Monthly estimates of overseas residents’ visits and spending and visits and spending abroad by UK or Great Britain residents. Also includes data on purpose of visit, area visited by UK residents and area of residence for overseas residents.

United Kingdom UK: International Tourism: Number of Arrivals data was reported at 35,814,000.000 Person in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 34,436,000.000 Person for 2015. United Kingdom UK: International Tourism: Number of Arrivals data is updated yearly, averaging 28,119,000.000 Person from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 35,814,000.000 Person in 2016 and a record low of 20,982,000.000 Person in 2001. United Kingdom UK: International Tourism: Number of Arrivals data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International inbound tourists (overnight visitors) are the number of tourists who travel to a country other than that in which they have their usual residence, but outside their usual environment, for a period not exceeding 12 months and whose main purpose in visiting is other than an activity remunerated from within the country visited. When data on number of tourists are not available, the number of visitors, which includes tourists, same-day visitors, cruise passengers, and crew members, is shown instead. Sources and collection methods for arrivals differ across countries. In some cases data are from border statistics (police, immigration, and the like) and supplemented by border surveys. In other cases data are from tourism accommodation establishments. For some countries number of arrivals is limited to arrivals by air and for others to arrivals staying in hotels. Some countries include arrivals of nationals residing abroad while others do not. Caution should thus be used in comparing arrivals across countries. The data on inbound tourists refer to the number of arrivals, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips to a country during a given period is counted each time as a new arrival.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.; Gap-filled total;

Annual estimates of overseas residents’ visits and spending. Also includes data on nights, purpose, region of UK visited and mode of travel. Breakdowns by nationality and area of residence are covered. In 2019, new methods were introduced for this dataset. The 2009 to 2019 edition supersedes all previous time series editions of this dataset. We advise against using all editions listed before the 2019 edition.

This dataset shows how many people visited Attractions in Lincolnshire by calendar year. Visitor numbers for a wide range of attractions are shown, along with other key information such as entrance fees. The data's source is the Annual Survey of Visits to Visitor Attractions, run by Visit England. (As usual with survey data there are some limitations, such as not all visitor attractions participating in the survey, and where visitor numbers are estimated that is indicated in the data). This dataset is updated annually from statistics published by Visit Britain, see the Source link for more information.

Visit Britain publish data relating to international visitors to the UK. They produce the data in two formats - individual spreadsheets for each region that are updated annually, and a single spreadsheet for all regions, containing less detail but updated quarterly.

London data

London data shows totals for nights, visits, and spend. Data broken down by age, purpose, duration, mode and country. This spreadsheet is also available from Visit Britain website.

All Regions data

The latest quarterly data for regions (47MB), shows quarterly data including purpose and country. This spreadsheet is also available from Visit Britain website.

A combination of these two spreadsheets is used to create data used for the Dashboard here.

All data taken from the International Passenger Survey (IPS).

International tourism accounts for nearly four-fifths of all tourist spending in London. Some additional data on domestic tourism can be found on the Visit Britain website, and Visit England both overnight tourism and Day visits pages.

Data on accomodation occupancy levels is also available from Visit England.

An overview of all tourism data for London can be found in this GLAE report 'Tourism in London'

Further information can be found on the London and Partners website.

Comparisons of international tourist arrivals with other world cities are produced by Euromonitor and Mastercard.

Quarterly estimates of overseas residents’ visits and spending. Also includes data on nights, purpose, region of UK visited and mode of travel. Breakdowns by nationality and area of residence are covered. This dataset is published quarterly. The versions published for Quarters 1 (Jan to Mar), 2 (Apr to June) and 3 (July to Sept) are on a separate webpage under the name "Estimates of overseas residents' visits and spending".

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The International Passenger Survey (IPS) aims to collect data on both credits and debits for the travel account of the Balance of Payments, provide detailed visit information on overseas visitors to the United Kingdom (UK) for tourism policy, and collect data on international migration.

Users should note that currently the data covers the first three quarters of 2019 with four subject areas, termed 'Airmiles', 'Alcohol', 'Qregtown' and 'Qcontact'. One file is produced each quarter per subject area, and the dataset updated quarterly. These files can be joined together using the variables YEAR, SERIAL, FLOW and QUARTER.

The depositor recommends that only expert users who are very familiar with the coding and weighting structures use these data, as limited support is available. Some considerable understanding of the data is required before meaningful analyses can be made; care must be taken when performing time series operations as codes can vary from year to year and not all variables from one year's dataset are used in other years.

Latest edition information

For the fifth edition (September 2022), a revised Qcontcust 2009-2019 data file was added to the study, with additional category labels added. The data file includes all years from 2009-2019 and users will need to filter the data by year to see cases for individual years.

Main Topics:

Each of the four subject areas of this study covers different topics, as it follows:

• 'Airmiles': quarter; flow; serial; UK port or route; direct leg overseas port; final overseas port; distance from UK port to first port; from first to second port; from UK port to second port
• 'Alcohol': year; quarter; month; flow; serial; money spent on spirits; wine; beer; champagne; cigarettes; hand-rolled and other tobacco
• 'Qreg' (covers 2009-2019): year; quarter; month; flow; serial; towns stayed in overnight; details of type of accommodation; number of nights spent in towns; expenditure in towns; regional stay weight; regional visit weight; regional expenditure weight; various validation checks
• 'Qcontact': year; quarter; month; flow; serial; nationality; country of visit/residence; UK counties; date visit began; purpose of visit; intended length of stay; number of people; package tour and cost; expenditure pre-, post- and during visit; flight prefix and suffix; first carrier air or shipping line; direct leg overseas port; final overseas port; long- or short-haul; type of vehicle; number travelling in vehicle; fare type and cost; class of travel; business trip; type of flight; flight origin or destination; gender; age group; UK port or route; quality of response; date of interview; money transfer, net and total expenditure; type of transport; arrivals (number of adults); departures (type of travelling group, number of adults and children); weighting variables; various validation checks

Annual estimates of visits and spending by UK residents abroad. Also includes data on nights, purpose, main country visited and mode of travel. Breakdowns by length of stay and nationality are covered. In 2019, new methods were introduced for this dataset. The 2009 to 2019 edition supersedes all previous time series editions of this dataset. We advise against using all editions listed before the 2019 edition.

Daytime population - The estimated number of people in a borough in the daytime during an average day, broken down by component sub-groups.

The figures given are an average day during school term-time. No account has been made for seasonal variations, or for people who are usually in London (resident, at school or working), but are away visiting another place.

Sources include the Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) (available under license), Annual Population Survey (APS), 2011 Census, Department for Education (DfE), International Passenger Survey (IPS), GB Tourism Survey (GBTS), Great Britain Day Visit Survey (GBDVS), GLA Population Projections, and GLA Economics estimates (GLAE).

The figures published in these sources have been used exactly as they appear - no further adjustments have been made to account for possible sampling errors or questionnaire design flaws.

Day trip visitors are defined as those on day trips away from home for three hours or more and not undertaking activities that would regularly constitute part of their work or would be a regular leisure activity.

International visitors – people from a country other than the UK visiting the location;
Domestic overnight tourists – people from other parts of the UK staying in the location for at least one night.
All visitor data is modelled and unrounded.

This edition was released on 14 January 2015 and replaces the previous estimates for 2012.

GLA resident population, 2011 Census resident population, and 2011 Census workday populations (by sex) included for comparison.

For more workday population data by age use the **Custom Age-Range Tool for Census 2011 Workday population , or download data for a range of geographical levels from NOMIS. **

Annual estimates of visits and spending for UK residents abroad and for overseas residents visiting the UK.

This spreadsheet summarises of the key travel patterns and trends relating to the TFL network and Airports around London.

Some of the borough level data has been analysed using these interactive charts. Click on the image to open.

The first stack graph shows the spread of mode of travel for each borough. In Kensington and Chelsea over 44 per cent of journeys are made on foot, in Bexley 59 per cent of journeys are in a car/motorcycle, and in Hackney over a 25 per cent of journeys are by bus.

The second graph shows the proportion of all road casualties by road user type and borough in 2010. The City of London has the highest proportion of casualties for pedestrians, and cyclists.

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Some of the airports data has been presented in this one page factsheet that highlights some important facts about flights and passengers at London’s airports. The number one country where people have either come from or going to is the United States.

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List of tables included in the spreadsheet:

1 Aggregate travel volumes in Greater London. Estimated daily average number of journey stages, 1993-2009
2 Modal shares of daily journey stages in London, 2009
3 Annual passenger kilometres travelled by public transport (millions), London, 2008/09 - 2010/11
4 Annual journey stages by public transport (millions), 1991/92 - 2010/11
5 Index of London road traffic, major and minor roads, all motor vehicles, 2000-2009
6 Trends in road casualties, by personal injury severity, London and GB, 1991-2010
7 London road casualties by mode of travel, 2010
8 Trends in cycle flows on the TLRN, annualised indices, 2000/01 - 2010/11
9 People entering central London in the weekday morning peak, 1978 - 2009
10 Car ownership in Inner and Outer London, 2009/10
11 Hours of serious and severe disruption London-wide, 2009/10
12 Number of road works undertaken on the TLRN, Sep 2009 - Oct 2010
13 London Underground: scheduled and operated train kilometres, 1995/96 - 2009/10
14 London Underground - operated train kilometres (millions) by line, 2009/10
15 Average number of passengers per bus, train or tram, 2001/02 - 2009/10
16 Public transport fares - UK and London compared, 1994/95 - 2009/10
17 Air freight moved through London's principal airports, 1993 - 2009
18 Terminal passengers by London area airport, in millions, 2000, 2010
19 Terminal passengers by London area airport, 1990 - 2010
20 Terminal passengers by flight's country of origin or destination, 2010
21 Road Casualties by Severity and Road User Type, by Borough 2010
22 Data used in the Interactive Chart
- Number of trips, distribution of trips by mode and average travel time from home to work, 2007/2008 to 2009/10 (3-year moving average)
23 Data used for Air Transport Factsheet
- International terminal passengers at London airports, 2010
- All terminal passengers at London airports, in millions, 2000, 2010
- Terminal passengers at London airports by origin or destination of the flight, 2010
- Number of UK flights and passenger by London airport, 2010

Most data is from the annual report Travel in London 3, Transport for London. Further information, reports and data from the Travel in London series can be found on the TFL website.

Tourist Arrivals in Sri Lanka decreased to 240217 in February from 252761 in January of 2025. This dataset provides - Sri Lanka Tourist Arrivals - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The average spend per day on trips abroad by residents of the United Kingdom (UK) has increased over the period from 2011 to 2019. An average of 69 British pounds was spent per day on visits overseas in 2019. According to the same dataset, the average spend by tourists traveling to the UK was somewhat higher than UK tourists abroad.

Bulletin presenting the latest quarterly data on passenger satisfaction, bus reliability and bus patronage in Great Britain.

Source agency: Transport

Designation: National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: Bus and Light Rail Statistics, Great Britain

Seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted estimates of completed international visits. Based on International Passenger Survey data.

Summary time series data of the International Visitor Survey, the National Visitor Survey and the State Tourism Satellite Account, as published by Tourism Research Australia (TRA). These data sources estimate total visitor expenditure in South Australia, direct tourism jobs and regional tourism expenditure. Breakdowns of visitor origin are also provided, with time series of visitors from the UK, Germany, USA, China and New Zealand, as well as domestic visitors in South Australia. For further details on these datasets please visit the TRA website: https://www.tra.gov.au/research

Quarterly statistics on road traffic for Great Britain.

Source agency: Transport

Designation: National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: Road traffic estimates for Great Britain