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Travel Trends
A report on the 2005 International Passenger Survey

Editor: Josh Lovegrove

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Contents Page

Introduction
Introduction .......................................................................................... 5

Travel Trends in 2005


Tourism trends in 2005 ............................................................................. 9
Impact of July bombings on overseas visitor numbers ............................. 10
New member countries in the European Union ....................................... 20

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
Travel Trends 2005

Acknowledgements

Editor : Josh Lovegrove

Assistant Editors : Maureen OBrien


David Savage

Authors : Sharon Bruce


Maureen OBrien

Maps : Jeremy Brocklehurst

Production manager : Mike Taylor

Production team : Nathan Kaneshanathan


Peter Samani

Cover design : Andy Leach


Travel Trends 2005 Introduction: The International Passenger Survey

Introduction

Travel Trends

z What is the International Passenger Survey?

z Methodology and coverage of the survey

z The collection of the IPS data

z Important change in the collection of IPS data

z Contents of this report

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.

What is the International Passenger Survey?

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.

The main aims of the IPS are to:

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.

Methodology and coverage of the survey

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.

A fuller description of the IPS methodology can be found in Appendix B.

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Travel Trends 2005 Introduction: The International Passenger Survey

The collection of the IPS data

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.

Important change in the collection of IPS data

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

Contents of this report

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

Section 5 The characteristics of overseas visits made by UK residents in 2005

Notes to tables and figures

The following conventions have been used in the tables:

0 denotes a figure of less than 0.5;

. indicates that data are not available.

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.

2) The respondents for the information they have provided.

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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Travel Trends in 2005

z Overseas residents made 30.0 million visits to the UK in 2005, the


highest ever recorded.

z UK residents made 66.4 million visits abroad in 2005, also an all time
record.

z Visits to the UK by the new members of the enlarged European Union


(excluding Malta and Cyprus) showed a 64 per cent increase from 1.2
million visits in 2004, to 2.0 million visits in 2005.

z Spending by overseas residents in 2005 rose to a record level of 14.2 billion.

z Spending by UK residents abroad in 2005 reached a record 32.2 billion.

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Travel Trends in 2005 Travel Trends 2005

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.

In 1991 visits to the UK by overseas residents fell by 4.9 per cent


and visits abroad by UK residents fell by 1.1 per cent compared with
the previous year. These falls coincided with the start of the first gulf
war in January of that year.

In early 2001 there was an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in


the UK and later in the same year the terrorist events of 11
September in the USA. These incidents coincided with a fall of 9.4
per cent in the number of visits by overseas residents to the UK
compared with the previous year. However, visits abroad by UK
residents over the same period showed an increase of 2.5 per cent.

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)
25

20 Impact of July bombings on overseas visitor numbers


15
On 7 July 2005 there were bombings in London, followed by a failed
10 bombing attempt two weeks later.
5
The first two quarters of 2005 showed high growth in overseas
0
residents visits to the UK over the previous year, 13 per cent in quarter
-5
1 and 12 per cent in quarter 2. In the third and fourth quarters the
-10 growth rates fell to 4.2 per cent and 4.3 per cent respectively, the
North Europe Other Total World
America Countries growth rates possibly slowing as a result of the events of July 2005.

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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Travel Trends 2005 Travel Trends in 2005

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

Despite the overall increase in visits to the UK in 2005, visits to London 8

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

The numbers of visits by overseas residents to the UK and to London


2
during quarter 3 are shown in figures 3 and 4 respectively. These show
the changes in the numbers of visits by region of residence between
0
each year from 2001 to 2005 for that quarter. 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

North America Other Countries


In quarter 3 visits to London by residents of Europe and Other Countries
fell by 4.6 per cent and 4.9 per cent respectively in 2005 compared with Europe
the previous year while those from North America showed virtually no
change. During the same period, visits to the UK as a whole by North
American residents fell by 1.4 per cent but those from Europe and other Figure 4: Visits to London in
quarter 3 by overseas
countries rose by 6.4 per cent and 1.3 per cent respectively. residents by region
Million
The degree of changes in the number of visits to London differed by the
2.5
purpose of visit. For business visits there was a 9.9 per cent increase
between 2004 and 2005 and a 6.8 per cent increase in the number of 2
visits made to friends or relatives. In contrast, there was very little
1.5
change in visits for holiday or miscellaneous purposes so these may have
been affected to a greater degree by the events of July 2005 than the 1
former two. (Tables 2.01, 2.16 and 2.17)
0.5
Length of stay
0
Overseas visitors to the UK stayed for a total of 249 million nights in 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

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.

30 As a proportion of all visits to the UK, short trips of 1 to 3 nights grew


from 40 per cent in 2001 to 43 per cent in 2005. Long trips of 28 or
20
more nights grew slightly from 5.1 per cent of visitors in 2001 to 5.4
10 per cent in 2005 and day visits decreased from 8.1 per cent of total
visits in 2001 to 6.4 per cent in 2005. The increase in the proportion of
0
short-stay visits of 1 to 3 nights and the decrease in the proportion of
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Nil Stay 14-27 nights
day visits are features which were evident for all the main purposes of
visits (holiday, business and visits to friends or relatives). (Table 2.13,
1-3 nights 28 nights or more
Figure 6)
4-13 nights
For UK residents travelling abroad, the trend for visits of different
lengths was similar as for overseas residents between 2001 and 2005.
The greatest increase (34 per cent) occurred for the longest trips abroad
of 28 days or more, and the largest decrease (36 per cent) was found in
Figure 7: UK residents visits trips abroad with no overnight stay. Trips of length 1 to 3 nights and
abroad by length of stay those lasting from 4 to 13 nights both increased by 25 per cent, while
2001 to 2005 those of length 14 to 27 nights decreased by 2.3 per cent. (Table 3.13,
Per cent
50 Figure 7)

40 Increases in the proportion of short trips of length 1 to 3 nights and


long trips of 28 or more nights were apparent for all purposes of visit
30
while an increase in the proportion of trips of 14 to 27 nights could be
20
seen in visits to friends or relatives and visits for miscellaneous purposes.

10

0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Nil stay 14-27 nights

1-3 nights 28 nights or more

4-13 nights

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Spending Figure 8: Spending on visits to and


from the UK, current
Spending by overseas residents visiting the UK increased from 13.0 prices
billion in 2004 to 14.2 billion in 2005, a rise of 9.2 per cent. Over billion
40
the same period, spending by UK residents travelling abroad increased
by 6.2 per cent from 30.3 billion to 32.2 billion. For both overseas
30
residents and UK residents spending in 2005 was at record levels.
UK residents
The changes in the levels of spending from 1985 to 2005 reflect the 20
trends in visits, although for both UK residents travelling abroad and
overseas residents visiting the UK the average increase in spending 10
Overseas residents
was greater than that for visits. Spending by overseas residents on
visits to the UK increased by an average 4.9 per cent per year and by 0
UK residents on visits abroad by an average 9.9 per cent per year. 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005

(Tables 1.01 and 1.02, Figure 8)

Increases in spending can be attributed to the combined effects of the


increase in the number of visits and the effects of inflation. Figure 9
shows the spending at constant prices, i.e. with the inflation element
removed. At constant prices, spending by overseas residents visiting
the UK rose by 5.5 per cent between 2004 and 2005, while that of UK
residents travelling abroad rose by 5.4 per cent.
Figure 9: Spending on visits to and
The trend over the past twenty years in constant price spending differs from the UK, constant
greatly between overseas residents' visits to the UK and UK residents' prices
billion
visits abroad. Constant price spending by overseas residents visiting 40
the UK rose from 9.9 billion in 1985 to its highest level of 12.0
billion in 1996 before gradually decreasing then falling sharply in 30
UK residents
2001 to 9.5 billion. In 2005 it was 10.7 billion, just 8.4 per cent
higher than in 1985, although over the period visits by overseas 20
residents to the UK more than doubled. In contrast, constant price
spending by UK residents travelling abroad was four times higher in 10
2005 than in 1985, rising from 7.9 billion in 1985 to 33.2 billion in Overseas residents
2005. At the same time the number of visits only trebled. The
0
difference can be partly explained by the greater decrease in average 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005

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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Figure 10: Overseas residents visits Purpose of visit


to the UK by purpose of
visit Holiday visits made by overseas residents to the UK declined
Million considerably as a proportion of total visits between 1985 and 2005. In
12
1985 there were 6.7 million holiday visits to the UK which accounted
10 for 46 per cent of all visits to the UK. By 2005 this had risen to 9.7
8
million, but was just 32 per cent of all visits. The numbers of holiday
visits showed an increasing trend between 1985 and the record year of
6
1996, when there were 11.0 million holiday visits to the UK by overseas
4 residents, but fell from this point with a sharp decline in 2001. Recovery
2
occurred over the following years, with a 16 per cent increase in holiday
visits between 2003 and 2004 and a 4.7 per cent increase between
0
1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2004 and 2005. In 2005 the number of holiday visits to the UK

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).

Visits abroad to friends or relatives increased from 12 per cent (2.6


million visits) of all visits abroad in 1985 to 16 per cent (10.6 million
visits) in 2005.

The proportion of trips abroad by UK residents for miscellaneous


purposes increased between 1985 and 2005. In 1985 they accounted
for 4.1 per cent (0.9 million visits) but by 2005 this rose to 4.6 per cent
(3.1 million visits). The pattern through the years was of a generally

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increasing trend until 1998 when the proportion of visits for


miscellaneous purposes reached 8.0 per cent. Since then it has
gradually decreased.

Although visits abroad by UK residents for holiday purposes and visits to


friends or relatives were seemingly unaffected by the events of 2001,
those for business and miscellaneous trips have yet to recover to their
pre-2001 levels. This compares with visits to the UK by overseas
residents which in 2005 had all returned to the pre-2001 levels.

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

UK residents the fall in the proportion of holiday trips which were


10
package holidays was even greater, dropping from 53 per cent in 2001
to 43 per cent in 2005. (Tables 2.03 and 3.03) 0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
For air travel, the changes in the proportions of package holidays is Air Sea Tunnel
similar for both UK residents and overseas residents but for sea and the
Channel Tunnel they differ. For trips made by air by overseas residents
there was a gradual decrease in the proportion of package holidays
from 19 per cent of all holiday trips by air in 2001 to 11 per cent in
Figure 13: UK residents package
holiday visits abroad as a
2005. The opposite was true for visits to the UK via the Channel Tunnel, percentage of total
with the proportion of holiday visits being package holidays rising from holidays by mode
Per cent
24 per cent of all holiday visits in 2001 to 34 per cent in 2005. Package 60
holidays to the UK by sea showed no clear trend.
50
For UK residents travelling abroad by air there was a downward trend in
40
the proportion of holiday visits which were package holidays from 57
per cent in 2001 to 44 per cent in 2005. Although by sea the equivalent 30

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.

UK residents made a record level of 53.6 million visits abroad by air in


2005, 6.3 per cent more than in 2004. This was a growth of 291 per
cent when compared with visits in 1985 and since that year the trend in
air visits abroad has always been upward.
Figure 15: UK residents visits
abroad by mode of travel In contrast, visits abroad by sea by UK residents fell by 9.5 per cent
Million
between 2004 and 2005 to 8.1 million visits although between 1985
70
and 2005 they had risen by 2.8 per cent. The trend was gently upward
60
between 1985 and the mid-1990s, since when there has been a general
50
downward trend.
40
Visits abroad by UK residents via the Channel Tunnel fell by 2.0 per cent
30
from 4.8 million visits in 2004 to 4.7 million in 2005. Like visits to the
20
UK by overseas residents, visits abroad by UK residents rose from the
10 first full year of operation in 1995 to a peak in 1998. However, in
0 contrast to overseas residents' visits to the UK, the number of visits
1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
abroad by UK residents has fallen in every year since then.
Total Sea
Twenty years ago the proportion of total trips made by air and sea was
Air Tunnel
similar for overseas residents visiting the UK and for UK residents
travelling abroad. In 1985, 65 per cent of overseas residents' visits to
the UK were made by air compared with 64 per cent of UK residents'
trips abroad and 35 per cent of overseas visitors to the UK travelled by
sea compared with 36 per cent of UK visitors travelling abroad. By 2005
the proportion of overseas residents' visits to the UK made by air had

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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)

Visits to the UK by country of residence


In 1985 visits from Europe accounted for 55 per cent of all visits to the
UK, visits from North America for 26 per cent and those from Other
Countries 19 per cent. By 2005 visits from Europe had grown to 72 per Figure 16: Overseas residents visits
cent of all visits whilst visits from both North America and Other to the UK by region
Million
Countries had declined to 14 per cent each of the total. (Figure 16)
30

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.

The largest increases in the absolute numbers of trips made to the UK

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.

Figure 18 shows the number of visits and spending of the 10 countries


with the highest numbers of visits to the UK. (Table 1.05, Tables 2.09 and
2.10, Figure 18)

Visits abroad by UK residents


In 1985 visits by UK residents to Europe accounted for approximately 89
per cent of all visits abroad by UK residents. Visits to North America
accounted for 4.0 per cent and visits to Other Countries for 7.0 per Figure 19: UK residents visits abroad
cent. There has been very high growth in the annual numbers of visits by region
Million
to Europe between 1985 and 2005, with an extra 33.7 million trips 70
being made in 2005 compared with 1985. However because of higher
60
growth rates in trips to North America and Other Countries, by 2005
50
the proportion of visits to Europe had declined to 80 per cent of all
40
visits abroad, while visits to North America had increased to 7.3 per cent
of all visits and visits to Other Countries to 13 per cent. (Figure 19) 30

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

Italy High rates of growth in visits by UK residents were also experienced by


Germany other countries having smaller numbers of visits. Visits to Turkey grew
Greece by 22 per cent between 2004 and 2005 to 1.4 million, to India they
Netherlands grew by 21 per cent to 0.8 million, and to Egypt they grew by 64 per
Portugal cent to 0.6 million. Additionally, visits to the new European Union
Belgium accession countries and to Bulgaria grew considerably over the period.
0 4 8 12 16
Visits (million) There is some evidence of the effect of the tsunami which occurred on
26 December 2004 on visits by UK residents to affected countries. Visits
to Sri Lanka fell by 30 per cent between 2004 and 2005 from 171
thousand visits in 2004 to 120 thousand in 2005. This followed year on
year increases in trip numbers between 2001 and 2004. Visits to
Thailand appeared almost unaffected, falling by just 1.9 per cent
between 2004 and 2005. However, this also followed a generally
increasing trend with some year on year fluctuations. As already noted
visits to India grew between 2004 and 2005. (Tables 1.06, Table 3.09 and
3.10)

New Member Countries in the European Union


Ten countries became full members of the EU on 1 May 2004: Cyprus;
Czech Republic; Estonia; Hungary; Latvia; Lithuania; Malta; Poland;
Slovakia and Slovenia. Nationals of Malta and Cyprus had less restrictive
rights of entry to the UK before joining the EU as these two countries
are members of the Commonwealth. The commentary below focuses on
the other eight accession countries, referred to as the A8 countries.

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.

Spending in the UK by residents of the A8 countries showed a similar


pattern to that of visits with Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic
accounting for 72 per cent of all spending by residents of the A8
countries and Poland accounting for almost half (49 per cent). Spending
by Polish residents showed large increases over the 5 year period
growing at an average annual rate of 42 per cent, and by 68 per cent
between 2004 and 2005. However this was lower than the increase in
the number of visits. The amount spent by residents of Poland
quadrupled between 2001 and 2005, growing from 97 million in 2001
to 389 million in 2005. In contrast the amount spent by residents of
the Czech Republic grew by 131 per cent over the 5 year period, from
35 million in 2001 to 81 million in 2005, while spending by residents
of Hungary grew by 151 per cent, from 41 million to 103 million. Figure 21: Average length of stay by
This compared with growth in visits of 150 per cent for the Czech country of residence
Nights
Republic and 164 per cent for Hungary. 30

The average length of stay in the UK by residents of these three 25

countries increased from 11 nights in 2001 to a peak of 18 nights in 20


2003 and then fell to 16 nights in 2004 and 2005. Residents of Poland
15
had the highest average trip lengths, increasing from 13 nights in 2001
to 25 nights in 2003 and then falling to 20 nights in 2005. 10

The average length of stay by residents of the Czech Republic remained 5

relatively constant over the 5 year period varying between 7 and 10 0


nights. In contrast, the average length of stay by residents of Hungary 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Poland Czech Republic
varied far more, ranging from 8.5 nights in 2001 to 15 nights in 2003
before dropping to 10 nights in 2004 and 2005. (Figure 21) Hungary

Figure 22 shows the percentage of visits to the UK by purpose of visit


for residents of Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, compared
with visits from all countries. It can be seen that for these three
countries a higher than average proportion of visits to the UK are made Figure 22: Proportion of overseas
for business reasons and a lower than average proportion for holidays, residents visits to the UK
by purpose of visit
particularly in the cases of Poland and the Czech Republic. Residents of
Poland made a higher proportion of visits to friends or relatives than
Czech Republic
residents of Hungary and Czech Republic. (Figure 22)

Visits by UK residents to the A8 member states of the enlarged EU Hungary

increased by 50 per cent, from 1.3 million visits in 2004, to 1.9 million
visits in 2005. Poland

Visits by UK residents to each of Poland, Hungary and the Czech


Total World
Republic increased between 2001 and 2005 with visits to Poland
showing the largest increase from 162 thousand in 2001 to 637 0 20 40 60 80 100
Visits (per cent)
thousand in 2005, an average annual growth rate of 41 per cent. Visits
Holiday VFR
to Hungary increased from 120 thousand to 302 thousand over the
Business Miscellaneous
same period, an average annual growth rate of 26 per cent, and visits to

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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

0 300 600 900 1,200


Thousands

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Tables: Section 1

Travel and Tourism 1985 to 2005

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1.01 Overseas residents visits, nights and spending in the UK 1985 to 2005

Constant price spending


Visits Nights Spending (1995 constant prices)

per cent per cent per cent per cent


(thousands) change (millions) change ( million) change ( million) change

1985 14,449 5.9 167.0 8.1 5,442 17.9 9,876 9.8


1986 13,897 -3.8 158.2 -5.3 5,553 2.0 9,419 -4.6
1987 15,566 12.0 178.2 12.6 6,260 12.7 9,993 6.1
1988 15,799 1.5 172.9 -3.0 6,184 -1.2 9,142 -8.5
1989 17,338 9.7 186.5 7.9 6,945 12.3 9,567 4.6
1990 18,013 3.9 196.1 5.1 7,748 11.6 9,853 3.0

1991 17,125 -4.9 186.4 -4.9 7,386 -4.7 8,627 -12.4


1992 18,535 8.2 186.3 -0.1 7,891 6.8 8,784 1.8
1993 19,863 7.2 189.5 1.7 9,487 20.2 10,188 16.0
1994 20,794 4.7 191.8 1.2 9,786 3.2 10,050 -1.3
1995 23,537 13.2 220.3 14.9 11,763 20.2 11,763 17.0

1996 25,163 6.9 219.8 -0.3 12,290 4.5 11,954 1.6


1997 25,515 1.4 222.5 1.3 12,244 -0.4 11,542 -3.4
1998 25,745 0.9 230.8 3.7 12,671 3.5 11,573 0.3
1999 25,394 -1.4 211.7 -8.3 12,498 -1.4 11,133 -3.8
2000 25,209 -0.7 203.8 -3.8 12,805 2.5 11,102 -0.3

2001 22,835 -9.4 189.5 -7.0 11,306 -11.7 9,528 -14.2


2002 24,180 5.9 199.3 5.2 11,737 3.8 9,641 1.2
2003 24,715 2.2 203.4 2.1 11,855 1.0 9,451 -2.0
2004 27,755 12.3 227.4 11.8 13,047 10.1 10,146 7.4
2005 29,970 8.0 249.2 9.6 14,248 9.2 10,702 5.5

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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1.02 UK residents visits, nights and spending abroad 1985 to 2005

Constant price spending


Visits Nights Spending (1995 constant prices)

per cent per cent per cent per cent


(thousands) change (millions) change ( million) change ( million) change

1985 21,610 -2.1 270.0 -2.7 4,871 4.5 7,935 2.3


1986 24,949 15.5 310.2 14.9 6,083 24.9 8,916 12.4
1987 27,447 10.0 347.3 12.0 7,280 19.7 10,364 16.2
1988 28,828 5.0 366.9 5.6 8,216 12.9 12,515 20.8
1989 31,030 7.6 390.2 6.4 9,357 13.9 12,861 2.8
1990 31,150 0.4 382.7 -1.9 9,886 5.7 12,021 -6.5

1991 30,808 -1.1 377.8 -1.3 9,951 0.7 11,775 -2.1


1992 33,836 9.8 404.7 7.1 11,243 13.0 12,678 7.7
1993 36,720 8.5 427.7 5.7 12,972 15.4 13,184 4.0
1994 39,630 7.9 446.6 4.4 14,365 10.7 14,852 12.7
1995 41,345 4.3 450.8 0.9 15,386 7.1 15,386 3.6

1996 42,050 1.7 449.8 -0.2 16,223 5.4 15,897 3.3


1997 45,957 9.3 463.5 3.1 16,931 4.4 18,652 17.3
1998 50,872 10.7 509.2 9.9 19,489 15.1 21,847 17.1
1999 53,881 5.9 540.4 6.1 22,020 13.0 24,676 12.9
2000 56,837 5.5 566.9 4.9 24,251 10.1 27,281 10.6

2001 58,281 2.5 578.8 2.1 25,332 4.5 27,710 1.6


2002 59,377 1.9 595.2 2.8 26,962 6.4 29,311 5.8
2003 61,424 3.4 618.1 3.8 28,550 5.9 28,677 -2.2
2004 64,194 4.5 645.9 4.5 30,285 6.1 31,459 9.7
2005 66,441 3.5 669.0 3.6 32,154 6.2 33,171 5.4

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

North America Europe Other Countries Total World

visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending


(thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million)

1985 3,797 1,709 7,938 1,836 2,714 1,897 14,449 5,442


1986 2,843 1,464 8,421 2,227 2,633 1,862 13,897 5,553
1987 3,394 1,710 9,418 2,574 2,754 1,977 15,566 6,260
1988 3,272 1,579 9,791 2,665 2,736 1,940 15,799 6,184
1989 3,481 1,700 10,854 3,014 3,003 2,231 17,338 6,945
1990 3,685 1,907 11,060 3,452 3,268 2,389 18,013 7,748

1991 2,867 1,542 11,390 3,652 2,868 2,192 17,125 7,386


1992 3,377 1,743 12,034 3,777 3,124 2,371 18,535 7,891
1993 3,443 2,072 13,216 4,514 3,205 2,901 19,863 9,487
1994 3,469 2,022 13,766 4,594 3,559 3,169 20,794 9,786
1995 3,756 2,272 15,790 5,844 3,991 3,647 23,537 11,763

1996 3,675 2,277 17,615 6,488 3,872 3,525 25,163 12,290


1997 4,099 2,515 17,389 6,173 4,027 3,555 25,515 12,244
1998 4,553 2,801 17,383 6,303 3,809 3,566 25,745 12,671
1999 4,599 2,894 16,816 5,971 3,979 3,632 25,394 12,498
2000 4,869 3,197 16,086 5,749 4,253 3,859 25,209 12,805

2001 4,228 2,701 14,857 5,070 3,751 3,535 22,835 11,306


2002 4,272 2,780 16,217 5,549 3,691 3,408 24,180 11,737
2003 3,997 2,658 17,207 5,882 3,511 3,315 24,715 11,855
2004 4,356 2,877 19,424 6,623 3,975 3,546 27,755 13,047
2005 4,234 2,822 21,565 7,656 4,171 3,770 29,970 14,248

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

North America Europe Other Countries Total World

visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending


(thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million)

1985 914 440 19,181 3,687 1,515 744 21,610 4,871


1986 1,167 626 22,071 4,630 1,711 827 24,949 6,083
1987 1,559 805 23,903 5,441 1,985 1,034 27,447 7,280
1988 1,823 989 24,819 6,052 2,186 1,175 28,828 8,216
1989 2,218 1,325 26,451 6,608 2,361 1,424 31,030 9,357
1990 2,325 1,455 26,268 6,831 2,557 1,600 31,150 9,886

1991 2,370 1,539 26,057 6,888 2,381 1,525 30,808 9,951


1992 2,813 1,707 28,275 7,802 2,748 1,734 33,836 11,243
1993 3,052 2,063 30,506 8,734 3,162 2,175 36,720 12,972
1994 2,927 2,033 33,096 9,832 3,608 2,500 39,630 14,365
1995 3,120 2,229 34,418 10,422 3,808 2,736 41,345 15,386

1996 3,584 2,698 34,213 10,260 4,253 3,265 42,050 16,223


1997 3,594 2,713 37,745 10,879 4,618 3,338 45,957 16,931
1998 4,158 3,239 41,552 12,325 5,163 3,926 50,872 19,489
1999 4,733 3,694 43,620 13,940 5,529 4,386 53,881 22,020
2000 5,060 4,170 45,763 15,172 6,014 4,909 56,837 24,251

2001 4,656 4,146 47,573 16,204 6,052 4,982 58,281 25,332


2002 4,211 3,661 48,879 17,622 6,287 5,678 59,377 26,962
2003 4,142 3,669 50,667 18,872 6,615 6,009 61,424 28,550
2004 4,780 3,936 51,525 19,311 7,889 7,038 64,194 30,285
2005 4,869 4,213 52,838 20,279 8,734 7,663 66,441 32,154

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

Air Sea Channel Tunnel Total

visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending


(thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million)

1985 9,413 4,430 5,036 1,011 . . 14,449 5,442


1986 8,851 4,289 5,046 1,264 . . 13,897 5,553
1987 10,335 5,014 5,231 1,247 . . 15,566 6,260
1988 10,967 5,082 4,832 1,102 . . 15,799 6,184
1989 11,829 5,721 5,509 1,224 . . 17,338 6,945
1990 12,751 6,421 5,262 1,327 . . 18,013 7,748

1991 11,614 6,035 5,511 1,351 . . 17,125 7,386


1992 12,778 6,534 5,756 1,358 . . 18,535 7,891
1993 13,694 7,857 6,169 1,631 . . 19,863 9,487
1994 14,465 8,209 6,310 1,576 19 1 20,794 9,786
1995 15,754 9,628 5,990 1,590 1,794 544 23,537 11,763

1996 16,279 9,922 6,165 1,601 2,719 768 25,163 12,290


1997 16,858 9,900 5,734 1,360 2,922 983 25,515 12,244
1998 17,479 10,366 5,083 1,399 3,184 906 25,745 12,671
1999 17,284 10,451 4,993 1,280 3,117 767 25,394 12,498
2000 17,831 10,837 4,298 1,140 3,080 828 25,209 12,805

2001 16,054 9,505 4,002 1,029 2,779 772 22,835 11,306


2002 17,098 9,957 4,405 1,083 2,677 697 24,180 11,737
2003 17,635 10,039 4,369 1,108 2,711 708 24,715 11,855
2004 20,002 11,003 4,770 1,317 2,983 726 27,755 13,047
2005 22,043 12,260 4,675 1,087 3,252 902 29,970 14,248

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

Air Sea Channel Tunnel Total

visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending


(thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million)

1985 13,732 3,695 7,878 1,176 . . 21,610 4,871


1986 16,380 4,632 8,569 1,451 . . 24,949 6,083
1987 19,369 5,739 8,077 1,541 . . 27,447 7,280
1988 21,026 6,655 7,802 1,560 . . 28,828 8,216
1989 21,925 7,457 9,105 1,900 . . 31,030 9,357
1990 21,368 7,747 9,782 2,139 . . 31,150 9,886

1991 20,408 7,740 10,401 2,211 . . 30,808 9,951


1992 23,357 8,891 10,479 2,352 . . 33,836 11,243
1993 25,354 10,316 11,366 2,656 . . 36,720 12,972
1994 27,624 11,595 11,991 2,768 14 2 39,630 14,365
1995 28,097 12,250 11,311 2,718 1,937 419 41,345 15,386

1996 27,907 12,926 10,686 2,509 3,457 788 42,050 16,223


1997 30,341 13,402 11,522 2,791 4,095 739 45,957 16,931
1998 34,283 15,397 10,498 2,726 6,092 1,367 50,872 19,489
1999 37,510 17,623 10,427 2,958 5,944 1,439 53,881 22,020
2000 41,392 19,905 9,646 2,766 5,799 1,580 56,837 24,251

2001 43,011 20,934 9,651 2,844 5,619 1,554 58,281 25,332


2002 43,990 22,273 10,038 3,206 5,349 1,482 59,377 26,962
2003 47,101 23,846 9,200 3,096 5,123 1,607 61,424 28,550
2004 50,435 25,879 8,950 2,991 4,809 1,415 64,194 30,285
2005 53,626 27,994 8,102 2,750 4,713 1,410 66,441 32,154

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

Overseas residents visits to the UK 2001 to 2005

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2.01 Number of visits and nights by quarter of the year 2001 to 2005

Visits (thousands) Nights (thousands)

not seasonally per cent change seasonally not seasonally per cent change
Quarter adjusted from year earlier adjusted adjusted from year earlier

2001 1 4,863 -2.6 6,250 35,906 -1.8


2 6,279 -6.7 5,810 46,678 -4.3
3 7,100 -10.6 5,610 68,501 -9.8
4 4,593 -17.1 5,170 38,431 -9.5

2002 1 4,525 -6.9 5,620 33,312 -7.2


2 6,375 1.5 6,170 45,038 -3.5
3 7,555 6.4 6,050 72,310 5.6
4 5,724 24.6 6,340 48,626 26.5

2003 1 4,944 9.2 6,250 36,646 10.0


2 6,073 -4.7 5,780 43,644 -3.1
3 7,534 -0.3 6,060 75,031 3.8
4 6,165 7.7 6,630 48,111 -1.1

2004 1 5,449 10.2 6,700 37,143 1.4


2 7,022 15.6 6,800 53,684 23.0
3 8,501 12.8 6,950 86,003 14.6
4 6,783 10.0 7,310 50,577 5.1

2005 1 6,172 13.3 7,570 45,770 23.2


2 7,868 12.0 7,490 56,860 5.9
3 8,858 4.2 7,270 90,001 4.6
4 7,072 4.3 7,640 56,551 11.8

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2.02 Spending at current and 1995 constant prices by quarter 2001 to 2005

Spending ( million) Constant price spending ( million)

not seasonally per cent change seasonally not seasonally per cent change seasonally
Quarter adjusted from year earlier adjusted adjusted from year earlier adjusted

2001 1 2,406 4.0 3,270 2,062 0.7 2,790


2 2,815 -14.6 2,710 2,371 -17.4 2,370
3 3,819 -10.8 2,810 3,203 -13.3 2,330
4 2,266 -22.1 2,520 1,892 -24.0 2,040

2002 1 2,025 -15.8 2,680 1,696 -17.7 2,260


2 2,885 2.5 2,910 2,373 0.1 2,390
3 4,002 4.8 2,990 3,278 2.3 2,460
4 2,825 24.7 3,160 2,294 21.2 2,530

2003 1 2,150 6.2 2,950 1,743 2.8 2,330


2 2,744 -4.9 2,720 2,193 -7.6 2,290
3 4,041 1.0 3,000 3,208 -2.1 2,390
4 2,919 3.3 3,190 2,307 0.6 2,450

2004 1 2,229 3.7 3,020 1,767 1.4 2,410


2 3,231 17.8 3,260 2,519 14.9 2,580
3 4,390 8.6 3,280 3,398 5.9 2,550
4 3,196 9.5 3,490 2,462 6.7 2,620

2005 1 2,644 18.6 3,520 2,031 14.9 2,740


2 3,562 10.2 3,560 2,685 6.6 2,700
3 4,474 1.9 3,460 3,335 -1.9 2,500
4 3,568 11.6 3,710 2,651 7.7 2,770

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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

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 (000s) (%) (%)

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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2.04 Spending by region of residence and purpose of visit 2001 to 2005

Average
Annual
Change Growth Growth
Spending ( million) 2004-05 2004-05 2001-05

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ( million) (%) (%)

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

Nights (thousands) Average length of stay (nights)

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

Average spending per visit () Average spending per day ()

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

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 (000s) (%) (%)

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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2.08 Spending by mode of travel and purpose of visit 2001 to 2005

Average
Annual
Change Growth Growth
Spending ( million) 2004-05 2004-05 2001-05

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ( million) (%) (%)

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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2.09 Number of visits by country of residence 2001 to 2005

Average
Annual
Change Growth Growth
Visits (thousands) 2004-05 2004-05 2001-05

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 (000s) (%) (%)

Canada 647 660 652 740 796 56 7.6 5.3


USA 3,580 3,611 3,346 3,616 3,438 -178 -4.9 -1.0
North America 4,228 4,272 3,997 4,356 4,234 -122 -2.8 0.0
Austria 191 219 263 295 287 -8 -2.7 10.7
Belgium 916 966 936 1,104 1,112 8 0.7 5.0
Bulgaria 35 33 42 22 39 17 77.3 2.7
Czech Republic 117 124 207 274 292 18 6.6 25.7
Cyprus 75 80 104 105 108 3 2.9 9.5
Denmark 394 429 419 476 538 62 13.0 8.1
Finland 100 121 122 156 174 18 11.5 14.9
France 2,852 3,077 3,073 3,254 3,324 70 2.2 3.9
Germany 2,309 2,556 2,611 2,968 3,294 326 11.0 9.3
Gibraltar 24 32 22 42 32 -10 -23.8 7.5
Greece 185 169 185 203 199 -4 -2.0 1.8
Hungary 104 132 111 188 274 86 45.7 27.4
Iceland 41 40 68 83 77 -6 -7.2 17.1
Irish Republic 2,039 2,439 2,488 2,578 2,806 228 8.8 8.3
Italy 857 977 1,168 1,348 1,186 -162 -12.0 8.5
Luxembourg 55 44 42 63 49 -14 -22.2 -2.8
Malta 46 36 50 58 53 -5 -8.6 3.6
Netherlands 1,411 1,419 1,549 1,620 1,720 100 6.2 5.1
Norway 403 397 433 510 627 117 22.9 11.7
Poland 225 188 325 528 1,041 513 97.2 46.7
Portugal 172 170 193 213 222 9 4.2 6.6
Spain 856 1,010 1,206 1,465 1,786 321 21.9 20.2
Sweden 527 530 533 585 728 143 24.4 8.4
Switzerland 514 593 564 597 699 102 17.1 8.0
Turkey 69 65 92 95 99 4 4.2 9.4
Rest of Europe 338 372 402 593 799 206 34.7 24.0
Europe 14,857 16,217 17,207 19,424 21,565 2,141 11.0 9.8
- of which EU25 13,535 14,799 15,699 17,738 19,626 1,888 10.6 9.7
- of which EU15 12,865 14,126 14,787 16,328 17,424 1,096 6.7 7.9
Egypt 48 32 41 34 30 -4 -11.8 -11.1
Tunisia 8 6 3 3 8 5 166.7 0.0
Other North Africa 42 36 30 28 33 5 17.9 -5.9
South Africa 319 276 266 269 306 37 13.8 -1.0
Other Africa 262 315 270 337 311 -26 -7.7 4.4
Israel 205 191 162 159 140 -19 -11.9 -9.1
United Arab Emirates 111 109 113 147 133 -14 -9.5 4.6
Other Middle East 264 241 219 232 252 20 8.6 -1.2
Hong Kong (China) 146 158 131 145 146 1 0.7 0.0
Other China 95 103 106 139 131 -8 -5.8 8.4
India 189 205 199 255 272 17 6.7 9.5
Japan 366 368 314 347 332 -15 -4.3 -2.4
Pakistan 96 62 57 76 91 15 19.7 -1.3
Sri Lanka 23 17 15 27 23 -4 -14.8 0.0
Thailand 50 41 47 67 52 -15 -22.4 1.0
Other Asia 324 338 335 407 412 5 1.2 6.2
Australia 694 702 723 787 919 132 16.8 7.3
New Zealand 151 137 144 174 210 36 20.7 8.6
Barbados 9 11 9 10 16 6 60.0 15.5
Jamaica 21 23 13 14 15 1 7.1 -8.1
Other Caribbean 66 74 61 83 73 -10 -12.0 2.6
Mexico 63 71 76 67 78 11 16.4 5.5
Other Central & Sth.America 196 169 170 162 179 17 10.5 -2.2
Rest of the World 4 7 6 5 7 2 40.0 15.0
Other Countries 3,751 3,691 3,511 3,975 4,171 196 4.9 2.7
Total World 22,835 24,180 24,715 27,755 29,970 2,215 8.0 7.0

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2.10 Spending by country of residence 2001 to 2005

Average
Annual
Change Growth Growth
Spending ( million) 2004-05 2004-05 2001-05

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ( million) (%) (%)

Canada 318 338 343 477 438 -39 -8.2 8.4


USA 2,383 2,443 2,315 2,400 2,384 -16 -0.7 0.0
North America 2,701 2,780 2,658 2,877 2,822 -55 -1.9 1.1
Austria 77 104 110 109 133 24 22.1 14.7
Belgium 150 180 187 217 226 9 4.2 10.8
Bulgaria 8 14 10 19 16 -3 -17.1 17.2
Czech Republic 35 33 66 65 81 16 24.8 23.1
Cyprus 46 82 58 76 83 7 9.5 15.7
Denmark 136 194 150 188 213 26 13.7 11.8
Finland 47 54 61 59 68 9 15.4 9.4
France 685 733 694 770 796 26 3.4 3.8
Germany 731 743 820 825 998 173 21.0 8.1
Gibraltar 7 20 11 27 16 -11 -39.5 21.4
Greece 115 147 136 135 179 44 32.8 11.8
Hungary 41 30 38 79 103 24 30.1 25.8
Iceland 27 29 42 40 44 4 9.5 12.9
Irish Republic 548 674 681 760 895 135 17.8 13.0
Italy 417 406 502 523 561 38 7.3 7.7
Luxembourg 22 16 17 19 17 -2 -8.0 -5.7
Malta 23 22 22 24 24 0 -1.9 0.5
Netherlands 387 384 446 462 453 -9 -1.9 4.0
Norway 150 157 175 212 273 61 28.9 16.2
Poland 97 87 130 231 389 159 68.9 41.4
Portugal 85 74 70 79 115 36 46.0 7.8
Spain 320 444 518 618 697 79 12.8 21.4
Sweden 212 212 192 224 259 35 15.6 5.2
Switzerland 255 296 270 282 356 74 26.4 8.7
Turkey 78 61 78 72 103 31 43.6 7.1
Rest of Europe 270 272 329 438 476 37 8.5 15.3
Europe 5,070 5,549 5,882 6,623 7,656 1,032 15.6 10.9
- of which EU25 4,344 4,742 5,018 5,677 6,585 908 16.0 11.0
- of which EU15 4,031 4,445 4,655 5,059 5,691 633 12.5 9.0
Egypt 68 44 44 40 46 6 15.3 -9.4
Tunisia 6 6 3 1 7 6 791.0 3.7
Other North Africa 38 50 45 36 33 -4 -10.4 -4.0
South Africa 237 198 260 186 235 49 26.4 -0.2
Other Africa 316 402 279 346 327 -18 -5.3 0.9
Israel 147 106 88 81 77 -4 -5.3 -14.9
United Arab Emirates 139 139 125 179 160 -18 -10.3 3.7
Other Middle East 395 388 370 358 458 100 27.9 3.8
Hong Kong (China) 175 143 126 135 178 44 32.3 0.5
Other China 111 132 201 176 156 -20 -11.5 8.8
India 163 142 155 238 226 -12 -5.1 8.6
Japan 289 320 273 242 269 27 11.3 -1.8
Pakistan 84 59 51 78 155 77 99.2 16.6
Sri Lanka 25 13 13 32 18 -14 -45.1 -8.2
Thailand 53 50 42 101 45 -56 -55.7 -4.1
Other Asia 286 286 305 318 296 -22 -6.9 0.8
Australia 541 531 535 588 647 60 10.1 4.6
New Zealand 104 90 93 120 139 19 15.6 7.4
Barbados 8 5 7 6 12 5 82.7 11.4
Jamaica 15 22 12 10 6 -4 -42.1 -22.6
Other Caribbean 55 63 50 61 81 20 33.7 10.1
Mexico 41 46 38 102 41 -61 -59.7 0.3
Other Central & Sth.America 234 168 195 110 153 43 39.0 -10.1
Rest of the World 5 4 4 3 5 2 64.0 1.4
Other Countries 3,535 3,408 3,315 3,546 3,770 224 6.3 1.6
Total World 11,306 11,737 11,855 13,047 14,248 1,201 9.2 6.0

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2.11 Number of nights and average length of stay by country of residence 2001 to 2005

Nights (thousands) Average length of stay (nights)

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

Average spending per visit () Average spending per day ()

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Canada 487 509 524 642 547 43 43 46 53 50


USA 663 674 690 661 691 83 82 82 78 90
North America 636 648 663 658 664 75 74 75 73 80
Austria 400 472 418 368 461 60 59 61 59 64
Belgium 163 186 199 196 203 55 60 70 74 72
Bulgaria 229 429 228 889 409 23 51 54 43 28
Czech Republic 303 266 318 238 279 36 29 33 33 32
Cyprus 615 1,024 554 722 769 41 64 48 60 62
Denmark 345 451 357 394 396 65 76 78 80 70
Finland 470 448 498 375 387 52 56 77 70 55
France 240 238 226 236 239 42 41 50 44 48
Germany 316 290 314 277 303 51 48 53 50 55
Gibraltar 308 616 476 631 498 59 69 45 67 81
Greece 620 870 732 664 902 71 73 79 70 111
Hungary 396 226 345 421 376 47 30 22 42 37
Iceland 652 712 624 462 555 114 62 96 90 126
Irish Republic 265 274 271 292 315 67 67 70 82 87
Italy 485 415 429 387 472 58 52 62 54 58
Luxembourg 403 354 408 295 355 102 93 112 76 93
Malta 504 630 429 411 441 59 69 54 46 57
Netherlands 274 270 288 285 263 66 61 63 72 63
Norway 370 393 404 415 435 71 85 90 94 88
Poland 431 461 400 436 372 34 22 16 20 19
Portugal 494 435 361 370 519 62 51 58 53 54
Spain 374 437 429 421 389 37 47 47 48 43
Sweden 401 400 359 382 355 66 78 62 70 71
Switzerland 495 499 478 471 509 71 72 77 70 85
Turkey 1,140 945 848 754 1,039 62 73 77 71 93
Rest of Europe 796 732 813 738 594 62 70 57 50 37
Europe 334 336 337 336 350 54 54 55 54 52
- of which EU25 313 314 314 315 330 52 52 53 52 49
- of which EU15 305 308 309 305 321 53 54 58 57 59
Egypt 1,422 1,365 1,070 1,160 1,509 95 83 72 89 85
Tunisia 769 1,010 931 240 962 39 157 67 22 75
Other North Africa 919 1,396 1,485 1,283 1,001 53 61 54 68 33
South Africa 738 714 977 685 761 43 39 56 43 48
Other Africa 1,201 1,265 1,020 1,022 1,048 63 64 49 54 47
Israel 717 551 534 512 549 90 73 74 61 64
United Arab Emirates 1,239 1,268 1,098 1,216 1,200 77 76 77 84 92
Other Middle East 1,494 1,605 1,691 1,536 1,816 99 93 87 83 102
Hong Kong (China) 1,200 908 955 926 1,214 76 79 85 54 94
Other China 1,169 1,286 1,896 1,270 1,192 51 59 54 63 69
India 862 693 779 932 829 41 30 31 35 29
Japan 788 868 870 687 810 82 81 80 74 71
Pakistan 857 948 896 1,028 1,697 43 37 29 31 37
Sri Lanka 1,072 725 869 1,174 754 33 21 28 36 31
Thailand 1,056 1,221 884 1,503 852 51 78 68 103 49
Other Asia 881 840 908 769 716 63 55 51 60 61
Australia 777 756 738 745 702 42 45 41 48 51
New Zealand 691 658 650 690 662 37 33 39 39 41
Barbados 843 469 734 656 705 60 38 25 52 51
Jamaica 734 953 900 669 366 20 21 16 20 19
Other Caribbean 827 852 818 732 1,103 52 50 34 65 51
Mexico 642 644 501 1,527 527 65 57 71 39 50
Other Central & Sth.America 1,196 991 1,149 674 853 61 58 56 41 59
Rest of the World 1,080 601 618 577 689 47 48 87 81 34
Other Countries 939 920 941 888 901 57 55 52 53 55
Total World 489 480 475 466 471 59 58 58 57 57

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2.13 Number of visits and spending by length of stay and purpose of visit 2001 to 2005

Visits (thousands) Spending ( million)

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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2.14 Number of visits and spending by length of stay and region of residence 2001 to 2005

Visits (thousands) Spending ( million)

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

Visits (thousands) Spending ( million)

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

Visits (thousands) Spending ( million)

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)

2001 2002 2003

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

Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4

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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2.18 Number of visits by country of residence and nationality 2001 to 2005

Visits (thousands)

2001 2002 2003

Nationality Nationality Nationality

Country of Country of Country of


residence UK Other Total residence UK Other Total residence UK Other Total

Canada 515 91 42 647 533 90 38 660 524 92 36 652


USA 2,983 335 262 3,580 3,020 344 248 3,611 2,772 341 233 3,346
North America 3,533 426 269 4,228 3,583 434 255 4,272 3,331 433 233 3,997
Austria 163 13 15 191 186 11 22 219 231 15 17 263
Belgium 695 125 96 916 736 110 120 966 691 119 126 936
Bulgaria 35 . . 35 29 3 1 33 41 0 1 42
Czech Republic 100 7 9 117 112 6 6 124 176 18 13 207
Cyprus 29 40 7 75 40 32 7 80 45 54 5 104
Denmark 363 21 10 394 385 28 16 429 382 19 18 419
Finland 94 3 3 100 110 6 5 121 112 5 5 122
France 2,376 289 187 2,852 2,556 330 190 3,077 2,543 374 157 3,073
Germany 1,892 270 147 2,309 2,090 302 163 2,556 2,079 351 181 2,611
Gibraltar . 22 2 24 4 24 4 32 2 18 2 22
Greece 148 29 8 185 145 20 5 169 158 23 4 185
Hungary 84 13 7 104 119 9 4 132 100 5 6 111
Iceland 40 1 0 41 32 3 4 40 58 4 6 68
Irish Republic 1,586 227 226 2,039 1,858 295 285 2,439 1,908 307 273 2,488
Italy 757 48 52 857 864 49 64 977 1,030 72 66 1,168
Luxembourg 16 19 20 55 5 17 21 44 9 14 19 42
Malta 32 12 1 46 28 7 0 36 41 8 1 50
Netherlands 1,154 167 90 1,411 1,177 155 87 1,419 1,309 163 77 1,549
Norway 378 16 10 403 350 28 18 397 390 26 17 433
Poland 209 11 6 225 175 10 3 188 309 10 5 325
Portugal 139 25 8 172 134 29 8 170 154 32 7 193
Spain 602 197 56 856 671 262 77 1,010 755 382 69 1,206
Sweden 470 30 28 527 476 28 26 530 494 18 21 533
Switzerland 323 87 105 514 347 118 128 593 346 100 118 564
Turkey 56 7 6 69 52 8 5 65 78 9 5 92
Rest of Europe 287 34 16 338 313 26 33 372 338 40 24 402
Europe 12,575 1,715 567 14,857 13,636 1,919 662 16,217 14,374 2,186 647 17,207
- of which EU25 11,425 1,556 554 13,535 12,429 1,707 663 14,799 13,049 1,997 652 15,699
- of which EU15 10,853 1,465 548 12,865 11,819 1,642 666 14,126 12,240 1,894 654 14,787
Egypt 30 12 6 48 20 8 4 32 24 13 5 41
Tunisia 5 2 2 8 5 1 0 6 3 0 0 3
Other North Africa 18 14 10 42 25 3 7 36 25 3 2 30
South Africa 230 71 19 319 182 73 21 276 179 70 18 266
Other Africa 182 52 27 262 225 60 30 315 186 53 31 270
Israel 182 13 10 205 163 15 13 191 145 8 9 162
United Arab Emirates 22 54 35 111 17 51 41 109 16 56 42 113
Other Middle East 147 77 40 264 132 71 38 241 128 61 30 219
Hong Kong (China) 45 64 36 146 40 71 47 158 40 56 35 131
Other China 74 12 8 95 80 14 8 103 74 18 14 106
India 176 7 5 189 195 5 5 205 182 10 7 199
Japan 335 16 15 366 339 12 17 368 285 18 11 314
Pakistan 84 7 5 96 50 7 5 62 53 2 2 57
Sri Lanka 18 3 2 23 15 2 1 17 13 2 0 15
Thailand 25 17 8 50 15 18 8 41 24 18 5 47
Other Asia 238 58 28 324 260 55 22 338 251 54 31 335
Australia 555 98 41 694 554 99 49 702 574 111 39 723
New Zealand 111 31 8 151 103 29 5 137 115 24 4 144
Barbados 3 4 2 9 5 5 1 11 4 5 0 9
Jamaica 17 3 1 21 18 2 3 23 10 2 1 13
Other Caribbean 20 28 18 66 20 30 24 74 27 22 11 61
Mexico 57 3 3 63 61 5 4 71 64 6 6 76
Other Central & Sth. America 161 15 19 196 131 20 19 169 128 18 23 170
Rest of the World 1 1 2 4 2 2 4 7 2 1 4 6
Other Countries 2,893 662 196 3,751 2,816 659 217 3,691 2,691 630 190 3,511
Total World 20,032 2,803 . 22,835 21,171 3,009 . 24,180 21,466 3,249 . 24,715

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2.18 Number of visits by country of residence and nationality 2001 to 2005

Visits (thousands)

2004 2005

Nationality Nationality

Country of Country of
residence UK Other Total residence UK Other Total

Canada 599 103 37 740 646 110 40 796


USA 3,015 339 262 3,616 2,850 350 238 3,438
North America 3,654 442 260 4,356 3,538 460 235 4,234
Austria 248 12 35 295 234 25 29 287
Belgium 831 134 138 1,104 822 121 169 1,112
Bulgaria 17 3 1 22 38 1 0 39
Czech Republic 256 11 8 274 268 14 10 292
Cyprus 39 57 9 105 45 55 8 108
Denmark 427 29 20 476 491 25 22 538
Finland 149 3 3 156 160 10 4 174
France 2,608 441 205 3,254 2,655 431 238 3,324
Germany 2,456 316 195 2,968 2,718 341 234 3,294
Gibraltar 4 37 1 42 4 28 0 32
Greece 157 39 7 203 165 23 11 199
Hungary 172 5 11 188 249 6 20 274
Iceland 78 2 4 83 74 3 1 77
Irish Republic 1,971 293 315 2,578 2,184 313 308 2,806
Italy 1,187 76 85 1,348 1,054 74 59 1,186
Luxembourg 20 23 20 63 12 15 21 49
Malta 50 7 1 58 38 14 2 53
Netherlands 1,376 150 95 1,620 1,463 156 101 1,720
Norway 466 24 19 510 576 28 23 627
Poland 507 13 8 528 1,016 18 7 1,041
Portugal 157 43 13 213 184 30 8 222
Spain 931 469 65 1,465 1,108 552 126 1,786
Sweden 523 28 34 585 660 34 34 728
Switzerland 371 109 117 597 407 141 151 699
Turkey 85 6 4 95 82 14 4 99
Rest of Europe 521 46 26 593 724 42 33 799
Europe 16,314 2,377 734 19,424 18,311 2,513 741 21,565
- of which EU25 14,832 2,152 753 17,738 16,609 2,257 760 19,626
- of which EU15 13,512 2,056 760 16,328 14,460 2,150 813 17,424
Egypt 23 7 4 34 22 5 3 30
Tunisia 2 . 1 3 5 1 2 8
Other North Africa 19 4 5 28 21 3 8 33
South Africa 188 64 17 269 226 59 22 306
Other Africa 238 60 40 337 220 53 37 311
Israel 134 14 11 159 119 13 8 140
United Arab Emirates 16 74 57 147 16 71 47 133
Other Middle East 130 64 39 232 150 60 42 252
Hong Kong (China) 52 58 36 145 45 59 43 146
Other China 116 14 8 139 101 12 18 131
India 239 11 5 255 257 10 6 272
Japan 312 23 11 347 300 19 13 332
Pakistan 68 4 4 76 85 4 2 91
Sri Lanka 22 3 1 27 17 2 4 23
Thailand 37 22 8 67 27 19 6 52
Other Asia 326 60 21 407 314 63 36 412
Australia 621 124 42 787 723 147 49 919
New Zealand 129 37 7 174 155 45 9 210
Barbados 5 2 2 10 7 9 0 16
Jamaica 9 3 2 14 11 2 2 15
Other Caribbean 27 37 19 83 26 34 13 73
Mexico 60 2 4 67 68 3 6 78
Other Central & Sth. America 119 17 26 162 145 10 23 179
Rest of the World 2 1 2 5 4 1 3 7
Other Countries 3,064 706 204 3,975 3,237 703 230 4,171
Total World 24,230 3,525 . 27,755 26,293 3,676 . 29,970

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UK residents visits abroad 2001 to 2005

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3.01 Number of visits and nights by quarter of the year 2001 to 2005

Visits (thousands) Nights (thousands)

not seasonally per cent change seasonally not seasonally per cent change
Quarter adjusted from year earlier adjusted adjusted from year earlier

2001 1 10,842 6.9 14,770 102,635 7.1


2 15,662 5.9 14,640 148,924 4.9
3 19,652 2.2 14,550 222,586 0.4
4 12,125 -4.3 14,320 104,657 -2.6

2002 1 10,943 0.9 14,390 105,915 3.2


2 15,611 -0.3 14,900 152,463 2.4
3 19,729 0.4 14,790 225,340 1.2
4 13,094 8.0 15,300 111,474 6.5

2003 1 11,506 5.1 15,480 115,689 9.2


2 16,297 4.4 15,210 151,971 -0.3
3 20,330 3.0 15,140 233,126 3.5
4 13,291 1.5 15,580 117,299 5.2

2004 1 11,817 2.7 15,270 118,700 2.6


2 16,911 3.8 16,060 161,959 6.6
3 21,273 4.6 16,230 241,250 3.5
4 14,194 6.8 16,640 123,983 5.7

2005 1 12,821 8.5 16,800 129,643 9.2


2 17,417 3.0 16,380 161,592 -0.2
3 21,767 2.3 16,480 251,435 4.2
4 14,436 1.7 16,780 126,292 1.9

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3.02 Spending at current and 1995 constant prices by quarter 2001 to 2005

Spending ( million) Constant price spending ( million)

not seasonally per cent change seasonally not seasonally per cent change seasonally
Quarter adjusted from year earlier adjusted adjusted from year earlier adjusted

2001 1 4,888 12.6 6,530 5,288 6.2 7,030


2 6,574 7.0 6,310 7,165 3.1 7,060
3 8,921 4.9 6,420 9,839 3.0 7,080
4 4,949 -6.0 6,080 5,418 -6.6 6,550

2002 1 5,047 3.2 6,470 5,569 5.3 7,240


2 6,945 5.6 6,830 7,473 4.3 7,260
3 9,254 3.7 6,760 10,088 2.5 7,320
4 5,717 15.5 6,900 6,181 14.1 7,500

2003 1 5,446 7.9 7,030 5,781 3.8 7,270


2 7,086 2.0 6,890 7,040 -5.8 7,010
3 10,018 8.3 7,230 9,901 -1.9 7,180
4 5,999 4.9 7,400 5,955 -3.7 7,220

2004 1 5,729 5.2 7,260 6,013 4.0 7,470


2 7,602 7.3 7,480 7,765 10.3 7,650
3 10,437 4.2 7,600 10,504 6.1 7,770
4 6,517 8.6 7,940 7,177 20.5 8,560

2005 1 6,411 11.9 8,130 7,172 19.3 8,600


2 8,110 6.7 7,930 8,262 6.4 8,200
3 10,912 4.6 7,950 10,630 1.2 8,090
4 6,722 3.1 8,140 7,107 -1.0 8,270

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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

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 (000s) (%) (%)

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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3.04 Spending by region of visit and purpose of visit 2001 to 2005

Average
Annual
Change Growth Growth
Spending ( million) 2004-05 2004-05 2001-05

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ( million) (%) (%)

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

Nights (thousands) Average length of stay (nights)

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

Average spending per visit () Average spending per day ()

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

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 (000s) (%) (%)

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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3.08 Spending by mode of travel and purpose of visit 2001 to 2005

Average
Annual
Change Growth Growth
Spending ( million) 2004-05 2004-05 2001-05

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ( million) (%) (%)

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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3.09 Number of visits by country of visit 2001 to 2005

Average
Annual
Change Growth Growth
Visits (thousands) 2004-05 2004-05 2001-05

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 (000s) (%) (%)

Canada 666 609 530 613 628 15 2.4 -1.5


USA 3,990 3,602 3,613 4,167 4,241 74 1.8 1.5
North America 4,656 4,211 4,142 4,780 4,869 89 1.9 1.1
Austria 569 725 619 781 769 -12 -1.5 7.8
Belgium 1,738 1,784 1,964 1,799 1,733 -66 -3.7 -0.1
Bulgaria 100 142 158 297 367 70 23.6 38.4
Czech Republic 340 378 562 691 786 95 13.7 23.3
Cyprus 1,476 1,302 1,281 1,286 1,431 145 11.3 -0.8
Denmark 309 302 292 356 337 -19 -5.3 2.2
Finland 167 146 174 183 146 -37 -20.2 -3.3
France 11,959 12,112 11,957 11,602 11,094 -508 -4.4 -1.9
Germany 2,242 2,275 2,140 2,336 2,493 157 6.7 2.7
Gibraltar 45 32 49 67 67 0 0.0 10.5
Greece 3,215 2,958 2,857 2,709 2,435 -274 -10.1 -6.7
Hungary 120 115 150 218 302 84 38.5 26.0
Iceland 60 52 54 60 79 19 31.7 7.1
Irish Republic 3,930 3,965 3,913 4,125 4,221 96 2.3 1.8
Italy 2,471 2,650 2,905 2,974 3,374 400 13.4 8.1
Luxembourg 69 74 88 95 110 15 15.8 12.4
Malta 443 439 490 500 560 60 12.0 6.0
Netherlands 2,095 2,149 2,145 2,165 2,174 9 0.4 0.9
Norway 240 269 270 291 314 23 7.9 6.9
Poland 162 150 175 304 637 333 109.5 40.8
Portugal 1,598 1,779 1,891 1,804 1,855 51 2.8 3.8
Spain 11,790 12,525 13,763 13,833 13,837 4 0.0 4.1
Sweden 413 379 381 375 414 39 10.4 0.1
Switzerland 792 764 809 892 1,001 109 12.2 6.0
Turkey 878 991 1,075 1,124 1,367 243 21.6 11.7
Rest of Europe 350 424 504 657 938 281 42.8 27.9
Europe 47,573 48,879 50,667 51,525 52,838 1,313 2.5 2.7
- of which EU25 45,193 46,312 47,859 48,221 48,928 707 1.5 2.0
- of which EU15 42,566 43,822 45,090 45,137 44,991 -146 -0.3 1.4
Egypt 261 236 289 345 564 219 63.5 21.2
Tunisia 386 268 225 281 353 72 25.6 -2.2
Other North Africa 210 180 200 200 278 78 39.0 7.3
South Africa 309 397 475 439 449 10 2.3 9.8
Other Africa 369 431 496 591 692 101 17.1 17.0
Israel 106 65 76 112 106 -6 -5.4 0.0
United Arab Emirates 194 222 274 397 410 13 3.3 20.6
Other Middle East 189 228 165 200 278 78 39.0 10.1
Hong Kong (China) 150 171 114 177 178 1 0.6 4.4
Other China 145 180 168 240 290 50 20.8 18.9
India 479 465 494 657 796 139 21.2 13.5
Japan 107 131 114 112 132 20 17.9 5.4
Pakistan 236 255 305 358 402 44 12.3 14.2
Sri Lanka 81 85 149 171 120 -51 -29.8 10.3
Thailand 269 300 276 363 356 -7 -1.9 7.3
Other Asia 420 443 444 566 610 44 7.8 9.8
Australia 486 498 525 558 648 90 16.1 7.5
New Zealand 119 135 156 185 204 19 10.3 14.4
Barbados 123 131 140 147 151 4 2.7 5.3
Jamaica 135 182 162 159 139 -20 -12.6 0.7
Other Caribbean 463 466 515 669 736 67 10.0 12.3
Mexico 260 277 246 298 261 -37 -12.4 0.1
Other Central & Sth.America 200 185 198 227 258 31 13.7 6.6
Rest of the World 355 355 406 437 321 -116 -26.5 -2.5
Other Countries 6,052 6,287 6,615 7,889 8,734 845 10.7 9.6
Total World 58,281 59,377 61,424 64,194 66,441 2,247 3.5 3.3

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3.10 Spending by country of visit 2001 to 2005

Average
Annual
Change Growth Growth
Spending ( million) 2004-05 2004-05 2001-05

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ( million) (%) (%)

Canada 492 411 406 466 516 50 10.7 1.2


USA 3,653 3,250 3,263 3,470 3,697 227 6.5 0.3
North America 4,146 3,661 3,669 3,936 4,213 277 7.0 0.4
Austria 217 355 289 363 390 27 7.4 15.7
Belgium 377 428 461 436 413 -23 -5.3 2.3
Bulgaria 32 67 70 105 147 42 40.2 46.4
Czech Republic 102 127 186 240 233 -8 -3.2 22.9
Cyprus 681 677 739 721 781 60 8.3 3.5
Denmark 94 91 95 115 102 -12 -10.9 2.1
Finland 59 44 80 57 61 5 8.3 1.1
France 3,320 3,591 3,686 3,557 3,590 33 0.9 2.0
Germany 673 706 651 668 730 62 9.2 2.1
Gibraltar 19 14 15 25 24 0 -1.7 6.3
Greece 1,271 1,311 1,368 1,257 1,259 2 0.1 -0.2
Hungary 59 54 54 75 95 20 27.3 12.5
Iceland 29 28 31 28 47 19 68.9 12.9
Irish Republic 919 974 1,001 1,010 1,033 23 2.3 3.0
Italy 1,132 1,327 1,356 1,413 1,696 283 20.0 10.6
Luxembourg 15 22 23 28 29 1 4.9 19.3
Malta 154 165 186 207 241 34 16.2 11.8
Netherlands 589 542 573 590 560 -31 -5.2 -1.3
Norway 101 97 94 108 110 2 1.8 2.1
Poland 69 50 75 107 286 179 167.1 42.6
Portugal 677 739 821 867 876 9 1.0 6.7
Spain 4,614 5,055 5,757 5,907 5,796 -111 -1.9 5.9
Sweden 141 124 120 142 161 19 13.4 3.5
Switzerland 324 335 364 390 433 43 11.0 7.5
Turkey 364 461 516 524 657 133 25.4 15.9
Rest of Europe 150 220 243 355 510 155 43.7 35.8
Europe 16,204 17,622 18,872 19,311 20,279 968 5.0 5.8
- of which EU25 15,213 16,446 17,583 17,794 18,440 646 3.6 4.9
- of which EU15 14,120 15,328 16,298 16,426 16,715 289 1.8 4.3
Egypt 147 107 139 177 277 100 56.6 17.2
Tunisia 121 84 81 109 121 12 11.0 0.0
Other North Africa 105 107 112 108 142 34 31.2 7.8
South Africa 241 318 451 440 481 41 9.2 18.8
Other Africa 294 374 498 487 634 147 30.2 21.2
Israel 49 34 45 55 57 2 2.9 3.8
United Arab Emirates 146 188 216 342 341 -1 -0.2 23.7
Other Middle East 137 165 130 141 184 43 30.3 7.7
Hong Kong (China) 136 135 97 120 146 26 21.7 1.8
Other China 114 161 153 210 247 37 17.7 21.4
India 320 383 351 506 607 100 19.8 17.4
Japan 110 149 128 111 148 38 34.1 7.9
Pakistan 166 245 230 235 284 49 20.9 14.3
Sri Lanka 57 55 122 130 86 -44 -34.1 10.6
Thailand 266 335 310 449 419 -30 -6.7 12.0
Other Asia 351 521 415 542 535 -8 -1.4 11.1
Australia 743 770 841 877 920 42 4.8 5.5
New Zealand 185 221 234 285 367 81 28.5 18.7
Barbados 78 96 102 133 129 -4 -3.0 13.4
Jamaica 86 129 106 121 108 -13 -10.7 5.9
Other Caribbean 328 311 386 452 522 69 15.3 12.3
Mexico 181 181 201 248 192 -56 -22.7 1.5
Other Central & Sth.America 199 184 211 244 287 43 17.4 9.6
Rest of the World 424 427 449 515 432 -83 -16.2 0.4
Other Countries 4,982 5,678 6,009 7,038 7,663 624 8.9 11.4
Total World 25,332 26,962 28,550 30,285 32,154 1,869 6.2 6.1

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3.11 Number of nights and average length of stay by country of visit 2001 to 2005

Nights (thousands) Average length of stay (nights)

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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3.12 Average spending per visit and per day by country of visit 2001 to 2005

Average spending per visit () Average spending per day ()

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Canada 739 675 766 760 822 45 41 47 45 47


USA 916 902 903 833 872 64 63 65 60 65
North America 890 869 886 823 865 61 60 62 57 62
Austria 382 490 467 464 506 52 58 62 65 66
Belgium 217 240 235 242 238 84 90 103 93 88
Bulgaria 321 475 442 353 401 27 37 34 29 35
Czech Republic 299 336 331 348 296 49 75 57 75 65
Cyprus 461 520 577 561 546 39 42 45 43 44
Denmark 305 300 324 322 303 57 52 58 52 61
Finland 350 301 461 310 419 57 54 58 70 63
France 278 296 308 307 324 54 57 54 55 54
Germany 300 310 304 286 293 54 55 55 55 55
Gibraltar 422 431 313 365 360 46 38 50 48 51
Greece 395 443 479 464 517 34 38 43 42 47
Hungary 495 468 360 343 314 46 51 42 55 56
Iceland 485 535 580 469 601 62 77 98 58 61
Irish Republic 234 246 256 245 245 43 48 48 50 49
Italy 458 501 467 475 503 57 60 62 65 66
Luxembourg 209 295 260 294 268 49 68 73 123 111
Malta 348 375 381 414 429 28 31 30 38 35
Netherlands 281 252 267 273 257 65 66 69 74 65
Norway 421 359 348 371 351 51 44 52 48 52
Poland 426 332 431 352 449 47 34 39 37 40
Portugal 424 415 434 481 472 40 40 42 49 49
Spain 391 404 418 427 419 36 38 40 42 43
Sweden 340 327 315 379 390 51 44 62 57 59
Switzerland 408 439 450 437 433 63 73 69 74 75
Turkey 414 466 480 466 481 33 37 36 37 40
Rest of Europe 428 519 481 540 544 32 38 40 46 48
Europe 340 360 372 374 383 44 46 47 49 50
- of which EU25 336 355 367 369 377 44 46 47 49 50
- of which EU15 331 349 361 364 371 44 47 48 50 51
Egypt 563 454 480 512 491 44 40 41 45 43
Tunisia 314 315 362 387 343 33 31 36 37 36
Other North Africa 499 593 560 539 510 36 40 40 37 35
South Africa 795 801 947 1,002 1,070 37 40 43 44 57
Other Africa 784 867 1,008 824 916 32 38 40 35 43
Israel 463 519 584 497 536 27 30 45 36 43
United Arab Emirates 752 847 789 863 832 62 71 67 77 74
Other Middle East 724 723 792 706 662 33 30 33 34 30
Hong Kong (China) 905 788 851 676 820 39 28 26 19 36
Other China 782 895 911 875 851 33 42 40 33 35
India 668 824 710 771 762 23 24 26 25 30
Japan 1,025 1,135 1,122 991 1,126 58 66 64 49 62
Pakistan 702 959 754 655 706 16 21 14 16 16
Sri Lanka 708 651 818 759 712 37 29 32 39 29
Thailand 990 1,116 1,120 1,237 1,176 43 47 44 50 46
Other Asia 837 1,175 935 957 876 32 39 33 37 31
Australia 1,527 1,547 1,601 1,572 1,419 32 31 37 39 37
New Zealand 1,557 1,636 1,499 1,545 1,795 32 38 34 33 44
Barbados 638 730 734 905 859 48 51 59 60 60
Jamaica 636 710 652 762 778 31 33 31 39 35
Other Caribbean 708 666 749 676 708 43 44 50 46 46
Mexico 695 653 816 832 735 44 41 49 55 49
Other Central & Sth.America 991 990 1,065 1,073 1,111 46 40 40 42 43
Rest of the World 1,194 1,205 1,105 1,179 1,345 100 103 99 97 109
Other Countries 823 903 908 892 877 36 37 38 39 40
Total World 434 454 465 472 484 44 45 46 47 48

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3.13 Number of visits and spending by length of stay and purpose of visit 2001 to 2005

Visits (thousands) Spending ( million)

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

Visits (thousands) Spending ( million)

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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3.15 Number of visits by country of visit and nationality 2001 to 2005

Visits (thousands)

2001 2002 2003

Nationality Nationality Nationality

Country Country Country


UK of visit Other Total UK of visit Other Total UK of visit Other Total

Canada 618 25 23 666 550 36 23 609 475 27 28 530


USA 3,685 130 176 3,990 3,265 146 190 3,602 3,289 143 181 3,613
North America 4,303 164 189 4,656 3,815 194 202 4,211 3,764 177 201 4,142
Austria 510 16 43 569 657 13 55 725 549 21 50 619
Belgium 1,570 45 123 1,738 1,617 48 119 1,784 1,779 47 138 1,964
Bulgaria 97 3 . 100 133 6 2 142 145 12 2 158
Czech Republic 299 10 31 340 335 11 32 378 509 15 38 562
Cyprus 1,445 8 23 1,476 1,263 11 27 1,302 1,241 16 24 1,281
Denmark 229 52 28 309 215 56 31 302 232 37 23 292
Finland 126 27 14 167 114 18 13 146 135 26 13 174
France 10,926 453 580 11,959 11,129 403 579 12,112 10,922 456 579 11,957
Germany 1,891 179 172 2,242 1,871 197 207 2,275 1,745 221 174 2,140
Gibraltar 43 . 2 45 31 . 2 32 49 . . 49
Greece 3,082 70 63 3,215 2,801 81 77 2,958 2,745 64 49 2,857
Hungary 105 5 9 120 94 8 14 115 125 12 13 150
Iceland 52 4 4 60 48 2 2 52 50 3 2 54
Irish Republic 2,475 587 869 3,930 2,583 567 816 3,965 2,481 588 843 3,913
Italy 2,086 199 186 2,471 2,291 173 185 2,650 2,494 197 214 2,905
Luxembourg 57 1 12 69 61 1 12 74 76 1 11 88
Malta 434 2 7 443 426 8 5 439 462 12 16 490
Netherlands 1,855 83 156 2,095 1,888 97 164 2,149 1,895 97 153 2,145
Norway 194 24 22 240 221 31 17 269 224 27 19 270
Poland 130 19 13 162 122 20 7 150 133 36 6 175
Portugal 1,493 56 49 1,598 1,667 60 52 1,779 1,764 73 54 1,891
Spain 11,409 127 254 11,790 12,131 121 274 12,525 13,312 163 289 13,763
Sweden 293 68 52 413 270 73 35 379 279 64 38 381
Switzerland 649 18 125 792 639 9 116 764 668 27 114 809
Turkey 824 28 26 878 929 25 37 991 1,006 35 34 1,075
Rest of Europe 262 65 23 350 340 59 25 424 404 68 32 504
Europe 42,538 3,182 1,853 47,573 43,876 3,190 1,813 48,879 45,420 3,345 1,901 50,667
- of which EU25 40,481 2,904 1,807 45,193 41,620 2,907 1,786 46,312 42,964 3,031 1,864 47,859
- of which EU15 38,002 2,786 1,778 42,566 39,295 2,755 1,772 43,822 40,407 2,848 1,835 45,090
Egypt 240 8 13 261 217 1 17 236 266 6 17 289
Tunisia 366 2 18 386 257 2 9 268 211 6 8 225
Other North Africa 183 16 11 210 133 21 27 180 167 16 18 200
South Africa 239 43 27 309 317 57 23 397 395 58 22 475
Other Africa 286 63 19 369 334 77 21 431 389 85 22 496
Israel 84 13 10 106 51 5 10 65 56 12 9 76
United Arab Emirates 180 0 13 194 206 4 12 222 256 1 17 274
Other Middle East 142 33 13 189 178 31 20 228 123 27 14 165
Hong Kong (China) 117 17 16 150 144 17 10 171 86 19 9 114
Other China 93 46 6 145 122 50 9 180 110 45 13 168
India 384 78 17 479 358 94 13 465 373 101 19 494
Japan 63 37 7 107 82 38 10 131 68 37 9 114
Pakistan 194 38 4 236 214 39 2 255 252 47 6 305
Sri Lanka 63 14 4 81 69 13 3 85 132 13 4 149
Thailand 247 12 10 269 277 13 10 300 250 12 15 276
Other Asia 321 65 33 420 347 74 22 443 330 96 17 444
Australia 437 29 20 486 451 28 18 498 463 35 27 525
New Zealand 105 11 3 119 116 14 5 135 136 12 8 156
Barbados 115 3 5 123 127 1 3 131 134 1 4 140
Jamaica 127 8 1 135 168 11 2 182 150 10 1 162
Other Caribbean 443 6 13 463 444 5 17 466 488 16 12 515
Mexico 251 3 6 260 257 6 14 277 234 2 10 246
Other Central & Sth. America 171 7 22 200 153 18 14 185 167 15 16 198
Rest of the World 302 50 4 355 301 51 3 355 375 25 7 406
Other Countries 5,155 698 199 6,052 5,324 745 217 6,287 5,611 798 205 6,615
Total World 51,996 6,285 . 58,281 53,015 6,362 . 59,377 54,796 6,628 . 61,424

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3.15 Number of visits by country of visit and nationality 2001 to 2005

Visits (thousands)

2004 2005

Nationality Nationality

Country Country
UK of visit Other Total UK of visit Other Total

Canada 565 26 22 613 567 28 33 628


USA 3,813 148 206 4,167 3,860 164 217 4,241
North America 4,378 179 223 4,780 4,427 202 240 4,869
Austria 719 16 46 781 684 30 55 769
Belgium 1,612 55 132 1,799 1,542 52 139 1,733
Bulgaria 262 26 9 297 343 18 6 367
Czech Republic 617 23 52 691 704 33 49 786
Cyprus 1,242 17 27 1,286 1,396 18 17 1,431
Denmark 264 63 30 356 254 48 34 337
Finland 148 22 12 183 111 20 15 146
France 10,516 451 636 11,602 10,027 466 601 11,094
Germany 1,907 229 200 2,336 2,002 279 212 2,493
Gibraltar 61 1 6 67 65 1 2 67
Greece 2,577 70 62 2,709 2,308 77 50 2,435
Hungary 170 14 33 218 250 26 26 302
Iceland 50 3 7 60 60 12 7 79
Irish Republic 2,668 606 851 4,125 2,703 602 915 4,221
Italy 2,506 230 238 2,974 2,881 246 247 3,374
Luxembourg 79 4 13 95 97 . 12 110
Malta 479 8 14 500 529 13 18 560
Netherlands 1,915 93 157 2,165 1,887 130 158 2,174
Norway 238 34 19 291 246 32 35 314
Poland 174 114 16 304 286 316 34 637
Portugal 1,658 82 63 1,804 1,706 85 64 1,855
Spain 13,319 162 353 13,833 13,339 182 316 13,837
Sweden 267 63 46 375 305 71 37 414
Switzerland 739 18 136 892 825 29 147 1,001
Turkey 1,066 30 29 1,124 1,298 28 41 1,367
Rest of Europe 518 85 54 657 660 199 79 938
Europe 45,770 3,761 1,994 51,525 46,508 4,355 1,976 52,838
- of which EU25 42,890 3,375 1,955 48,221 43,100 3,870 1,958 48,928
- of which EU15 40,154 3,061 1,923 45,137 39,847 3,169 1,975 44,991
Egypt 316 5 24 345 534 5 24 564
Tunisia 271 1 10 281 342 4 7 353
Other North Africa 161 13 27 200 223 26 28 278
South Africa 327 76 36 439 355 70 25 449
Other Africa 445 112 34 591 532 127 33 692
Israel 87 13 12 112 91 5 10 106
United Arab Emirates 362 11 23 397 384 3 23 410
Other Middle East 154 26 20 200 211 45 22 278
Hong Kong (China) 130 30 17 177 149 15 13 178
Other China 148 78 13 240 200 78 13 290
India 488 149 20 657 602 166 27 796
Japan 69 33 10 112 86 33 13 132
Pakistan 306 43 9 358 330 63 9 402
Sri Lanka 149 16 6 171 97 17 6 120
Thailand 325 16 22 363 323 20 13 356
Other Asia 446 92 29 566 479 109 23 610
Australia 503 41 14 558 591 40 17 648
New Zealand 155 20 10 185 184 14 6 204
Barbados 134 2 10 147 142 4 4 151
Jamaica 141 14 4 159 126 10 3 139
Other Caribbean 636 10 23 669 704 14 18 736
Mexico 283 3 11 298 248 3 10 261
Other Central & Sth. America 187 17 23 227 202 24 31 258
Rest of the World 407 24 6 437 296 23 2 321
Other Countries 6,629 962 298 7,889 7,433 1,026 275 8,734
Total World 56,777 7,417 . 64,194 58,368 8,074 . 66,441

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Overseas residents visits to the UK 2005

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Number of overseas residents visits to the UK in 2005 by


country of residence

Visits to UK (thousands)

5,000

1,000

500

100
10

few/no recorded visits


by overseas residents*
*based on a threshold of 10 thousand visits
note - the highest value recorded is 3,434 thousand

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Number of overnight visits made by overseas residents in the UK in 2005


by area of stay
Shetland Islands

Visits by overseas residents


(thousands)

London 13,893

1,000

500

100

50

10
Less than 10 thousand
recorded visits

Note - Symbol on Orkney represents combined


visits to Shetland, Orkney and Eilean Siar

Channel Islands

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Number of nights spent by overseas residents in the UK in 2005


by area of stay
Shetland Islands

Nights stayed by overseas residents


(thousands)

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

Air Sea Channel Tunnel Total

visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending


(thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million)

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

January - March April - June July - September October - December

visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending


(thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million)

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

London Other England Total England Scotland Wales

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

Total of which inclusive tour

visits nights spending visits nights spending visits nights spending


(thousands) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) (thousands) ( million)

Canada 258 2,425 149 31 199 13 97 586 97


USA 1,356 9,409 863 275 1,662 144 801 4,359 799
North America 1,614 11,833 1,012 306 1,861 157 898 4,946 896
Austria 86 657 43 22 115 11 94 336 38
Belgium 301 987 64 61 217 18 401 711 88
Bulgaria 5 24 1 0 4 0 29 386 13
Czech Republic 66 1,006 29 16 63 3 128 351 30
Cyprus 18 259 12 1 4 1 17 79 21
Denmark 202 926 77 25 125 9 156 682 80
Finland 65 346 24 7 22 2 52 297 23
France 1,076 4,108 222 296 1,146 67 997 2,356 234
Germany 1,199 6,821 392 351 1,680 105 1,077 3,142 316
Gibraltar 2 7 1 . . . 3 9 3
Greece 57 324 36 7 31 4 46 184 27
Hungary 76 601 27 14 76 1 116 552 35
Iceland 28 127 16 2 5 1 20 110 17
Irish Republic 670 2,360 217 42 173 15 497 1,229 183
Italy 464 2,871 211 49 228 15 346 1,804 183
Luxembourg 12 67 6 1 6 0 15 28 7
Malta 18 129 8 2 8 2 7 35 3
Netherlands 532 2,852 178 181 607 57 645 1,196 161
Norway 293 1,104 102 31 155 10 120 339 63
Poland 195 3,546 72 14 41 2 391 2,195 77
Portugal 78 583 36 34 253 13 69 261 39
Spain 512 3,866 213 64 340 28 431 1,946 176
Sweden 255 1,113 95 34 146 12 213 505 78
Switzerland 210 1,322 96 26 126 14 218 724 126
Turkey 11 90 12 1 4 1 51 240 55
Rest of Europe 193 2,104 102 31 158 14 325 1,960 162
Europe 6,625 38,201 2,373 1,313 5,733 406 6,464 21,656 2,237
- of which EU25 5,997 34,776 2,085 1,241 5,348 371 5,875 19,038 1,851
- of which EU15 5,510 27,882 1,894 1,174 5,088 356 5,038 14,677 1,632
Egypt 7 84 8 0 1 0 9 82 15
Tunisia 1 2 0 . . . 1 5 1
Other North Africa 9 171 8 . . . 12 196 11
South Africa 86 1,091 58 11 66 4 55 406 53
Other Africa 87 2,207 98 0 1 1 60 802 99
Israel 37 312 25 6 27 3 41 146 23
United Arab Emirates 38 440 63 1 9 0 26 209 28
Other Middle East 81 1,179 153 2 22 3 52 559 88
Hong Kong (China) 50 385 34 10 50 5 37 217 50
Other China 31 312 35 10 55 5 56 622 70
India 63 1,034 36 15 38 2 91 1,942 104
Japan 157 1,075 97 53 292 27 89 676 87
Pakistan 19 506 21 . . . 14 165 14
Sri Lanka 5 85 5 . . . 4 76 3
Thailand 14 110 16 3 21 1 12 91 8
Other Asia 173 1,132 79 50 129 8 85 612 105
Australia 397 4,408 282 53 318 18 70 548 70
New Zealand 72 973 44 4 40 2 17 155 17
Barbados 6 90 4 . . . 2 8 2
Jamaica 3 20 1 1 2 0 1 4 0
Other Caribbean 12 150 10 . . . 15 99 20
Mexico 52 344 17 12 135 2 10 42 7
Other Central & Sth.America 73 601 37 25 96 6 45 420 45
Rest of the World 0 1 0 . . . 3 48 3
Other Countries 1,474 16,714 1,131 255 1,300 89 806 8,129 923
Total World 9,713 66,748 4,516 1,875 8,894 652 8,168 34,731 4,055

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4.04 Number of visits, nights and spending by purpose and by country of residence 2005

Visiting friends or relatives Miscellaneous Total

visits nights spending visits nights spending visits nights spending


(thousands) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) (thousands) ( million)

Canada 361 4,741 147 80 1,033 43 796 8,786 438


USA 873 8,717 374 407 3,861 339 3,438 26,346 2,384
North America 1,235 13,459 522 487 4,894 382 4,234 35,132 2,822
Austria 69 624 22 39 461 30 287 2,078 133
Belgium 206 919 36 204 515 38 1,112 3,133 226
Bulgaria 2 120 1 3 31 1 39 561 16
Czech Republic 75 980 17 22 193 6 292 2,529 81
Cyprus 58 727 26 15 262 24 108 1,328 83
Denmark 132 1,213 37 47 208 20 538 3,028 213
Finland 38 261 12 20 315 9 174 1,219 68
France 918 6,122 191 332 4,136 148 3,324 16,722 796
Germany 802 5,669 181 216 2,466 108 3,294 18,098 998
Gibraltar 16 121 8 12 62 4 32 199 16
Greece 75 693 93 21 420 23 199 1,621 179
Hungary 54 486 11 28 1,135 30 274 2,774 103
Iceland 12 63 4 18 41 5 77 340 44
Irish Republic 1,134 5,018 280 505 1,597 203 2,806 10,204 895
Italy 243 2,404 67 134 2,623 99 1,186 9,703 561
Luxembourg 16 73 3 5 18 1 49 186 17
Malta 20 206 8 9 45 4 53 415 24
Netherlands 419 2,368 68 124 772 45 1,720 7,187 453
Norway 120 883 47 94 756 61 627 3,082 273
Poland 316 7,574 109 139 7,578 129 1,041 20,893 389
Portugal 40 499 17 34 785 22 222 2,129 115
Spain 665 6,545 195 178 3,781 112 1,786 16,139 697
Sweden 180 1,146 49 79 874 36 728 3,638 259
Switzerland 217 1,271 75 54 864 58 699 4,181 356
Turkey 25 376 12 12 402 24 99 1,108 103
Rest of Europe 182 3,967 87 100 4,804 124 799 12,834 476
Europe 6,032 50,330 1,655 2,444 35,145 1,365 21,565 145,331 7,656
- of which EU25 5,554 46,054 1,457 2,200 31,846 1,169 19,626 131,715 6,585
- of which EU15 4,936 33,556 1,251 1,939 18,971 894 17,424 95,085 5,691
Egypt 8 198 12 6 175 10 30 539 46
Tunisia 2 23 1 4 67 5 8 97 7
Other North Africa 5 96 4 7 512 10 33 975 33
South Africa 141 2,630 97 25 737 25 306 4,864 235
Other Africa 128 3,456 102 36 434 27 311 6,899 327
Israel 50 571 24 11 168 4 140 1,197 77
United Arab Emirates 51 845 46 18 240 23 133 1,734 160
Other Middle East 82 1,793 103 37 936 114 252 4,466 458
Hong Kong (China) 40 557 42 20 736 51 146 1,896 178
Other China 25 591 17 19 729 34 131 2,255 156
India 87 3,736 50 31 1,058 35 272 7,770 226
Japan 43 537 18 43 1,489 67 332 3,777 269
Pakistan 44 2,103 43 14 1,437 76 91 4,212 155
Sri Lanka 10 337 6 3 59 3 23 557 18
Thailand 20 507 13 6 201 8 52 909 45
Other Asia 114 1,930 63 40 1,177 49 412 4,850 296
Australia 371 6,646 250 81 1,096 44 919 12,699 647
New Zealand 107 1,965 72 14 293 6 210 3,386 139
Barbados 4 113 3 5 15 2 16 226 12
Jamaica 8 254 3 3 12 1 15 290 6
Other Caribbean 32 930 40 15 398 11 73 1,577 81
Mexico 8 85 4 9 347 13 78 818 41
Other Central & Sth.America 36 602 24 24 953 46 179 2,575 153
Rest of the World 3 100 2 1 1 0 7 149 5
Other Countries 1,421 30,605 1,042 470 13,270 665 4,171 68,718 3,770
Total World 8,687 94,393 3,218 3,401 53,309 2,412 29,970 249,181 14,248

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4.05 Average stay, spend per visit and per day by purpose and by country of residence 2005

Holiday visits Business visits

total of which inclusive tour

average average average

stay spend per spend per stay spend per spend per stay spend per spend per
(nights) visit () day () (nights) visit () day () (nights) visit () day ()

Canada 9 577 61 6 427 67 6 1,000 165


USA 7 637 92 6 522 86 5 997 183
North America 7 627 86 6 513 84 6 997 181
Austria 8 499 65 5 527 98 4 401 112
Belgium 3 211 64 4 292 82 2 220 124
Bulgaria 5 243 47 8 288 36 13 438 33
Czech Republic 15 437 29 4 212 54 3 235 86
Cyprus 14 665 46 3 370 144 5 1,203 264
Denmark 5 378 83 5 367 72 4 511 117
Finland 5 367 69 3 341 103 6 447 78
France 4 207 54 4 227 59 2 234 99
Germany 6 327 57 5 299 62 3 294 101
Gibraltar 4 613 152 . . . 3 1,034 371
Greece 6 638 113 4 606 142 4 599 149
Hungary 8 353 45 5 56 10 5 305 64
Iceland 4 565 126 3 399 156 6 881 159
Irish Republic 4 325 92 4 350 85 2 368 149
Italy 6 455 74 5 304 66 5 528 101
Luxembourg 5 513 95 4 338 82 2 437 238
Malta 7 446 61 5 1,323 265 5 505 99
Netherlands 5 335 62 3 314 94 2 249 134
Norway 4 349 92 5 332 66 3 522 185
Poland 18 371 20 3 141 48 6 197 35
Portugal 7 465 63 7 376 50 4 565 149
Spain 8 416 55 5 430 81 5 408 90
Sweden 4 374 86 4 360 84 2 364 154
Switzerland 6 460 73 5 517 107 3 576 174
Turkey 8 1,133 138 5 1,717 364 5 1,069 228
Rest of Europe 11 528 48 5 451 90 6 497 82
Europe 6 346 60 4 309 71 3 346 103
- of which EU25 6 334 58 4 299 69 3 315 97
- of which EU15 5 329 65 4 304 70 3 324 111
Egypt 12 1,190 97 6 1,200 200 9 1,621 184
Tunisia 3 570 205 . . . 4 1,123 293
Other North Africa 19 940 49 . . . 16 847 54
South Africa 13 674 53 6 416 68 7 964 130
Other Africa 25 1,124 44 7 3,373 482 13 1,652 123
Israel 8 665 80 4 570 131 4 575 161
United Arab Emirates 12 1,670 144 13 325 25 8 1,076 133
Other Middle East 15 1,888 129 11 1,623 152 11 1,704 158
Hong Kong (China) 8 689 89 5 458 93 6 1,355 231
Other China 10 1,140 113 5 527 100 11 1,237 112
India 16 573 35 3 148 56 21 1,145 54
Japan 7 615 90 6 503 91 8 979 129
Pakistan 27 1,085 41 . . . 12 1,016 87
Sri Lanka 16 992 62 . . . 18 734 41
Thailand 8 1,088 141 7 471 70 8 703 91
Other Asia 7 454 70 3 158 61 7 1,230 171
Australia 11 709 64 6 343 57 8 995 127
New Zealand 14 618 46 9 403 46 9 980 108
Barbados 15 676 46 . . . 5 1,382 257
Jamaica 6 178 30 3 213 71 5 269 57
Other Caribbean 12 776 63 . . . 7 1,361 199
Mexico 7 331 50 12 206 18 4 672 155
Other Central & Sth.America 8 507 62 4 243 62 9 1,008 108
Rest of the World 7 313 45 . . . 16 921 59
Other Countries 11 767 68 5 349 69 10 1,144 113
Total World 7 457 66 5 348 73 4 496 117

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4.05 Average stay, spend per visit and per day by purpose and by country of residence 2005

Visiting friends or relatives Miscellaneous Total visits

average average average

stay spend per spend per stay spend per spend per stay spend per spend per
(nights) visit () day () (nights) visit () day () (nights) visit () day ()

Canada 13 407 31 13 540 42 11 547 50


USA 10 429 43 9 832 88 8 691 90
North America 11 423 39 10 784 78 8 664 80
Austria 9 315 35 12 774 66 7 461 64
Belgium 4 175 39 3 186 74 3 203 72
Bulgaria 59 567 10 9 291 32 14 409 28
Czech Republic 13 222 17 9 251 29 9 279 32
Cyprus 13 446 35 18 1,649 93 12 769 62
Denmark 9 278 30 4 420 95 6 396 70
Finland 7 310 45 16 442 28 7 387 55
France 7 208 31 12 446 36 5 239 48
Germany 7 226 32 11 501 44 5 303 55
Gibraltar 8 497 65 5 336 62 6 498 81
Greece 9 1,238 134 20 1,089 54 8 902 111
Hungary 9 197 22 40 1,075 27 10 376 37
Iceland 5 354 65 2 308 133 4 555 126
Irish Republic 4 247 56 3 401 127 4 315 87
Italy 10 277 28 20 738 38 8 472 58
Luxembourg 5 178 39 4 278 73 4 355 93
Malta 10 399 39 5 474 95 8 441 57
Netherlands 6 163 29 6 366 59 4 263 63
Norway 7 394 53 8 643 80 5 435 88
Poland 24 345 14 55 931 17 20 372 19
Portugal 12 431 35 23 654 29 10 519 54
Spain 10 293 30 21 627 30 9 389 43
Sweden 6 273 43 11 457 41 5 355 71
Switzerland 6 346 59 16 1,085 67 6 509 85
Turkey 15 492 32 32 1,926 59 11 1,039 93
Rest of Europe 22 477 22 48 1,251 26 16 594 37
Europe 8 274 33 14 558 39 7 350 52
- of which EU25 8 262 32 14 531 37 7 330 49
- of which EU15 7 253 37 10 461 47 5 321 59
Egypt 24 1,501 63 30 1,714 58 18 1,509 85
Tunisia 12 295 25 18 1,334 72 13 962 75
Other North Africa 21 863 41 78 1,472 19 30 1,001 33
South Africa 19 691 37 30 1,009 34 16 761 48
Other Africa 27 798 30 12 747 61 22 1,048 47
Israel 11 480 42 15 386 26 9 549 64
United Arab Emirates 17 890 54 13 1,268 97 13 1,200 92
Other Middle East 22 1,244 57 26 3,103 122 18 1,816 102
Hong Kong (China) 14 1,053 75 38 2,616 70 13 1,214 94
Other China 24 698 29 39 1,804 46 17 1,192 69
India 43 575 13 34 1,139 33 29 829 29
Japan 12 421 34 35 1,570 45 11 810 71
Pakistan 47 978 21 105 5,587 53 46 1,697 37
Sri Lanka 33 560 17 17 983 58 24 754 31
Thailand 25 652 26 31 1,218 39 17 852 49
Other Asia 17 554 33 29 1,213 41 12 716 61
Australia 18 675 38 14 542 40 14 702 51
New Zealand 18 673 37 21 410 19 16 662 41
Barbados 26 800 31 3 427 130 14 705 51
Jamaica 33 411 12 4 493 125 19 366 19
Other Caribbean 29 1,262 43 27 778 29 22 1,103 51
Mexico 11 562 50 38 1,464 38 11 527 50
Other Central & Sth.America 17 667 40 39 1,878 48 14 853 59
Rest of the World 30 643 21 1 65 65 20 689 34
Other Countries 22 733 34 28 1,415 50 16 901 55
Total World 11 370 34 16 709 45 8 471 57

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4.06 Number of visits and spending by length of stay and by country of residence 2005

Nil nights 1 to 3 nights 4 to 13 nights 14 to 27 nights

visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending


(thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million)

Canada 5 3 217 51 365 205 151 101


USA 51 15 1,210 475 1,735 1,239 317 355
North America 56 17 1,428 526 2,100 1,445 468 455
Austria 16 1 112 29 119 58 26 23
Belgium 231 12 626 119 226 75 20 12
Bulgaria . . 23 1 8 5 4 5
Czech Republic 22 1 133 19 98 33 14 4
Cyprus 1 0 21 10 56 33 21 21
Denmark 31 4 264 84 212 87 17 12
Finland 5 0 82 28 75 31 4 3
France 491 21 1,558 284 1,052 304 144 81
Germany 267 15 1,503 312 1,236 440 225 136
Gibraltar . . 12 4 18 12 1 0
Greece 4 0 63 24 106 115 19 28
Hungary 16 0 107 14 109 40 17 10
Iceland . . 39 15 35 20 4 7
Irish Republic 268 33 1,662 480 800 307 56 37
Italy 24 3 482 129 510 223 128 106
Luxembourg 4 1 24 8 20 8 1 1
Malta 0 0 15 5 28 13 7 3
Netherlands 228 12 962 211 433 143 78 45
Norway 69 6 297 110 232 114 16 7
Poland 37 3 393 39 268 75 132 57
Portugal 4 0 92 30 92 42 16 12
Spain 45 4 676 156 816 304 126 78
Sweden 22 2 398 122 271 107 24 15
Switzerland 46 5 344 129 237 133 56 47
Turkey 2 0 34 14 43 37 9 27
Rest of Europe 9 2 311 74 306 178 77 53
Europe 1,840 126 10,232 2,448 7,404 2,938 1,243 830
- of which EU25 1,722 114 9,363 2,124 6,662 2,486 1,112 705
- of which EU15 1,638 107 8,503 2,015 5,969 2,246 885 588
Egypt 1 0 9 5 11 16 4 4
Tunisia . . 1 1 3 3 1 0
Other North Africa . . 10 3 9 7 6 7
South Africa 2 2 76 24 129 91 66 61
Other Africa 2 2 62 33 110 112 70 89
Israel 2 1 45 16 72 35 10 13
United Arab Emirates 2 1 36 26 61 64 18 22
Other Middle East 2 2 47 31 104 153 54 119
Hong Kong (China) 1 1 46 21 70 77 18 30
Other China 0 0 27 9 56 54 29 41
India 2 0 72 24 91 61 39 35
Japan 3 1 127 41 146 108 29 26
Pakistan . . 11 3 27 22 16 11
Sri Lanka 0 1 4 1 9 7 4 2
Thailand 1 0 13 4 18 16 12 14
Other Asia 4 1 168 73 157 115 50 35
Australia 7 3 232 51 368 222 193 197
New Zealand 0 0 41 8 92 47 39 35
Barbados . . 2 1 12 8 1 1
Jamaica . . 6 1 3 1 2 1
Other Caribbean . . 24 14 21 14 18 21
Mexico 2 0 40 9 24 16 8 3
Other Central & Sth.America 3 1 63 24 78 54 16 22
Rest of the World . . 2 0 3 3 0 0
Other Countries 36 15 1,162 420 1,673 1,305 700 788
Total World 1,931 158 12,821 3,395 11,177 5,688 2,411 2,073

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4.06 Number of visits and spending by length of stay and by country of residence 2005

28 to 90 nights 3 to 6 months 6 months to 1 year Total

visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending


(thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million)

Canada 53 61 5 16 1 1 796 438


USA 109 228 15 67 1 5 3,438 2,384
North America 162 289 19 83 2 6 4,234 2,822
Austria 14 21 . . . . 287 133
Belgium 8 9 . . . . 1,112 226
Bulgaria 3 5 2 1 . . 39 16
Czech Republic 24 16 1 8 . . 292 81
Cyprus 9 13 1 6 . . 108 83
Denmark 13 24 . . 1 3 538 213
Finland 3 2 4 3 . . 174 68
France 68 86 11 15 1 5 3,324 796
Germany 57 81 4 9 2 5 3,294 998
Gibraltar 1 0 . . . . 32 16
Greece 7 9 1 3 . . 199 179
Hungary 21 22 3 4 1 13 274 103
Iceland . . . . . . 77 44
Irish Republic 16 8 5 29 . . 2,806 895
Italy 34 75 5 9 4 17 1,186 561
Luxembourg . . . . . . 49 17
Malta 3 3 . . . . 53 24
Netherlands 13 20 6 23 . . 1,720 453
Norway 11 31 3 6 . . 627 273
Poland 148 90 52 89 12 37 1,041 389
Portugal 15 26 3 6 . . 222 115
Spain 107 130 11 14 4 11 1,786 697
Sweden 8 6 3 8 . . 728 259
Switzerland 13 23 3 18 . . 699 356
Turkey 11 23 1 1 . . 99 103
Rest of Europe 70 79 14 24 14 65 799 476
Europe 676 802 132 278 39 156 21,565 7,656
- of which EU25 608 681 121 251 38 146 19,626 6,585
- of which EU15 363 496 53 119 12 40 17,424 5,691
Egypt 6 20 . . 0 2 30 46
Tunisia 2 3 . . . . 8 7
Other North Africa 6 12 1 2 2 2 33 33
South Africa 25 36 6 17 2 6 307 235
Other Africa 51 59 13 26 3 6 311 328
Israel 9 10 1 3 . . 140 77
United Arab Emirates 15 41 1 6 . . 133 160
Other Middle East 39 128 5 23 1 4 252 458
Hong Kong (China) 8 19 3 20 1 11 147 178
Other China 16 37 4 15 . . 131 156
India 42 43 22 49 4 14 272 226
Japan 19 46 6 38 1 11 332 269
Pakistan 23 29 10 24 5 66 91 155
Sri Lanka 4 5 2 2 . . 23 18
Thailand 8 8 1 2 0 1 52 45
Other Asia 26 49 6 11 3 12 412 296
Australia 108 131 10 32 1 11 919 647
New Zealand 36 42 1 1 1 7 210 139
Barbados 1 1 1 1 . . 16 12
Jamaica 3 2 1 0 . . 15 6
Other Caribbean 6 19 4 8 1 5 73 81
Mexico 3 5 1 4 0 5 78 41
Other Central & Sth.America 13 22 4 13 3 18 179 153
Rest of the World 1 1 0 1 . . 7 5
Other Countries 470 767 101 296 29 179 4,171 3,770
Total World 1,308 1,859 251 657 70 341 29,970 14,248

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4.07 Number of visits by UK port and by country of residence 2005


thousands

Airports

Other
Heathrow Gatwick Manchester Stansted England Scotland Wales

Canada 419 85 63 26 32 104 2


USA 1,946 549 153 93 155 150 5
North America 2,365 635 216 119 187 254 7
Austria 82 5 6 126 17 11 1
Belgium 93 8 26 6 102 22 3
Bulgaria 5 12 1 . 1 . .
Czech Republic 33 22 10 58 28 11 4
Cyprus 57 7 17 12 9 3 1
Denmark 98 112 41 152 77 17 .
Finland 81 0 22 57 6 4 1
France 326 155 74 210 435 70 3
Germany 629 132 168 764 522 149 9
Gibraltar 3 14 4 . 8 . 2
Greece 96 28 13 4 41 6 1
Hungary 27 10 5 36 94 3 .
Iceland 37 1 . 26 1 12 .
Irish Republic 435 213 186 337 779 151 56
Italy 244 123 28 428 207 66 1
Luxembourg 2 3 1 2 21 4 .
Malta 15 17 5 3 7 4 .
Netherlands 221 70 59 121 382 66 11
Norway 149 24 34 191 44 43 3
Poland 68 46 21 105 198 14 .
Portugal 92 29 10 34 7 5 1
Spain 301 273 83 414 472 56 7
Sweden 208 9 55 216 101 119 .
Switzerland 240 67 32 29 280 13 .
Turkey 60 1 11 2 4 1 .
Rest of Europe 256 117 22 106 53 14 .
Europe 3,858 1,496 933 3,437 3,897 865 105
- of which EU25 3,152 1,329 844 3,161 3,543 793 99
- of which EU15 2,907 1,158 772 2,869 3,170 747 94
Egypt 25 1 1 . 1 1 .
Tunisia 6 1 . . 1 . .
Other North Africa 26 2 . . . . .
South Africa 226 34 4 5 12 5 .
Other Africa 226 42 5 5 11 6 .
Israel 94 5 7 19 5 . .
United Arab Emirates 84 15 9 2 14 8 .
Other Middle East 200 6 13 3 13 3 .
Hong Kong (China) 123 3 4 . 4 . 1
Other China 101 1 3 3 3 5 .
India 208 4 14 5 26 1 .
Japan 251 5 6 6 14 3 1
Pakistan 60 5 14 . 9 2 .
Sri Lanka 19 2 . . 2 . .
Thailand 36 2 2 . 6 2 .
Other Asia 243 9 26 11 24 5 .
Australia 547 45 41 36 62 32 3
New Zealand 125 12 9 18 9 7 2
Barbados 1 10 1 . 2 . .
Jamaica 9 5 1 . . . .
Other Caribbean 32 33 1 1 3 . .
Mexico 27 7 3 10 7 1 .
Other Central & Sth.America 104 14 3 3 11 2 .
Rest of the World 4 1 . 2 . 1 .
Other Countries 2,778 262 166 131 241 84 8
Total World 9,001 2,394 1,315 3,687 4,325 1,202 120

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4.07 Number of visits by UK port and by country of residence 2005


thousands

Sea and Channel Tunnel Total

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

Air Sea and Channel Tunnel

All Private Goods Vehicle type Total sea and


travellers Foot vehicle Coach vehicle unknown Channel Tunnel

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

Leisure Business Leisure Business

visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending


(thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million)

Canada 326 156 78 75 373 183 19 21


USA 1,260 767 611 607 1,376 809 191 192
North America 1,586 924 689 683 1,750 992 209 213
Austria 91 41 73 30 103 54 21 8
Belgium 383 67 317 72 328 71 84 16
Bulgaria 7 2 23 4 3 1 6 9
Czech Republic 65 28 108 23 99 24 19 7
Cyprus 42 36 14 19 48 27 3 2
Denmark 165 58 126 64 217 75 30 16
Finland 62 21 43 18 61 23 9 5
France 1,091 275 797 179 1,235 286 200 55
Germany 1,123 360 909 251 1,093 320 168 65
Gibraltar 16 7 2 3 13 6 1 0
Greece 69 44 33 21 84 108 12 6
Hungary 83 29 96 24 76 38 20 11
Iceland 29 15 13 8 28 10 7 9
Irish Republic 1,194 395 372 129 1,115 305 125 53
Italy 442 191 278 141 398 186 68 41
Luxembourg 18 7 12 6 15 4 4 1
Malta 21 9 5 3 26 11 2 1
Netherlands 536 137 545 134 539 155 99 27
Norway 257 101 91 44 250 109 29 18
Poland 325 162 338 60 325 149 53 17
Portugal 80 38 53 30 73 39 16 9
Spain 678 272 350 126 678 248 80 50
Sweden 249 96 161 57 265 85 52 20
Switzerland 233 132 173 99 247 98 45 27
Turkey 28 24 39 43 20 24 13 12
Rest of Europe 202 148 266 105 273 165 58 56
Europe 7,489 2,735 5,238 1,695 7,612 2,658 1,226 542
- of which EU25 6,826 2,397 4,784 1,420 6,925 2,314 1,091 431
- of which EU15 6,182 2,042 4,070 1,260 6,204 1,997 968 372
Egypt 10 11 9 15 11 19 0 0
Tunisia 2 2 1 1 4 4 . .
Other North Africa 10 13 12 9 10 9 1 1
South Africa 119 96 39 41 133 85 15 12
Other Africa 128 135 48 83 123 92 12 16
Israel 52 32 33 20 47 21 7 4
United Arab Emirates 57 68 21 22 51 65 4 6
Other Middle East 122 235 49 82 78 134 3 6
Hong Kong (China) 58 62 29 38 52 66 8 12
Other China 30 34 43 43 44 52 13 27
India 103 77 82 90 78 44 10 14
Japan 109 80 80 79 134 101 9 8
Pakistan 59 124 14 14 18 16 . .
Sri Lanka 9 10 4 3 10 4 1 0
Thailand 22 23 6 4 19 13 6 4
Other Asia 175 123 69 85 152 68 16 19
Australia 394 269 55 57 455 307 15 13
New Zealand 84 55 11 12 109 66 6 5
Barbados 6 5 1 1 8 5 1 1
Jamaica 3 1 1 0 11 5 0 0
Other Caribbean 26 26 12 18 33 35 2 2
Mexico 33 17 9 6 35 18 1 1
Other Central & Sth.America 68 55 30 30 66 52 15 16
Rest of the World 2 1 3 3 2 1 . .
Other Countries 1,681 1,556 661 756 1,683 1,281 145 166
Total World 10,757 5,215 6,587 3,133 11,045 4,932 1,581 922

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4.10 Number of visits and spending by age group and by country of residence 2005

Age 0-15 Age 16-24 Age 25-34 Age 35-44

visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending


(thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million)

Canada 22 5 78 35 124 71 134 87


USA 136 52 424 299 594 385 720 573
North America 157 57 503 334 719 456 853 660
Austria 35 23 44 17 57 28 61 21
Belgium 114 12 94 26 270 55 316 62
Bulgaria 1 1 4 2 11 10 15 1
Czech Republic 14 3 37 20 103 29 83 19
Cyprus 9 3 13 20 12 8 16 13
Denmark 31 9 49 14 123 62 115 47
Finland 6 2 19 10 62 22 34 13
France 377 80 445 144 767 185 701 148
Germany 268 65 408 136 718 230 815 250
Gibraltar . . 3 1 7 3 6 3
Greece 8 2 21 19 51 26 42 33
Hungary 8 1 48 32 86 19 70 28
Iceland 3 1 11 6 14 7 20 15
Irish Republic 179 31 310 103 690 249 612 194
Italy 93 63 147 83 331 133 285 130
Luxembourg 4 1 4 1 8 4 16 7
Malta 1 0 6 3 7 4 12 4
Netherlands 93 15 172 57 390 104 485 120
Norway 42 12 82 39 126 77 144 62
Poland 43 7 264 145 347 130 208 54
Portugal 21 6 16 5 60 24 49 29
Spain 100 30 208 122 489 209 422 143
Sweden 33 9 81 33 156 52 165 58
Switzerland 32 11 63 53 164 77 212 109
Turkey 2 1 9 20 21 20 37 43
Rest of Europe 29 19 188 136 241 154 173 83
Europe 1,543 410 2,744 1,259 5,314 1,940 5,117 1,706
- of which EU25 1,444 371 2,518 1,098 4,856 1,651 4,590 1,413
- of which EU15 1,361 352 2,017 782 4,174 1,403 4,120 1,273
Egypt 1 0 4 3 7 15 7 7
Tunisia . . . 0 4 4 0 0
Other North Africa 2 5 4 7 4 5 8 8
South Africa 12 4 28 23 47 29 58 43
Other Africa 18 10 16 16 61 56 84 96
Israel 5 3 15 5 40 22 23 18
United Arab Emirates 10 5 8 13 35 45 41 38
Other Middle East 12 16 23 55 59 105 57 98
Hong Kong (China) 10 9 12 35 34 32 41 43
Other China 8 6 14 27 31 34 39 50
India 8 3 19 17 68 90 63 57
Japan 14 7 47 47 89 97 73 44
Pakistan 5 7 12 72 14 14 21 27
Sri Lanka 0 0 2 2 3 3 5 5
Thailand 2 2 3 1 12 8 17 20
Other Asia 20 7 39 31 105 65 104 67
Australia 49 26 125 66 190 123 134 92
New Zealand 7 3 11 7 42 28 30 21
Barbados 2 1 0 0 2 1 5 4
Jamaica 1 0 . 0 2 0 5 2
Other Caribbean 3 2 6 4 15 13 14 12
Mexico 3 2 17 12 19 9 18 8
Other Central & Sth.America 3 3 27 32 43 44 44 39
Rest of the World 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Other Countries 194 122 433 476 928 842 892 801
Total World 1,895 589 3,680 2,069 6,960 3,238 6,863 3,168

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4.10 Number of visits and spending by age group and by country of residence 2005

Age 45-54 Age 55-64 Age 65 and over Total

visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending


(thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million)

Canada 156 90 175 94 106 56 796 438


USA 742 489 531 367 292 220 3,438 2,384
North America 898 579 706 460 398 276 4,234 2,822
Austria 58 27 22 13 10 4 287 133
Belgium 196 44 99 22 23 5 1,112 226
Bulgaria 8 3 1 0 . . 39 16
Czech Republic 25 5 23 4 6 1 292 81
Cyprus 27 24 21 10 9 5 108 83
Denmark 102 40 90 32 28 10 538 213
Finland 28 14 21 6 4 1 174 68
France 576 129 325 76 133 34 3,324 796
Germany 594 154 331 114 160 49 3,294 998
Gibraltar 8 8 5 1 3 1 32 16
Greece 46 75 21 20 9 3 199 179
Hungary 47 16 14 7 1 1 274 103
Iceland 18 8 9 5 3 2 77 44
Irish Republic 518 168 322 100 175 50 2,806 895
Italy 181 88 106 46 44 18 1,186 561
Luxembourg 8 3 5 1 4 0 49 17
Malta 7 3 13 7 7 2 53 24
Netherlands 359 104 174 36 47 16 1,720 453
Norway 137 53 73 23 23 7 627 273
Poland 115 38 57 15 8 1 1,041 389
Portugal 35 24 30 18 11 8 222 115
Spain 245 82 221 77 102 34 1,786 697
Sweden 157 59 107 38 28 11 728 259
Switzerland 127 49 75 40 26 16 699 356
Turkey 18 12 11 5 1 0 99 103
Rest of Europe 123 61 36 20 9 4 799 476
Europe 3,761 1,304 2,213 749 873 288 21,565 7,656
- of which EU25 3,390 1,131 2,019 663 810 258 19,626 6,585
- of which EU15 3,100 1,024 1,874 610 777 247 17,424 5,691
Egypt 5 7 5 10 2 4 30 46
Tunisia 2 2 1 1 . . 8 7
Other North Africa 10 4 2 3 2 1 33 33
South Africa 62 47 64 56 37 32 306 235
Other Africa 70 95 42 41 19 15 311 327
Israel 26 14 19 8 14 7 140 77
United Arab Emirates 28 51 8 5 2 3 133 160
Other Middle East 63 99 32 73 6 12 252 458
Hong Kong (China) 34 34 11 21 4 4 146 178
Other China 27 32 9 4 3 1 131 156
India 56 37 40 18 18 5 272 226
Japan 62 45 41 25 7 5 332 269
Pakistan 20 19 9 10 10 6 91 155
Sri Lanka 4 4 5 3 3 1 23 18
Thailand 13 8 6 4 . . 52 45
Other Asia 86 69 44 48 13 8 412 296
Australia 171 120 173 154 80 66 919 647
New Zealand 47 29 46 31 27 20 210 139
Barbados 2 2 5 4 1 1 16 12
Jamaica 2 1 3 2 2 0 15 6
Other Caribbean 21 24 9 15 5 10 73 81
Mexico 9 6 9 3 3 2 78 41
Other Central & Sth.America 34 21 18 10 9 4 179 153
Rest of the World 4 3 1 1 . . 7 5
Other Countries 855 773 602 550 267 205 4,171 3,770
Total World 5,514 2,655 3,520 1,759 1,537 769 29,970 14,248

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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

Visits Visits Visits Visits Visits Visits Nights Spending


(thousands) (thousands) (thousands) (thousands) (thousands) (thousands) (thousands) ( million)

Bedfordshire 55 5 89 118 18 280 1,762 93


Berkshire 94 13 195 206 33 528 3,951 207
Bristol UA 101 33 129 126 42 398 2,559 136
Buckinghamshire 53 3 121 140 14 328 2,619 125
Cambridgeshire 147 19 170 187 69 573 5,087 216
Cheshire 78 17 112 127 26 343 1,811 92
Cornwall 168 32 21 92 6 287 1,870 117
Cumbria 109 14 23 70 8 210 1,436 58
Derbyshire 26 1 62 71 8 167 926 47
Devon 191 51 65 145 49 449 4,030 174
Dorset 121 33 28 109 47 306 2,636 125
Durham 24 4 28 49 18 119 1,158 43
East Sussex 266 105 75 166 70 577 4,861 217
East Yorkshire 7 . 4 12 . 22 150 5
Essex 120 26 113 241 79 552 3,500 144
Gloucestershire 92 14 64 118 22 295 2,026 100
Hampshire 133 12 128 208 36 505 3,875 183
Hereford/Worcs 47 4 45 85 15 193 2,926 65
Hertfordshire 76 11 108 187 39 409 4,611 158
Hull UA 5 0 26 28 5 65 660 20
Isle of Wight 30 5 6 11 3 49 393 18
Kent 259 87 203 248 82 792 6,088 191
Lancashire 58 4 69 137 35 300 3,521 110
Leicestershire 48 1 76 108 26 258 2,270 88
Lincolnshire 34 0 38 95 11 177 1,597 50
London 5,859 1,218 3,175 3,462 1,397 13,893 91,843 6,859
Manchester 204 18 386 349 140 1,079 7,499 405
Merseyside 124 10 127 170 118 539 3,892 217
Norfolk 47 2 35 104 27 213 1,779 55
Northamptonshire 43 4 85 69 14 211 1,471 69
Northumberland 27 7 8 18 3 56 309 14
North Yorkshire 206 57 61 126 21 414 2,253 103
Nottinghamshire 56 0 109 149 22 337 3,282 121
Oxfordshire 185 56 162 144 65 557 4,520 220
Shropshire 36 7 29 39 9 113 839 30
Somerset 214 67 55 162 38 469 3,134 152
South Yorkshire 32 4 61 122 23 239 1,662 61
Staffordshire 19 2 62 77 9 167 1,500 55
Surrey 141 18 164 278 108 691 3,934 202
Suffolk 53 4 52 90 20 215 1,374 43
Tees Valley 8 1 12 30 1 52 569 22
Tyne & Wear 105 9 130 106 37 378 3,015 127
Warwickshire 82 17 67 76 15 240 1,182 84
West Midlands 158 20 474 305 70 1,007 6,866 299
West Sussex 85 24 72 146 36 339 2,445 107
West Yorkshire 70 9 96 190 37 392 3,410 188
Wiltshire 108 26 51 96 23 278 1,575 64
England unspecified 12 2 14 19 5 50 309 23
Total England 8,355 1,715 6,465 7,751 2,752 25,323 214,986 12,302
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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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

Visits Visits Visits Visits Visits Visits Nights Spending


(thousands) (thousands) (thousands) (thousands) (thousands) (thousands) (thousands) ( million)

Argyle 102 18 1 35 4 141 668 36


Borders 28 1 0 24 1 53 295 12
Central 89 13 7 50 1 147 853 37
Dumfries & Galloway 23 1 13 20 2 59 481 26
Fife 52 5 12 53 9 126 887 58
Grampian 107 17 20 61 4 192 1,192 62
Greater Glasgow 347 74 158 224 46 775 5,051 228
Highlands 393 84 32 64 10 498 2,479 146
Islands 20 5 4 9 0 34 206 11
Lothian 666 162 162 295 76 1,199 7,642 421
Strathclyde 113 9 15 71 6 205 1,191 64
Tayside 117 17 19 68 15 219 2,937 93
Scotland unspecified 29 6 13 6 2 50 449 14
Total Scotland 1,097 210 401 750 144 2,392 24,330 1,208

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

Northern Ireland 56 9 63 121 52 292 1,651 131


Nights spent Travelling 36 24 199 15 164 414 461 18
Isle of Man 5 1 2 5 . 12 125 5
Channel Islands 6 . 1 8 1 16 124 9
UK area unknown 16 4 7 1 2 25 100 27
All staying Visits 9,237 1,875 7,010 8,622 3,168 28,038 249,181 14,011
Nil Nights 44 . 96 17 10 167 0 10
All visits to the UK 9,713 1,875 8,168 8,687 3,401 29,970 249,181 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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Number of visits abroad by UK residents in 2005


by country of visit

UK Visits Overseas (thousands)

10,000

5,000

1,000

500

100

10

few/no recorded visits


by UK residents*
*based on a threshold of 10 thousand visits
note - the highest value recorded is 11,077 thousand

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5.01 Number of visits and spending by mode of travel and by region and purpose of visit 2005

Air Sea Channel Tunnel Total

visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending


(thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million)

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

January - March April - June July - September October - December

visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending


(thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million)

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

London Other England Scotland Wales Other UK + not known

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

Total of which inclusive tour

visits nights spending visits nights spending visits nights spending


(thousands) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) (thousands) ( million)

Canada 320 5,215 323 125 1,700 156 60 706 65


USA 2,639 36,258 2,434 903 11,024 887 794 6,348 817
North America 2,959 41,473 2,757 1,028 12,724 1,043 855 7,054 882
Austria 585 4,625 312 389 2,977 211 98 343 48
Belgium 838 2,471 169 305 1,005 70 503 1,031 152
Bulgaria 326 3,807 131 265 2,860 101 17 98 8
Czech Republic 633 2,591 183 223 864 62 74 257 32
Cyprus 1,241 14,840 688 793 8,204 436 20 229 14
Denmark 80 449 22 12 46 4 156 532 64
Finland 65 353 27 19 90 11 54 172 27
France 7,321 51,280 2,577 2,075 12,745 797 1,267 3,819 463
Germany 760 4,605 253 207 1,096 81 971 3,234 321
Gibraltar 34 290 11 7 47 3 15 65 9
Greece 2,242 24,170 1,114 1,857 19,514 908 50 303 30
Hungary 180 733 49 29 98 6 56 237 28
Iceland 55 322 30 27 152 15 8 127 5
Irish Republic 1,697 8,018 498 245 1,293 76 862 2,585 210
Italy 2,394 17,822 1,223 812 6,282 463 437 2,074 179
Luxembourg 15 50 5 6 11 1 47 100 10
Malta 486 5,791 207 321 3,278 126 18 144 8
Netherlands 1,087 4,105 294 221 924 66 641 2,008 189
Norway 142 949 53 35 272 25 78 373 38
Poland 162 1,524 67 21 186 12 100 648 81
Portugal 1,573 15,380 776 644 5,935 327 103 663 48
Spain 12,080 116,798 5,115 5,481 51,241 2,360 460 3,236 277
Sweden 78 537 31 9 34 6 190 795 102
Switzerland 493 3,518 239 141 1,100 88 284 801 125
Turkey 1,185 13,725 567 905 10,147 412 70 382 43
Rest of Europe 429 4,096 205 174 1,579 92 201 1,624 144
Europe 36,180 302,850 14,868 15,222 131,979 6,760 6,782 25,878 2,657
- of which EU25 33,579 275,419 13,642 13,656 115,573 6,020 6,157 22,603 2,317
- of which EU15 30,815 250,664 12,436 12,281 103,193 5,381 5,839 20,893 2,122
Egypt 491 4,979 240 431 4,202 204 35 394 22
Tunisia 331 3,112 114 292 2,568 91 7 28 2
Other North Africa 164 1,699 86 76 631 34 45 463 25
South Africa 249 4,506 327 48 779 70 56 650 65
Other Africa 345 5,935 357 161 2,169 172 84 1,428 82
Israel 38 546 25 11 88 7 20 84 11
United Arab Emirates 255 2,356 218 108 889 91 77 634 79
Other Middle East 60 960 42 20 187 15 57 802 56
Hong Kong (China) 53 738 37 7 50 6 31 428 58
Other China 86 1,694 103 44 648 50 94 1,179 107
India 313 7,058 235 103 1,479 79 91 1,595 137
Japan 24 485 23 2 23 1 62 561 100
Pakistan 55 2,148 39 0 9 0 13 213 12
Sri Lanka 64 1,293 47 32 440 23 6 51 12
Thailand 266 6,602 324 82 1,237 74 24 256 35
Other Asia 279 5,852 263 118 1,704 120 78 1,840 77
Australia 272 11,073 493 32 756 57 51 993 92
New Zealand 106 4,820 241 9 237 26 10 380 19
Barbados 130 1,664 108 81 1,016 63 4 133 5
Jamaica 88 1,560 75 50 702 41 7 81 6
Other Caribbean 657 9,562 459 482 6,501 292 19 310 19
Mexico 236 3,256 173 189 2,586 138 12 88 11
Other Central & Sth.America 157 4,002 194 52 793 75 37 500 43
Rest of the World 316 3,783 426 311 3,532 413 0 4 0
Other Countries 5,036 89,682 4,647 2,743 33,226 2,144 919 13,094 1,073
Total World 44,175 434,005 22,272 18,993 177,930 9,947 8,556 46,026 4,611

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5.04 Number of visits, nights and spending by purpose and by country of visit 2005

Visiting friends or relatives Miscellaneous Total

visits nights spending visits nights spending visits nights spending


(thousands) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) (thousands) ( million)

Canada 232 4,350 105 16 771 23 628 11,042 516


USA 704 12,446 364 104 1,933 82 4,241 56,984 3,697
North America 936 16,796 469 120 2,703 105 4,869 68,027 4,213
Austria 71 861 17 15 118 13 769 5,946 390
Belgium 185 1,032 29 207 137 62 1,733 4,672 413
Bulgaria 20 303 6 5 30 2 367 4,237 147
Czech Republic 62 593 12 16 142 6 786 3,583 233
Cyprus 144 2,614 58 27 212 21 1,431 17,894 781
Denmark 87 634 12 13 62 4 337 1,677 102
Finland 23 269 6 5 185 1 146 979 61
France 1,180 8,385 207 1,327 2,743 343 11,094 66,227 3,590
Germany 647 4,916 120 115 569 35 2,493 13,324 730
Gibraltar 16 118 4 1 4 0 67 476 24
Greece 124 1,920 44 20 523 70 2,435 26,916 1,259
Hungary 58 633 15 8 79 2 302 1,682 95
Iceland 14 319 8 2 9 4 79 777 47
Irish Republic 1,470 9,038 283 192 1,259 42 4,221 20,899 1,033
Italy 437 4,696 128 106 962 165 3,374 25,555 1,696
Luxembourg 17 84 1 31 31 13 110 264 29
Malta 49 676 15 7 179 10 560 6,790 241
Netherlands 387 2,247 59 59 192 17 2,174 8,552 560
Norway 79 740 15 15 55 3 314 2,118 110
Poland 345 4,492 121 30 510 16 637 7,174 286
Portugal 145 1,727 39 34 145 13 1,855 17,916 876
Spain 1,003 10,892 252 294 3,168 152 13,837 134,094 5,796
Sweden 135 1,342 27 11 53 2 414 2,727 161
Switzerland 191 1,289 39 32 154 29 1,001 5,761 433
Turkey 76 1,916 28 36 229 19 1,367 16,252 657
Rest of Europe 266 4,544 127 41 373 34 938 10,637 510
Europe 7,229 66,279 1,673 2,647 12,122 1,081 52,838 407,129 20,279
- of which EU25 6,672 58,128 1,493 2,520 11,305 989 48,928 367,455 18,440
- of which EU15 5,910 48,043 1,223 2,427 10,147 934 44,991 329,747 16,715
Egypt 36 976 15 2 85 0 564 6,434 277
Tunisia 13 158 4 3 29 1 353 3,327 121
Other North Africa 67 1,918 28 2 21 3 278 4,100 142
South Africa 131 2,845 73 13 490 16 449 8,491 481
Other Africa 225 6,136 157 37 1,303 37 692 14,802 634
Israel 44 559 19 4 135 2 106 1,324 57
United Arab Emirates 70 1,505 39 8 98 6 410 4,593 341
Other Middle East 103 3,179 35 58 1,261 51 278 6,202 184
Hong Kong (China) 90 2,659 46 3 173 5 178 3,998 146
Other China 101 3,236 29 9 901 8 290 7,010 247
India 353 10,121 196 39 1,264 39 796 20,038 607
Japan 40 1,026 17 6 325 8 132 2,398 148
Pakistan 316 14,277 213 18 964 20 402 17,603 284
Sri Lanka 42 1,479 22 9 124 5 120 2,947 86
Thailand 58 1,634 49 7 571 11 356 9,063 419
Other Asia 240 8,788 178 13 560 17 610 17,040 535
Australia 302 9,783 291 23 3,068 44 648 24,917 920
New Zealand 82 2,791 89 6 329 18 204 8,320 367
Barbados 14 333 14 2 31 3 151 2,160 129
Jamaica 42 1,371 24 3 71 3 139 3,084 108
Other Caribbean 49 1,324 25 12 228 19 736 11,425 522
Mexico 7 161 2 5 447 6 261 3,951 192
Other Central & Sth.America 54 1,554 34 10 553 16 258 6,608 287
Rest of the World 3 159 6 1 26 0 321 3,972 432
Other Countries 2,483 77,974 1,606 296 13,056 337 8,734 193,806 7,663
Total World 10,648 161,049 3,748 3,063 27,882 1,523 66,441 668,962 32,154

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5.05 Average stay, spend per visit and spend per day by purpose and by country of visit 2005

Holiday visits Business visits

total of which inclusive tour

average average average

stay spend per spend per stay spend per spend per stay spend per spend per
(nights) visit () day () (nights) visit () day () (nights) visit () day ()

Canada 16 1,010 62 14 1,244 92 12 1,079 92


USA 14 922 67 12 982 80 8 1,028 129
North America 14 932 66 12 1,014 82 8 1,032 125
Austria 8 533 67 8 541 71 3 488 140
Belgium 3 202 69 3 231 70 2 303 148
Bulgaria 12 402 34 11 381 35 6 475 80
Czech Republic 4 289 71 4 278 72 3 431 125
Cyprus 12 554 46 10 550 53 12 696 60
Denmark 6 271 48 4 309 79 3 412 121
Finland 5 411 75 5 593 127 3 509 159
France 7 352 50 6 384 63 3 365 121
Germany 6 334 55 5 392 74 3 331 99
Gibraltar 8 334 40 7 398 61 4 578 135
Greece 11 497 46 11 489 47 6 604 100
Hungary 4 273 67 3 214 63 4 501 119
Iceland 6 541 93 6 570 100 16 617 38
Irish Republic 5 294 62 5 309 58 3 243 81
Italy 7 511 69 8 570 74 5 410 86
Luxembourg 3 360 109 2 175 88 2 207 96
Malta 12 427 36 10 394 39 8 441 56
Netherlands 4 270 72 4 297 71 3 295 94
Norway 7 376 56 8 693 90 5 489 102
Poland 9 414 44 9 580 67 6 811 126
Portugal 10 493 50 9 508 55 6 470 73
Spain 10 423 44 9 431 46 7 602 86
Sweden 7 395 57 4 679 174 4 536 128
Switzerland 7 486 68 8 620 80 3 440 156
Turkey 12 479 41 11 456 41 5 608 111
Rest of Europe 10 477 50 9 528 58 8 715 89
Europe 8 410 49 9 444 51 4 392 103
- of which EU25 8 406 49 8 441 52 4 376 102
- of which EU15 8 403 50 8 438 52 4 363 102
Egypt 10 489 48 10 474 49 11 633 56
Tunisia 9 345 37 9 312 36 4 374 89
Other North Africa 10 525 51 8 445 54 10 541 53
South Africa 18 1,310 72 16 1,460 90 12 1,162 101
Other Africa 17 1,034 60 14 1,073 79 17 978 57
Israel 14 650 46 8 651 80 4 544 130
United Arab Emirates 9 855 93 8 839 102 8 1,019 124
Other Middle East 16 695 43 9 757 81 14 988 70
Hong Kong (China) 14 693 50 7 896 130 14 1,872 135
Other China 20 1,196 61 15 1,134 78 13 1,139 91
India 23 750 33 14 766 53 18 1,507 86
Japan 21 990 48 11 564 50 9 1,618 178
Pakistan 39 708 18 20 400 20 17 912 55
Sri Lanka 20 739 36 14 737 53 8 1,833 228
Thailand 25 1,215 49 15 906 60 11 1,465 138
Other Asia 21 942 45 14 1,011 70 24 990 42
Australia 41 1,809 45 23 1,761 75 20 1,808 92
New Zealand 45 2,269 50 27 2,950 109 40 1,956 49
Barbados 13 832 65 13 779 62 30 1,095 36
Jamaica 18 859 48 14 818 58 12 850 73
Other Caribbean 15 698 48 13 605 45 17 1,016 61
Mexico 14 732 53 14 731 53 7 844 120
Other Central & Sth.America 26 1,236 48 15 1,452 95 13 1,158 86
Rest of the World 12 1,345 113 11 1,327 117 9 750 83
Other Countries 18 923 52 12 782 65 14 1,167 82
Total World 10 504 51 9 524 56 5 539 100

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5.05 Average stay, spend per visit and spend per day by purpose and by country of visit 2005

Visiting friends or relatives Miscellaneous Total visits

average average average

stay spend per spend per stay spend per spend per stay spend per spend per
(nights) visit () day () (nights) visit () day () (nights) visit () day ()

Canada 19 452 24 48 1,427 30 18 822 47


USA 18 517 29 19 791 43 13 872 65
North America 18 501 28 22 876 39 14 865 62
Austria 12 235 19 8 859 109 8 506 66
Belgium 6 158 28 1 299 451 3 238 88
Bulgaria 15 326 21 6 400 66 12 401 35
Czech Republic 10 189 20 9 346 39 5 296 65
Cyprus 18 405 22 8 795 100 13 546 44
Denmark 7 133 18 5 336 69 5 303 61
Finland 12 280 24 40 188 5 7 419 63
France 7 175 25 2 258 125 6 324 54
Germany 8 185 24 5 309 62 5 293 55
Gibraltar 7 229 32 3 142 53 7 360 51
Greece 16 353 23 26 3,565 135 11 517 47
Hungary 11 262 24 10 309 30 6 314 56
Iceland 22 588 26 5 2,341 505 10 601 61
Irish Republic 6 193 31 7 219 33 5 245 49
Italy 11 293 27 9 1,557 172 8 503 66
Luxembourg 5 71 14 1 421 426 2 268 111
Malta 14 314 23 26 1,408 54 12 429 35
Netherlands 6 153 26 3 293 90 4 257 65
Norway 9 196 21 4 197 53 7 351 52
Poland 13 353 27 17 537 31 11 449 40
Portugal 12 265 22 4 389 90 10 472 49
Spain 11 251 23 11 518 48 10 419 43
Sweden 10 197 20 5 213 43 7 390 59
Switzerland 7 206 31 5 902 190 6 433 75
Turkey 25 368 15 6 530 84 12 481 40
Rest of Europe 17 478 28 9 824 92 11 544 48
Europe 9 231 25 5 408 89 8 383 50
- of which EU25 9 224 26 4 393 88 8 377 50
- of which EU15 8 207 25 4 385 92 7 371 51
Egypt 27 412 15 36 0 0 11 491 43
Tunisia 13 306 25 9 208 22 9 343 36
Other North Africa 29 421 15 11 1,625 146 15 510 35
South Africa 22 554 26 39 1,278 33 19 1,070 57
Other Africa 27 698 26 35 995 29 21 916 43
Israel 13 443 35 32 409 13 12 536 43
United Arab Emirates 22 553 26 12 720 60 11 832 74
Other Middle East 31 341 11 22 880 41 22 662 30
Hong Kong (China) 29 511 17 56 1,539 27 22 820 36
Other China 32 290 9 95 851 9 24 851 35
India 29 554 19 33 1,019 31 25 762 30
Japan 26 423 17 52 1,261 24 18 1,126 62
Pakistan 45 674 15 53 1,094 21 44 706 16
Sri Lanka 36 533 15 14 560 39 24 712 29
Thailand 28 844 30 78 1,445 19 25 1,176 46
Other Asia 37 742 20 42 1,251 30 28 876 31
Australia 32 964 30 134 1,929 14 38 1,419 37
New Zealand 34 1,078 32 54 2,971 55 41 1,795 44
Barbados 23 958 41 15 1,350 90 14 859 60
Jamaica 33 586 18 24 894 38 22 778 35
Other Caribbean 27 522 19 19 1,550 82 16 708 46
Mexico 23 310 14 87 1,199 14 15 735 49
Other Central & Sth.America 29 627 22 54 1,579 29 26 1,111 43
Rest of the World 48 1,670 35 36 200 6 12 1,345 109
Other Countries 31 647 21 44 1,141 26 22 877 40
Total World 15 352 23 9 497 55 10 484 48

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5.06 Number of visits and spending by length of stay and by country of visit 2005

Nil nights 1 to 3 nights 4 to 13 nights 14 to 27 nights

visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending


(thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million)

Canada . . 7 3 246 147 306 267


USA 3 2 188 94 2,206 1,620 1,602 1,587
North America 3 2 196 97 2,452 1,767 1,909 1,853
Austria 6 1 129 37 561 292 58 39
Belgium 388 65 971 215 338 110 26 12
Bulgaria . . 13 3 174 56 169 76
Czech Republic 1 0 473 123 285 97 18 8
Cyprus . . 22 5 790 335 558 375
Denmark 18 1 186 47 111 37 14 14
Finland 19 2 57 19 55 25 9 9
France 1,790 225 3,629 823 4,392 1,710 1,047 611
Germany 118 10 1,232 293 971 327 125 49
Gibraltar . . 16 3 45 19 5 3
Greece 1 0 44 14 1,344 532 989 638
Hungary 1 0 168 45 105 33 23 9
Iceland . . 21 7 42 27 10 5
Irish Republic 263 13 1,832 382 1,922 522 147 68
Italy 20 2 977 372 1,933 965 366 276
Luxembourg 13 2 71 23 24 4 2 1
Malta . . 19 6 361 119 149 73
Netherlands 118 7 1,345 300 631 202 59 28
Norway 3 0 133 30 142 56 23 19
Poland 6 1 158 44 301 115 132 83
Portugal 4 0 197 59 1,194 517 412 251
Spain 23 4 1,529 414 8,683 3,085 3,242 1,878
Sweden 15 1 203 53 155 56 24 27
Switzerland 48 6 365 108 503 240 77 50
Turkey 2 0 59 21 615 234 642 363
Rest of Europe 1 0 204 76 454 229 216 148
Europe 2,856 338 14,051 3,522 26,130 9,944 8,539 5,111
- of which EU25 2,802 332 13,358 3,312 24,256 9,127 7,402 4,459
- of which EU15 2,795 332 12,402 3,051 22,313 8,385 6,518 3,901
Egypt . . 10 3 370 153 162 106
Tunisia . . 5 1 263 75 82 44
Other North Africa . . 18 5 153 80 73 41
South Africa . . 6 4 157 172 221 232
Other Africa . . 7 7 222 173 312 305
Israel . . 19 7 63 31 15 11
United Arab Emirates . . 21 8 299 246 68 69
Other Middle East . . 17 10 107 62 75 52
Hong Kong (China) . . 4 5 90 63 49 29
Other China . . 8 3 115 90 110 94
India . . 19 5 191 130 378 260
Japan . . 3 2 78 74 29 44
Pakistan . . 3 2 38 29 121 80
Sri Lanka . . 1 3 39 20 55 42
Thailand 1 0 2 1 83 76 195 187
Other Asia 1 0 8 3 149 111 270 224
Australia 1 4 2 1 63 54 315 340
New Zealand . . 1 0 14 21 87 105
Barbados . . 1 1 66 43 78 71
Jamaica . . . . 31 21 85 68
Other Caribbean . . 5 1 217 144 474 337
Mexico . . 3 1 77 44 172 137
Other Central & Sth.America . . 1 0 73 58 132 145
Rest of the World . . . . 215 232 98 160
Other Countries 3 4 163 71 3,171 2,200 3,653 3,183
Total World 2,861 344 14,409 3,690 31,753 13,912 14,101 10,147

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5.06 Number of visits and spending by length of stay and by country of visit 2005

28 to 90 nights 3 to 6 months 6 months to 1 year Total

visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending


(thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million)

Canada 62 82 4 11 2 7 628 516


USA 220 315 17 50 5 29 4,241 3,697
North America 282 398 21 61 7 36 4,869 4,213
Austria 14 21 1 0 . . 769 390
Belgium 10 12 1 0 . . 1,733 413
Bulgaria 10 10 1 3 . . 367 147
Czech Republic 10 3 1 2 . . 786 233
Cyprus 52 51 8 13 2 3 1,431 781
Denmark 8 2 1 0 . . 337 102
Finland 5 6 1 0 . . 146 61
France 218 184 17 36 1 2 11,094 3,590
Germany 41 34 3 5 3 12 2,493 730
Gibraltar 1 0 . . . . 67 24
Greece 56 70 2 5 . . 2,435 1,259
Hungary 5 7 . . . . 302 95
Iceland 6 9 . . . . 79 48
Irish Republic 54 46 2 2 . . 4,221 1,033
Italy 67 66 11 14 1 2 3,374 1,696
Luxembourg . . . . . . 110 29
Malta 28 27 1 4 2 12 560 241
Netherlands 19 19 2 4 . . 2,174 560
Norway 11 5 1 0 . . 314 110
Poland 34 22 6 7 1 14 637 286
Portugal 42 32 6 15 1 2 1,855 876
Spain 315 340 39 66 7 9 13,837 5,796
Sweden 16 7 1 17 . . 414 162
Switzerland 9 30 0 0 . . 1,001 433
Turkey 45 38 3 1 1 1 1,367 657
Rest of Europe 59 46 4 11 . . 938 510
Europe 1,134 1,085 112 202 18 58 52,838 20,279
- of which EU25 994 947 100 190 16 55 48,928 18,440
- of which EU15 865 839 86 162 12 27 44,991 16,715
Egypt 20 14 3 1 . . 564 277
Tunisia 4 1 . . . . 353 121
Other North Africa 30 16 4 1 . . 278 142
South Africa 61 61 3 5 1 8 450 481
Other Africa 143 139 5 5 3 5 692 634
Israel 9 5 1 3 . . 107 57
United Arab Emirates 19 14 3 5 . . 410 341
Other Middle East 73 53 5 6 1 0 278 184
Hong Kong (China) 29 38 5 8 2 4 178 146
Other China 45 42 11 17 1 3 290 247
India 184 163 18 37 6 12 796 607
Japan 16 20 5 7 1 1 132 148
Pakistan 209 133 21 18 10 21 402 284
Sri Lanka 23 17 2 2 1 2 120 86
Thailand 59 84 11 35 5 36 356 419
Other Asia 157 139 18 29 7 29 610 535
Australia 225 333 24 102 19 85 648 920
New Zealand 89 150 7 26 7 65 204 367
Barbados 5 11 1 4 . . 151 129
Jamaica 20 19 3 0 1 1 139 108
Other Caribbean 35 32 5 8 . . 736 522
Mexico 8 5 0 0 1 5 261 192
Other Central & Sth.America 42 51 9 22 2 11 258 287
Rest of the World 7 32 . . 1 8 321 432
Other Countries 1,513 1,572 162 340 70 294 8,734 7,663
Total World 2,928 3,054 295 602 95 387 66,442 32,154

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5.07 Number of visits by UK port and by country of visit 2005


thousands

Airports

Other
Heathrow Gatwick Manchester Stansted England Scotland Wales

Canada 302 111 101 5 43 61 3


USA 2,097 896 776 . 213 250 6
North America 2,400 1,008 877 5 256 311 8
Austria 152 101 70 136 125 5 1
Belgium 114 15 52 6 146 54 1
Bulgaria 27 76 80 12 129 33 9
Czech Republic 100 91 84 114 247 112 8
Cyprus 231 272 327 116 343 121 20
Denmark 82 40 43 70 58 16 2
Finland 80 9 27 3 19 5 1
France 450 594 269 762 1,729 150 79
Germany 576 99 171 463 565 117 6
Gibraltar 15 23 10 . 15 . .
Greece 201 738 626 59 679 89 31
Hungary 67 48 20 16 141 5 1
Iceland 50 . . 15 . 14 .
Irish Republic 442 245 225 471 909 191 56
Italy 407 605 240 748 967 163 11
Luxembourg 5 11 4 . 21 1 3
Malta 55 197 129 1 135 31 9
Netherlands 303 150 109 149 651 125 46
Norway 90 15 14 69 25 42 1
Poland 106 43 25 69 287 3 2
Portugal 225 522 350 108 487 115 25
Spain 550 2,397 2,290 1,353 5,276 1,149 470
Sweden 154 4 46 116 45 41 1
Switzerland 257 140 53 32 392 16 5
Turkey 143 245 445 61 374 55 43
Rest of Europe 306 188 91 161 118 16 5
Europe 5,190 6,869 5,800 5,111 13,882 2,663 837
- of which EU25 4,319 6,251 5,100 4,806 12,909 2,486 777
- of which EU15 3,743 5,531 4,523 4,444 11,677 2,218 734
Egypt 128 217 159 . 46 13 .
Tunisia 20 135 92 8 82 16 .
Other North Africa 140 112 5 . 12 1 1
South Africa 373 24 14 . 26 9 2
Other Africa 493 138 28 . 17 15 .
Israel 74 . 10 8 15 . .
United Arab Emirates 209 63 52 1 56 28 1
Other Middle East 205 11 40 3 14 4 2
Hong Kong (China) 153 6 12 . 5 2 .
Other China 223 2 29 . 23 12 1
India 523 85 85 . 93 9 1
Japan 110 . 9 . 9 1 1
Pakistan 190 7 134 . 60 11 .
Sri Lanka 111 2 4 . 4 . .
Thailand 225 24 63 . 32 11 1
Other Asia 414 73 66 . 25 26 4
Australia 470 28 84 . 31 34 1
New Zealand 170 3 21 . 7 3 .
Barbados 11 112 28 . . . .
Jamaica 59 58 21 . 1 . .
Other Caribbean 105 428 157 . 28 18 .
Mexico 41 88 94 . 18 20 .
Other Central & Sth.America 193 26 20 3 8 5 1
Rest of the World 10 . . . . . .
Other Countries 4,649 1,644 1,226 23 611 237 18
Total World 12,238 9,521 7,903 5,139 14,749 3,212 863

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5.07 Number of visits by UK port and by country of visit 2005


thousands

Sea and Channel Tunnel Total

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

Air Sea and Channel Tunnel

All Private Goods Vehicle type Total sea and


travellers Foot vehicle Coach vehicle unknown Channel Tunnel

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

Leisure Business Leisure Business

visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending


(thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million)

Canada 286 228 49 53 282 223 11 12


USA 1,729 1,517 631 676 1,718 1,363 164 141
North America 2,014 1,746 680 729 2,000 1,586 174 153
Austria 325 164 76 38 346 177 22 9
Belgium 678 150 415 134 552 111 87 19
Bulgaria 184 72 11 6 166 68 5 2
Czech Republic 383 116 57 25 328 84 17 7
Cyprus 653 377 14 7 758 390 6 7
Denmark 93 21 128 52 87 16 28 13
Finland 53 19 48 21 40 15 6 6
France 5,210 1,726 998 363 4,617 1,401 269 100
Germany 764 217 825 281 758 192 147 40
Gibraltar 23 5 15 9 29 10 1 0
Greece 1,151 627 39 23 1,234 601 12 8
Hungary 127 36 50 23 119 31 6 5
Iceland 40 29 5 4 31 13 3 1
Irish Republic 1,645 434 701 170 1,714 389 162 40
Italy 1,351 758 331 140 1,586 759 105 39
Luxembourg 48 16 40 9 15 3 6 1
Malta 238 100 17 8 304 132 2 0
Netherlands 842 217 519 160 691 154 122 30
Norway 129 38 68 35 106 34 11 4
Poland 326 127 84 76 210 77 16 5
Portugal 891 441 78 39 861 387 24 9
Spain 6,513 2,825 343 215 6,864 2,694 118 62
Sweden 122 38 152 88 102 22 38 14
Switzerland 337 148 218 96 379 160 66 29
Turkey 613 304 54 34 684 311 16 9
Rest of Europe 377 195 157 113 360 171 45 31
Europe 23,117 9,212 5,443 2,166 22,940 8,410 1,339 491
- of which EU25 21,530 8,470 4,950 1,894 21,241 7,653 1,207 423
- of which EU15 19,686 7,664 4,694 1,732 19,465 6,929 1,145 391
Egypt 275 143 29 19 254 111 6 3
Tunisia 175 55 2 1 172 63 4 1
Other North Africa 142 81 39 22 91 36 6 2
South Africa 200 231 40 51 193 184 16 15
Other Africa 301 301 71 71 307 250 13 12
Israel 46 27 17 10 41 19 3 1
United Arab Emirates 170 141 65 71 164 122 12 8
Other Middle East 132 80 51 50 90 48 6 6
Hong Kong (China) 70 48 19 22 77 40 12 36
Other China 100 84 77 94 96 56 17 13
India 395 268 77 115 309 202 14 22
Japan 27 20 54 94 43 28 8 6
Pakistan 245 185 12 11 145 87 1 1
Sri Lanka 61 35 5 10 53 39 1 1
Thailand 212 282 22 29 120 101 2 6
Other Asia 299 255 61 50 234 203 16 26
Australia 312 462 44 84 285 366 7 8
New Zealand 110 194 6 7 84 154 4 11
Barbados 75 72 4 5 71 53 1 0
Jamaica 61 56 5 2 72 46 2 4
Other Caribbean 375 286 16 15 343 216 3 4
Mexico 103 79 10 10 146 103 2 1
Other Central & Sth.America 119 142 28 35 102 102 9 8
Rest of the World 143 180 . . 177 251 0 0
Other Countries 4,145 3,708 755 876 3,670 2,882 164 197
Total World 29,276 14,665 6,879 3,771 28,609 12,878 1,677 841

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5.10 Number of visits and spending by age group and by country of visit 2005

Age 0-15 Age 16-24 Age 25-34 Age 35-44

visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending


(thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million)

Canada 31 19 57 40 111 102 107 85


USA 252 176 370 278 860 729 1,078 996
North America 283 195 427 318 971 831 1,185 1,081
Austria 59 29 67 33 167 82 140 78
Belgium 125 17 93 21 302 76 321 78
Bulgaria 50 18 39 17 60 22 84 32
Czech Republic 17 4 86 26 210 61 141 42
Cyprus 119 54 104 50 167 89 282 156
Denmark 11 2 25 4 92 28 96 31
Finland 15 3 9 2 29 15 44 21
France 1,236 313 817 246 1,897 602 2,376 785
Germany 161 34 195 53 568 155 627 174
Gibraltar 2 0 8 2 11 3 13 9
Greece 211 89 359 194 407 196 462 233
Hungary 4 0 26 7 101 28 62 22
Iceland 3 1 8 2 24 18 18 9
Irish Republic 205 29 381 89 956 212 888 207
Italy 216 90 253 110 714 309 689 316
Luxembourg 5 0 12 4 15 4 28 6
Malta 21 5 26 12 75 27 100 41
Netherlands 103 16 235 57 557 145 583 153
Norway 15 4 20 2 83 22 70 26
Poland 22 5 99 34 255 120 110 41
Portugal 134 57 104 36 287 116 398 203
Spain 1,357 462 1,149 441 2,053 769 2,819 1,192
Sweden 11 6 34 6 129 48 110 46
Switzerland 64 26 77 25 227 87 247 108
Turkey 165 79 137 64 209 100 345 156
Rest of Europe 32 10 117 50 247 128 205 101
Europe 4,361 1,354 4,479 1,587 9,841 3,466 11,255 4,270
- of which EU25 4,029 1,213 4,122 1,453 9,096 3,131 10,327 3,847
- of which EU15 3,849 1,148 3,732 1,296 8,173 2,760 9,579 3,527
Egypt 22 8 50 19 95 50 154 86
Tunisia 29 10 41 9 62 23 64 22
Other North Africa 15 5 15 4 65 35 73 41
South Africa 26 19 33 22 108 96 90 122
Other Africa 42 21 60 36 127 110 177 174
Israel 6 4 17 9 25 9 12 9
United Arab Emirates 21 13 37 28 76 59 103 89
Other Middle East 20 9 36 18 67 53 62 40
Hong Kong (China) 12 5 32 10 30 25 48 58
Other China 2 2 67 20 57 60 59 47
India 42 19 77 54 175 142 169 117
Japan 7 2 17 8 29 35 34 35
Pakistan 60 23 64 39 97 82 66 50
Sri Lanka 7 3 5 4 21 13 24 18
Thailand 11 7 39 38 74 82 78 94
Other Asia 33 22 54 33 162 176 155 123
Australia 27 23 75 157 154 231 98 132
New Zealand 6 6 11 39 44 94 42 72
Barbados 6 3 12 13 30 21 36 28
Jamaica 4 3 20 13 28 29 37 24
Other Caribbean 40 20 53 26 164 120 145 98
Mexico 9 5 36 31 73 53 59 45
Other Central & Sth.America 5 5 23 21 80 86 61 70
Rest of the World 13 14 8 10 15 24 38 46
Other Countries 467 251 883 663 1,859 1,708 1,883 1,643
Total World 5,111 1,799 5,790 2,568 12,671 6,005 14,323 6,994

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5.10 Number of visits and spending by age group and by country of visit 2005

Age 45-54 Age 55-64 Age 65 and over Total

visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending


(thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million)

Canada 111 89 113 100 96 81 628 516


USA 850 786 545 470 286 261 4,241 3,697
North America 961 875 659 571 382 342 4,869 4,213
Austria 137 74 127 62 74 32 769 390
Belgium 396 104 319 79 177 36 1,733 413
Bulgaria 77 33 39 18 18 6 367 147
Czech Republic 157 47 108 34 68 19 786 233
Cyprus 323 176 265 155 170 100 1,431 781
Denmark 57 20 46 15 10 2 337 102
Finland 30 11 14 8 5 1 146 61
France 2,118 737 1,714 604 936 303 11,094 3,590
Germany 461 156 308 101 172 58 2,493 730
Gibraltar 7 1 18 7 8 2 67 24
Greece 502 295 346 174 149 77 2,435 1,259
Hungary 56 19 36 11 18 7 302 95
Iceland 15 13 8 4 3 1 79 47
Irish Republic 757 177 639 201 396 119 4,221 1,033
Italy 652 405 507 282 343 184 3,374 1,696
Luxembourg 25 8 22 6 4 2 110 29
Malta 125 55 115 61 98 40 560 241
Netherlands 407 118 211 51 79 19 2,174 560
Norway 55 18 34 22 38 17 314 110
Poland 81 53 51 25 18 7 637 286
Portugal 384 193 305 159 242 112 1,855 876
Spain 2,608 1,133 2,346 1,080 1,505 719 13,837 5,796
Sweden 89 46 26 7 16 3 414 161
Switzerland 173 68 125 70 89 49 1,001 433
Turkey 257 133 172 79 83 46 1,367 657
Rest of Europe 160 97 108 67 68 56 938 510
Europe 10,110 4,197 8,006 3,385 4,785 2,021 52,838 20,279
- of which EU25 9,372 3,838 7,509 3,122 4,473 1,837 48,928 18,440
- of which EU15 8,623 3,482 6,929 2,831 4,106 1,670 44,991 16,715
Egypt 144 67 64 33 34 14 564 277
Tunisia 73 29 51 18 34 9 353 121
Other North Africa 56 25 44 22 8 8 278 142
South Africa 91 107 65 66 36 49 449 481
Other Africa 155 154 97 101 34 37 692 634
Israel 20 13 17 9 10 3 106 57
United Arab Emirates 92 88 63 48 19 17 410 341
Other Middle East 49 36 22 14 21 14 278 184
Hong Kong (China) 27 22 20 18 8 8 178 146
Other China 54 65 36 39 14 14 290 247
India 152 114 130 110 50 50 796 607
Japan 29 35 12 11 2 21 132 148
Pakistan 65 48 18 14 32 28 402 284
Sri Lanka 39 33 14 5 10 8 120 86
Thailand 77 115 57 61 20 23 356 419
Other Asia 105 88 73 65 28 27 610 535
Australia 99 114 111 148 85 114 648 920
New Zealand 36 47 38 61 28 49 204 367
Barbados 31 24 23 27 12 13 151 129
Jamaica 30 22 16 14 5 4 139 108
Other Caribbean 169 128 128 99 39 31 736 522
Mexico 57 36 18 15 10 6 261 192
Other Central & Sth.America 39 40 33 39 17 26 258 287
Rest of the World 90 104 80 112 76 122 321 432
Other Countries 1,779 1,555 1,231 1,147 633 695 8,734 7,663
Total World 12,850 6,627 9,895 5,102 5,801 3,058 66,441 32,154

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5.11 Number of visits and spending by region of residence and by country of visit 2005

London Other England Scotland Wales Other uk + not known

visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending visits spending
(thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million) (thousands) ( million)

Canada 114 80 400 335 82 68 21 20 11 12


USA 873 766 2,789 2,413 400 352 118 100 61 66
North America 987 846 3,189 2,748 482 420 140 120 71 78
Austria 154 81 562 281 15 7 32 18 6 3
Belgium 405 92 1,191 283 64 15 63 20 10 3
Bulgaria 34 11 265 108 35 15 30 11 3 2
Czech Republic 121 38 500 148 121 34 38 10 5 2
Cyprus 234 127 981 526 137 78 57 36 21 15
Denmark 81 25 227 68 15 5 7 1 6 2
Finland 40 21 92 31 7 4 3 1 5 4
France 2,274 736 7,941 2,520 350 142 408 150 121 43
Germany 534 150 1,657 484 167 48 65 23 70 25
Gibraltar 15 3 48 20 1 1 1 0 1 0
Greece 314 167 1,904 959 107 54 98 74 12 6
Hungary 84 33 175 49 12 4 23 5 9 5
Iceland 17 7 47 33 10 3 1 0 4 5
Irish Republic 698 196 2,225 565 195 50 261 49 841 173
Italy 740 449 2,214 1,043 248 117 112 54 60 33
Luxembourg 27 4 76 24 2 1 5 1 . .
Malta 79 34 417 184 40 12 23 9 2 1
Netherlands 399 97 1,510 380 133 41 97 32 35 10
Norway 70 21 180 70 51 13 7 4 5 2
Poland 243 109 341 154 23 7 17 7 13 9
Portugal 318 130 1,311 625 156 81 53 30 18 10
Spain 1,478 619 10,157 4,225 1,222 534 859 357 121 60
Sweden 119 41 240 107 38 8 4 1 13 4
Switzerland 312 129 610 268 35 16 28 12 16 8
Turkey 185 103 1,013 471 73 35 76 37 19 10
Rest of Europe 289 172 559 279 41 27 22 12 26 20
Europe 9,266 3,594 36,443 13,908 3,299 1,353 2,390 953 1,441 472
- of which EU25 8,401 3,187 33,867 12,706 3,059 1,245 2,232 878 1,370 425
- of which EU15 7,582 2,807 31,307 11,596 2,719 1,107 2,067 809 1,317 395
Egypt 86 41 412 200 34 19 16 10 16 7
Tunisia 59 31 240 72 26 9 20 5 9 5
Other North Africa 93 43 155 84 15 4 4 4 10 7
South Africa 133 176 280 276 15 15 14 8 8 6
Other Africa 290 246 353 335 30 28 10 18 9 7
Israel 55 25 44 25 2 2 . . 6 4
United Arab Emirates 109 87 242 203 36 32 16 12 8 8
Other Middle East 86 54 171 117 9 4 9 5 4 4
Hong Kong (China) 38 29 117 96 7 6 12 12 3 2
Other China 68 51 194 155 13 30 9 9 7 3
India 287 197 458 366 18 13 17 19 16 12
Japan 39 60 80 81 3 1 5 4 4 2
Pakistan 100 61 273 206 21 13 4 2 5 2
Sri Lanka 54 31 60 50 4 3 2 1 1 1
Thailand 79 76 242 270 18 52 11 13 7 7
Other Asia 195 163 350 320 38 32 14 11 13 9
Australia 133 185 422 593 62 91 18 33 14 18
New Zealand 34 37 141 252 15 46 8 24 7 8
Barbados 41 29 103 95 4 3 3 2 . .
Jamaica 63 52 69 52 2 1 6 4 . .
Other Caribbean 151 124 506 338 45 29 24 20 11 11
Mexico 48 30 173 129 26 23 9 7 5 3
Other Central & Sth.America 97 90 141 184 14 7 5 3 2 1
Rest of the World 19 27 235 287 25 33 17 29 25 55
Other Countries 2,354 1,945 5,460 4,786 484 495 251 255 186 181
Total World 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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Appendices

Travel Trends 2005

Appendix A Information available from the IPS

Appendix B Methodology

Appendix C Concepts

Appendix D Definitions

Appendix E Response rates of the survey

Appendix F Accuracy of IPS estimates

Appendix G Access to IPS data and analysis

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Appendix A Travel Trends 2005

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:

overseas residents visiting the UK; and


UK residents travelling abroad.

For each of these groups of traveller, the results are shown according to one or more of the following
observations:

the number of visits made;


their total spending in sterling;
the number of nights they stayed.

For some analyses, additional observations are made, these being:

the average length of visit measured in nights;


the average spend per visit in sterling; and
the average spend per day in sterling.

Within Travel Trends, the IPS data are further analysed by a variety of other characteristics based on
variables from the IPS database, for example:

mode of travel (air, sea or tunnel);


country of visit (for UK residents);
UK region of residence (for UK residents);
country of residence (for overseas residents);
main purpose of the visit;
year and quarter of travel;
duration of stay;
the UK airport or seaport used or if via the Channel Tunnel;
type of vehicle used when travelling by sea or Channel Tunnel;
sex;
age group;
the area of the UK stayed in by overseas residents.

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.

Getting further information from the IPS


The full IPS database contains over 110 variables and therefore the opportunity exists for more detailed
analyses than can be shown here. However, the structure of the IPS database is complex making it rather
difficult to analyse.

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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.

The key variables


A visit is defined as a complete round trip. For a UK resident it represents a departure from and a return
to the UK. For an overseas resident, it represents an arrival in and a departure from the UK. Those who
came to the UK or went abroad on more than one occasion are counted on each visit they made.

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).

Using regional tables


The IPS records which towns overseas residents stayed in when they visited the UK. However, due to the
very large number of towns in the UK it would not be meaningful to produce analyses of visits by the
full range of towns. In this publication, visits information for overseas residents is therefore shown at
county or unitary authority, and main UK region levels.

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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Main analysis variables


The full IPS dataset contains over 110 variables. These include variables containing answers to the
questions asked in the interview and others that are derived from those answers. Some variables are
simply indicators to help identify the quality of data or to show where data have been imputed, and to
what degree. The most widely-used variables for general analyses are described below.

Variable Name Description


Year1 The year of the interview is recorded as a four digit number.
Quarter1 The four quarters of the calender year are recorded as a single digit.
Month The month of interview is recorded as two digits from 0112.
Date The date of the interview is recorded as dd/mm/yyyy.
Flow1 Flow describes the direction of travel and the basic residence of traveller.
Flow is differentiated further according to whether the contact travelled by
a) air, or b) by sea or Channel Tunnel.
This gives eight categories of flow these being:
arrivals by UK residents (air, or sea/tunnel);
departures by UK residents (air, or sea/tunnel);
arrivals by overseas residents (air, or sea/tunnel);
departures by overseas residents (air, or sea/tunnel).
Weight1 The number of trips represented by each contact is given by the weight
variable. The total number of trips can therefore be calculated by summing
the weights values of the contacts.
Nationality The nationality of the contact is recorded for all contacts.
Country visited1 The main country of visit (or country stayed in the longest) by UK residents
is recorded for arrivals and departures.
Residence1 The country of residence of overseas residents is recorded for both arrivals
and departures.
Town of residence The town or area of residence is recorded for UK residents for arrivals and
departures.
States of residence Each year, the state or area within a country is recorded for overseas
residents in addition to their country of residence. This detail is limited to
four countries each year which are changed annually. In 2005 the countries
were USA, Italy, Irish Republic and Germany.
Purpose of visit1 A single main purpose of visit is recorded for all contacts.
1
Stay The length of stay of the visit is recorded in nights. This is only available for
overseas residents departures and UK residents arrivals.
1
Expenditure The amount of money spent on the trip (excluding fares) is recorded in
sterling and is available for overseas residents departures and UK
residents arrivals.
UK port The UK port is the airport, or the sea/tunnel port or route where the
interview was conducted.
First port This is the overseas port to which the contact is travelling directly (or
has just travelled directly from). If the person does not change plane during
the trip, First port is also the final destination (for departures) or the place
where the visit started from (for arrivals).
Second port If First port is a port where the contact changed planes, Second port
then records the final destination (for departures) or the place where the
visit started from (for arrivals). It is otherwise left blank.

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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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Appendix B - Methodology and coverage of the survey


Background
The International Passenger Survey (IPS) is a large multi-purpose survey that collects information from
passengers as they enter or leave the United Kingdom. It is carried out by the Office for National
Statistics (ONS) for a range of public and private sector organisations. In particular, the survey provides
figures used for the travel account of the balance of payments, international migration statistics, and for
informing decisions on tourism policy. The data from the survey are widely used across and outside of
Government to provide detailed information on the numbers and types of people travelling to and from
the UK. Results are published regularly by ONS on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis. More detailed
analyses are possible through marketing agents appointed by ONS or by downloading the Travelpac
database from the National Statistics website.

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.

Overview of the survey design


The IPS is based on face-to-face interviews with a sample of passengers travelling via the principal
airports, sea routes and the Channel Tunnel. The number of interviews conducted in 2005 was 276
thousand, which represented about 0.3 per cent of all travellers. This large sample size allows reliable
estimates to be produced for various groups of passengers despite the low proportion of travellers
interviewed.

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.

Producing national estimates


Once the information has been collected from respondents, the survey data are weighted to produce
national estimates, which are then published on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis. These weights
take account of a variety of factors and the method of producing them varies depending on the mode
of travel and type of port:

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.

Residual airports, seaports and the Channel Tunnel

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.

Additional sources of data


The method above explains how the national estimates are produced based on the routes sampled on
the IPS. Unfortunately, as the IPS does not cover all passenger routes, additional figures have to be
obtained from other sources and added to the totals derived from the IPS. These additions are:

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.

Changes in methodology introduced in 2005


Due to a rapid grown in traffic, in 2005, two new residual airports, Liverpool and Prestwick were
introduced into the IPS sample for the first time. However, the introduction of these two airports does
have some implications for the results of the IPS.

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:

overseas residents departing from the UK;

UK residents departing from the UK;

overseas residents arriving in the UK; and

UK residents arriving in the UK.

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;

Visiting friends or relatives (VFR); and

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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Country of residence or visit

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.

Age and sex

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.

Travellers to and from the Irish Republic

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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Appendix E Response rates of the survey


Sample surveys such as the IPS depend on achieving high levels of response from the public. Non-
respondents often have different characteristics of travel and expenditure compared with those who do
respond and this can lead to biases being introduced into the results.

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
(%) (%) (%)

2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004

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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Appendix F Accuracy of IPS estimates


The estimates produced from the IPS are subject to sampling errors that result because not every
traveller to or from the UK is interviewed on the survey. Sampling errors are determined both by the
sample design and by the sample size - generally speaking, the larger the sample supporting a particular
estimate, the proportionately smaller is its sampling error.

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.

F.1 IPS sampling errors for 2005 estimates


Absolute Relative
95% 95%
Standard confidence confidence
Estimate error interval interval

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%

UK residents going abroad


Number of visits (000s) 65,645 450 883 1.3%
Number of visitor-nights (000s) 665,350 6,620 12,974 2.0%
Total expenditure ( million) 31,924 296 581 1.8%

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Appendix G Access to IPS data and analysis


IPS results published by ONS
In addition to Travel Trends, ONS also publishes monthly and quarterly results from the IPS that are
available free of charge in PDF format from the National Statistics website www.statistics.gov.uk/ips.

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:

Office for National Statistics


International Passenger Survey
D1/19
1 Drummond Gate
London
SW1V 2QQ

Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7533 5765


Fax: +44 (0) 20 7533 5300
E-mail: ips@ons.gov.uk

IPS Data sets


Travelpac is a simplified version of the IPS database containing fourteen of the most widely used
variables. Data are available for each year from 1993 onwards. Travelpac is available on-line for
downloading from http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=14013.

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.

Telephone: +44 (0) 1206 873574


Web: www.data-archive.ac.uk

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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
Hampton
Middlesex
TW12 2HQ

Telephone: +44 (0) 20 8481 8831


Fax: +44 (0) 20 8783 3691
E-mail: travel@irn-research.com
Web: http://www.irn-research.com

MDS Transmodal
5-6 Hunters Walk
Canal Street
Chester
CH1 4EB

Telephone: +44 (0) 1244 348301


Fax: +44 (0) 1244 348471
E-mail: enquiries@mdst.co.uk
Web: www.mdst.co.uk

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