24 | Bed & Breakfast News | March - April 2016 3: Domestic Tourism continued


Domestic Tourism by Region 2013 2014


Trips Trips Change (m)


(m) Spend


2013 2014 (£m) (£m)


Activities Undertaken on Domestic Trips Activity


Spend Change


East of England 8.96 9.0 0.4% 1,415 1,604 13.4% East Midlands London


North East North West South East South West


7.90 7.14 -9.6% 1,103 1,107 0.4% 12.31 11.38 -7.6% 2,793 2,889 3.4% 3.90 3.7 -5.1% 749 616 -17.8% 13.98 12.7 -9.2% 2,458 2,465 0.3% 17.93 16.19 -9.7% 2,648 2,448 7.6% 19.40 17.31 -10.8% 4,291 3,933 -8.3%


West Midlands 9.02 7.25 -19.6% 1,318 1,153 -12.5% Yorkshire


& the Humber 10.01 9.45 -5.6% 1,792 1,728 -3.7% Scotland 12.12 12.5 +3.0% 2,889 2,871 -0.6% Wales 9.93 10.0 +1.0% 1,696 1,735 +2.3%


GBTS 2014, VisitEngland 4: Outbound Tourism


Outbound Tourism Expenditure Product / service category


Accommodation services for visitors Food and beverage serving services Railway passenger transport services Road passenger transport services Water passenger transport services Air passenger transport services Transport equipment rental services Travel agencies and reservation services Cultural activities


Sport and recreation activities Exhibitions and conferences etc Other consumption products


Total


Expenditure (£m) 549


546 510 629 428


14,962 0


1,506 0 0 0


5,519 24,649 Tourism Satellite Accounts 2012, Office for National Statistics


5: Day Visitors Day Visitors


All visits Visits to


Large town / city Small town


Countryside / village Seaside / coast


Visits (m) 1,525


44% 25% 22% 10%


Spend (£bn) 53.9


53% 18% 21% 7%


GB Day Visits Survey 2014 and 2015, VisitEngland


7: Tourism Economics Price Elasticity of Tourism • For every


6: Events


Value of the UK Events Sector (Direct Spend) Spend (£bn)


Conferences and meetings Exhibitions and trade fairs


Incentive travel and performance improvement Corporate hospitality and corporate events Outdoor events


Festivals and cultural events Music events


Sporting events Total


21.6 11.0 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.9 3.2


42.3 Events are GREAT Britain, Business Visits & Events Partnership, 2015 Just relaxing Sightseeing on foot


Short walk / stroll – up to 2 miles / 1 hour


Sightseeing by car Visiting a beach


Long walk, hike or ramble (min of 2 miles / 1 hour)


Centre based walking (i.e. around a city / town centre)


Swimming (indoors or outdoors) Having a Picnic or BBQ Visiting a Museum


Visiting a Country Park


Trips (m) 34.58


31.56


24.11 19.94 14.27


14.11


10.75 7.17 7.16 7.14 7.14


GBTS 2014, VisitEngland


1% increasein the cost of visiting the UK, the UK’s tourism earnings


drop by 1.3%. Tourism Export Earnings


Sensitive Tourists, BTA, 2001


• In 2014 travel expenditure by non-residents visiting the UK totalled £28.3bn, accounting for 12.9% of UK service sector exports and 5.5% of total UK exports.


• Tourism is the UK’s fifth largest export earner after Chemicals, Intermediate Manufactured Goods, Financial Services and Capital Goods.


The Pink Book, Office for National Statistics, 2015


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