Only the south of Cyprus is a member
of the EU, but the IPS is unable to separate North and South Cyprus for the period before May
2004, and so all of Cyprus is included in the EU25 section until May 2004. From May 2004, only
southern Cyprus is included in the EU25 figures.
19. North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia.
20. Other Middle East: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
Syria, United Arab Emirates and the Yemen.
21. Central and South America: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, British Antarctica, Brazil, Chile,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guatemala,
Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama (including Canal Zone), Paraguay, Peru, Surinam,
Uruguay and Venezuela.
22. Caribbean: Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba,
Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, St. Kitts-
Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and the
Caicos Islands.
Although the information in this publication is by the country groups described above, almost 200
different countries of residence or visit can be identified on the IPS datasets.
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The response rates for the main airports, residual airports, sea routes and the Channel Tunnel are shown
in Table E.1 below. A minimum response is one where the contacts nationality and country of residence
were known but where the reason for visit, date the visit began or the country visited were not
obtained. The overall response rate in 2005 was 83 per cent of the sample. The overall response rates
for sea and tunnel routes remained consistently higher than those at most of the main and residual
airports.
E.1 IPS response rates 2005 and 2004 by type of response and UK port
Complete or
partial response Minimum response Total response
(%) (%) (%)
Heathrow terminal 1 78 73 8 8 86 81
Heathrow terminal 2 67 67 12 12 79 79
Heathrow terminal 3 80 77 8 8 88 85
Heathrow terminal 4 82 82 5 5 87 87
Heathrow transits 78 76 6 6 84 82
Gatwick North 82 77 5 4 87 81
Gatwick South 82 76 5 4 87 81
Manchester terminal 1 83 81 6 6 89 87
Manchester terminal 2 87 83 5 5 92 89
Manchester terminal 3 88 85 5 5 93 89
Stansted 87 79 5 6 92 85
Residual air 88 85 5 5 93 90
Sea 91 92 1 1 92 93
Channel Tunnel 92 93 3 3 95 96
Total 83 81 6 5 89 87
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Table F.1 shows the sampling errors for the main 2005 estimates of the total number of visits, nights
and expenditure for both overseas residents visiting the UK and UK residents going abroad. Complex
sampling errors, which fully account for the clustered sample design of the survey, are shown in the
table. Both standard errors and the 95 per cent confidence intervals are quoted, the latter representing
the interval into which there are 19 chances out of 20 that the true figure (had all travellers been
surveyed) would fall. The 95 per cent confidence intervals are given both in absolute and relative
(percentage) terms - the estimate plus or minus the value, or percentage, gives the appropriate interval
for each estimate.
Further details on the confidence intervals of data from the IPS and their interpretation can be obtained
from the IPS Branch of ONS.
2005
Overseas visitors to the UK
Number of visits (000s) 29,775 451 884 3.0%
Number of visitor-nights (000s) 248,504 5,680 11,133 4.5%
Total earnings ( million) 14,032 189 370 2.6%
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The monthly estimates are published in the National Statistics First Release series Overseas Travel and
Tourism and are also available by contacting Office for National Statistics on +44 (0) 20 7533 5725.
The quarterly results are published in MQ6 - Overseas Travel and Tourism. Users may, on request,
receive a printed copy of the publication through the new National Statistics print on demand service by
contacting NS Direct on +44 (0) 1633 812078 or email at ns.direct@statistics.gov.uk.
Data tables from the IPS and other statistics relating to travel and tourism are available from National
Statistics Online the governments web-based statistical service. The information can be found under the
Transport, Travel and Tourism section of the website at www.statistics.gov.uk.
It should be noted that all IPS results published by ONS are subject to Crown Copyright. Reproduction of
material is permitted provided that a Click-Use Licence has been obtained from the Office of Public
Sector Information. Details of how to contact OPSI are at the front of this report, on page 2.
Other analyses
General enquiries about the IPS should be directed to:
Individual contact records from the full IPS database may be purchased from ONS. Please contact the IPS
branch on +44 (0) 20 7533 5765 for further details.
IPS databases are also available to academics through the Data Archive at Essex University.
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Marketing agents
It is possible to commission more detailed analyses of the IPS data from marketing agents appointed by
ONS. The marketing agents are:
IRN Research
Field House
72 Oldfield Road
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Middlesex
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