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may be cost-related (Figure 36). Domestic business travel also


barely picked up (Figure 37). The gender imbalance in the sector remains marked (Figure 34)


FIGURE 37: UK DOMESTIC BUSINESS TRAVEL, 2007-19 Business trips and total spend


£5.3bn £5.2bn


10 15 20


0 5


-3% -3% £5bn £4.2bn £4.8bn £4.8bn £4.6bn £4.3bn £4.2bn £4.5bn £4.2bn £4.4bn 18.1m 17.6m 17.5m16.3m 18.6m 18.9m17.8m +14% +2% -1% -6% -6% -11% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019* *Jan-June 2019 Source: GB Tourism +4% 15.9m 16.5m16.8m 16.5m 16.3m


Spend adjusted for inflation (£ billion)


By bednights


12 15


+2% -2% -1% +3%


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0 1 2 3 4


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% change on 2017


1,000


200 400 600 800


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business trips, 2008-18


Change in overseas


*12 months to June 2019


Source: ONS


FIGURE 36: LEADING BUSINESS DESTINATIONS FROM UK, 2018


By visits 0% 0% +5% -2% -9% +4% -1% -23%


% change on 2017


(2017 position where this


has changed)


*Excludes Thailand,


India, Pakistan Source: ONS


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% change year on year


% change in trips YoY


Trips (million)


Trips (million)


Visits (thousand) Nights (million)


Germany


Irish Republic France


Netherlands US


Belgium (8) Spain


Italy (7) US France


Irish Republic (9) Germany


Asia excl China* (7) Spain (5)


China & Hong Kong (10) Netherlands (8)


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