A Visit to UK: Trend of UK Tourism Industry

A VISIT TO UK: TRENDS OF UK TOURISM INDUSTRY UK TOURISM The first 6 destinations are: FRANCE USA CHINA SPAIN ITALY TURKEY (7th) The UK is the seventh largest international tourism destination ranked by visitor numbers and expenditure The total revenue of UK from tourists in 2012 is The average spending per visit in UK is £601 £134billion The average length of stay in UK is 7.6 nights Tourist visits per region Scotland - 2.1M visits England - 12.8M visits London - 12.8M visits Wales - 0.9M visits There are 249,000 tourism businesses in the UK, accounting for 9.8% of all businesses Breakdown by Journey Purpose VISITS Journey Purpose by Season THOLIDAY- Oct-Dec Jan-Mar 21% 21% Jul-Sep 32% Apr-Jun 30% Holiday 38% Business 24% VĖR 29% Study 2% Misc 7% -NIGHTS BUSINESS Jan-Mar 23% Oct-Dec 27% Apr-Jun 27% Jul-Sep 23% Holiday 32% Business 14% VER 39% Study 10% Misc 6% FSPEND VFR Holiday 40% Jan-Mar 21% Oct-Dec Business 26% 24% VFR 21% Study 7% Apr-Jun 25% Jul-Sep 27% Misc 7% UK ACCOMMODATIONS STATISTICS over 80% of tourism and hospitality industry businesses employ fewer than 10 people The hospitality and tourism sector employs 7% of the working population, or 1 in every 14 jobs |UK hotel industry annual turnover: NUMBER OF UK HOTELS: 45,800 E40billion ENGLAND TOURISM STATISTICS In 2012, average room occupancy stood at 66%, with average In 2012, £19.5 billion was spent by British residents on 104.5 million overnight trips in England, equating to 310 million nights away from home bedspace occupancy OCCUPIED at 50% RESOURCES: http://www.tourismalliance.com/downloads/TA_348_373.pdf http://www.hotel-industry.co.uk/data/hotel-data-industry-size/ http://www.visitbritain.org/insightsandstatistics/irboundtourismfacts/ http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/ott/travel-trends/2012/rpt-travel-trends-2012html http://www.visitengland.org'Images/England %20Tourism%20Factsheet%202012_update%6204%20(Deloitte)_tcm30-33620,pdf STAR STAY UNITED KINGDOM www.STARSTAY. CO.UK TTT TTIT