22 | Bed & Breakfast News | March - April 2016
SECTION 1: Volume and Value of the UK Tourism Industry 1: The Value of Tourism
Value of Tourism to the UK Economy - 2014 £121.1bn (7.1%) of UK GDP The Blue Book, ONS, 2015 Total Revenue from Tourists - 2015
£127.4bn* KEY
Inbound Domestic Outbound UK Air Fares Day Visitors
*Provisional / Estimate **From 2013 Spend (£bn) The UK Tourism Industry’s International Ranking
• The UK is the eighth largest international tourism destination ranked by visitor numbers.
The first seven destinations are France, USA, Spain, China, Italy, Turkey and Germany.
• The UK is the sixth largest international tourism destination ranked by visitor expenditure.
The first five destinations are USA, China, Spain, France, and Italy.
• The UK accounts for 3.6% of global international tourism receipts.
UNWTO Tourism Highlights, 2015 edition
Value of UK Tourism By Region - 2014 Day Visits % Domestic % Inbound % Total %
(£m)
East Midlands East of England London
North East North West South East South West
West Midlands Yorkshire Scotland Wales Total
2586 4.9 3913 7.4 10732 20.3 2277 4.3 5370 10.2 7571 14.3 4691 8.9 3864 7.3 4147 7.8 5020 9.5 2677 5.1 52848 100
(£m)
1107 4.9 1604 7.1 2889 12.8 616 2.7 2465 10.9 2448 10.9 3933 17.4 1153 5.1 1728 7.7 2871 12.7 1735 7.7 22549 100
(£m)
428 2.0 967 4.6
11830 56.3 216 1.0 1330 6.3 2160 10.3 1040 4.9 761 3.6 570 2.7 1390 6.6 335 1.6
21027 100 (£m)
4131 4.3 6499 6.7 25484 26.3 3116 3.2 9186 9.5 12204 12.6 9690 10.0 5790 6.0 6461 6.7 9303 9.6 4760 4.9
Direct % employment
76,496 4.3 120,343 6.7 471,928 26.4 57,704 3.2 170,113 9.5 226,003 12.6 179,450 10.0 107,230 6.0 119,639 6.7 172,282 9.6 88,144 4.9
96724 100 1,789,333 100 IPS, GTBS, GB Day Visits Survey, 2014
2: Inbound Tourism Visitor Numbers and Total Spend Visitor Numbers and Total Spend by Sector KEY Leisure Business VFR Study Other
Visitors (m) International Passenger Survey 2015, Office for National Statistics *Provisional
Spend (£bn) International Passenger Survey 2014, Office for National Statistics
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