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tourism in June: “We’re running out of UK nationals who want to and can work in tourism. We’re more and more reliant on EU nationals.” Employers await the incoming


government’s decision on UK Immigration Advisory Committee proposals that businesses be allowed to recruit EU workers post-Brexit only for jobs paying £30,000. UKinbound chief executive Joss Croft told the same forum: “A lot of people in tourism don’t earn £30,000.”


Existing arrangements will only continue until the end of the Brexit transition period even with acceptance of the withdrawal agreement with the EU. So the industry looks forward to the decision on this and to the end of the transition period with trepidation, assuming Brexit goes ahead.


SECTOR DEAL


The government did at least confirm a first tourism sector deal in June, in one of the last acts of Theresa May’s administration. This promises a new Tourism Data Hub to help businesses “better target overseas visitors” and will create several ‘Tourism Zones’ which can expect to receive government support “for product and promotion development”. The deal also promises support for an additional 10,000 apprenticeships in tourism and hospitality, and construction of an extra 130,000 hotel rooms by 2025 when the government hopes to see Britain attract nine million more overseas visitors. The then-PM Theresa May joined business secretary Greg Clark to declare tourism “one of our most valuable industries”. Both were out of government office the following month, although there was no suggestion their successors would dilute the commitment to the sector. The full benefits of the sector deal


DUHbQRW H[SOLFLW EXW 7RXULVP $OOLDQFH director Kurt Janson hailed it as “recognition that tourism is a driving force for the economy”.


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FIGURE 23: OVERSEAS VISITORS TO UK, 2004-19 All trips and % change year on year in nights


30m 27.8m 12% 8% 9% 5% 3% 1% 0% -3% -6% 0% -3% 0% 5% 5% 4% 4%


12 9


3 6


0


-3 -6


2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019* *12 months to June 2019 All visitors, including business & visiting friends & relations (VFR) Source: ONS


FIGURE 24: TOP-10 INBOUND MARKETS, 2018


By visitors US (2)


France (1) Germany Irish Republic Spain


Netherlands Poland Italy


Belgium Australia


US


Middle East* Germany France


China & HK (6) Spain (7)


Australia (5) Irish Republic (9) Italy (10)


Netherlands (11) 0 £1.8bn


£1.5bn £1.4bn


£1.1bn £1.1bn


£1bn £895m £784m £716m


*Includes UAE (2017, where position has changed)


Source: ONS £1bn £2bn £3bn £4bn 1.1m


By spending 1m


£3.4bn 1.9m


1.8m 1.8m


2.8m 2.5m 3.7m 3.3m


% change on 2017


3.9m 0


-7% -3% -8%


+5% -8%


+1% +2%


-3% -10% Source: ONS


% change on 2017


-7% -24% -4% -3%


+6% +5%


-12% -5% -7% -4%


OVERSEAS visitor numbers have dipped since 2017 (Figure 23), with noticeable declines from northern Europe making the US the leading source market by numbers as well as spending in 2018, although the favourable exchange rate meant spending fell (Figure 24)


Travel Weekly Insight Report 2019-20 19


World beyond Europe/N America 18%


North America 14%


OF40%


FIGURE 25: INBOUND HOLIDAYS TO UK, 2018


By source region 32.7m 32.8m 31.9m 29.9m 29.8m 30.8m 31.1m 32.7m 34.4m 36.1m 37.6m


39.2m 37.9m 37.8m


ON HOLIDAY EXCLUDING VFR


ALL VISITORS


[EU 62%]


Europe 68%


% change year on year in nights


Annual visitors (million)


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