OVERSEAS VISITORS 2014*: PURPOSE OF VISIT
SOURCE REGION OVERSEAS VISITORS’ PURPOSE OF VISIT, 2014*
Other 8%
VFR 29%
Business 24%
source region
North America 10%
N America 15%
World beyond Europe/
67% EU
**12 months to August 2014 Source: Office for National Statistics
Rise in visitors to UK, year on year for eight
6% FROM EUROPE
months to August 2014 (Source: ONS)
25 23.4m 23.9m 23.7m 10
0 5
From Europe 22.1m
22m 22.4m 22.8m 24.1m 7.2m 7.5m 8m 8.4m 8.7m 8.7m 8.5m 9.1m
4.8m 4.4m 3.8m 3.6m 3.4m 3.6m 3.5m 3.5m 1.8m 1.6m
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Source: Office for National Statistics 2012 2013 2006 2007 2008
1.35m 1.34m 2009
1.26m 2010 2011 4.6m 4.5m 4.4m
1.33m 1.38m 1.4m 2012
2013 2006 2007 2008 4.2m 4.4m 2009 2010 4.8m 4.7m 5.2m 1.58m 1.6m 1.6m 1.64m 1.76m 2m 2011 2m 2.25m 2012 2013
Europe 75%
Holiday 39%
10 12
-2 0 2 4 6 8
visitors 7% 3.9m4% 3.2m £1.35bn 2.8m £2.55bn 2.4m £1.41bn OVERSEAS VISITORS TO UK: 2003-14 -2% -2% *Excluding UAE **Excluding Hong Kong Source: Office for National Statistics
OVERSEAS VISITORS TO UK 2003-14 2007
2003 million
10 15 20 25 30 35
30m 27.8m 24.7m 12% 10% 10% 7%
OVERSEAS VISITORS TO UK: 2006-13 2%
0 5
Annual visitors (million)* % change year on year in nights
FROM North America -2%
-1% -2% -8% -7% 3% 2004 2005 2006 2008 32.7m 32.8m31.9m 2009 2010 2011 2012 29.9m 29.8m 30.8m31.1m
2013 2014** 32.8m 34.2m
%
10 12
FROM Rest of the world
-8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8
*All trips, including business & visiting friends & relations (VFR) **12 months to August 2014
OVERSEAS VISITORS TO UK, 2006-13 From North America From rest of the world
All visits Holidays
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
10 20 30 40 50
0 11% 10% 11% 8% 7% 12% 10% 8% 6% £818m 1.9m £720m
1.7m £905m1.7m 0%
£830m 1.4m £449m 1.2m 2% £386m 1.1m £1.19bn
OVERSEAS VISITORS 2014*: PURPOSE OF VISIT
-2%
EUROPEAN VISITORS BY AIR, SEA OR TUNNEL: 2013 ALL VISITORS
BY REGION & PURPOSE OF TRIP, 2013
VISITORS TO UK 38% 24.1m 21.8m
VFR 29%
3.5m 5.2m Total visitors
Other 8%
41% 43% 40% 26%
Holiday 39%
24%23% 16%
Business 24%
% Holiday 5.7m
BY AIR, SEA OR TUNNEL, 2013 All visitors 5.1m
EUROPEAN VISITORS
North America 10%
4m 3.4m 2.3m
N America 15%
World beyond Europe/
EU 4.8m 67%4.3m EU 3.4m 3.5m
**12 months to August 2014 Source: Office for National Statistics
2.2m 1.6m 1.6m 1m 0.2m HolidayBusiness VFR HolidayBusiness VFR HolidayBusiness
*Austria, Benelux, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden Source: Office for National Statistics
0.1m VFR 4.4m 3.6m 3.2m
Europe 75%
EU15
Air Sea or tunnel
% Business % VFR
Europe EU15* N America Rest of World
32% 28% 28% 27%
% change y-o-y spending
10 12
-2 0 2 4 6 8
VISITORS TO UK BY REGION & PURPOSE OF TRIP: 2013 SOURCE REGION
TOP 10 INBOUND MARKETS 2013: BY VISITORS OTHER MAJOR INBOUND MARKETS BY SPENDING
TOP INBOUND MARKETS, 2013 Top 10 by visitors Selected others by spending
Travel Weekly Insight Annual Report 2014 | 57
Visitors millions
34.
2m
Overseas visitors to UK in 12 months
to August 2014 (Source: ONS)
379,000 233,000 262000
£1.13bn £537m £535m £533m £527m £503m
850,000
744,000
816000 % change
France (3)
Germany (2)
US (1)
Republic (8)
Irish
Netherlands (9)
Spain (6)
Italy (7)
Poland (15)
Belgium (19)
Australia (4)
18 Middle East* (5)
Norway (10)
11
24 China** (11)
14 Canada (12)
22 UAE (13)
Switzerland (14)
12
Position by spending ( )
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68