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.

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. Data shows London totals for nights, visits, and spend. Data broken down by age, purpose, duration, mode and country. This data is also available from Visit Britain website, including the latest quarterly data for other regions. All data taken from the International Passenger Survey (IPS). 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 in Mastercard's Global Destination Cities Index of 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. This dataset is included in the Greater London Authority's Night Time Observatory. Click here to find out more.

Tourist Arrivals in the United Kingdom decreased to 9297 Thousand in the fourth quarter of 2024 from 10408 Thousand in the third quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - United Kingdom Tourist Arrivals- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

London Borough level tourism trip estimates (thousands). The ‘top-down’ nature of the Local Area Tourism Impact (LATI) model (starting with London data) means it is best suited to disaggregate expenditure. However, tourism trips were also disaggregated for comparative purposes using the estimated proportions of spending by overseas, domestic and day visitors in the boroughs. Since the trip estimates are derived from data on trips to London they do not account for trips to different boroughs by visitors whilst in London. Indicative borough level day visitor/tourist estimates for 2007 were derived from the LDA’s own experimental London level day visitor estimates. As such the borough level day visitor estimates should be treated with caution and the 2007 day visitor estimates are not comparable with those from previous years. They are intended only to give a best estimate of the scale of day visitor tourism in each borough from the currently available data. Further tourism data for UK regions covering trends in visits, nights, and spend to London by visitors from overseas is available on the Visit Britain website. Analyse data by age, purpose, duration, and quarter. This dataset is no longer updated.

Annual official statistic measuring the volume and value of domestic overnight tourism in Britain. Jointly sponsored by Visit England, Visit Scotland and Visit Wales. Publication schedule for monthly results is at http://www.visitengland.org/Images/Continuous%20surveys_2013_v7_tcm30-32182.pdf All current survey deliverables (including online data browser) are at http://www.visitengland.org/insight-statistics/major-tourism-surveys/overnightvisitors/index.aspx

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.

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.

Statistics in development from the GBTS, detailing domestic overnight trips and tourism day visits in Great Britain and England for Q1 2025, with comparisons to 2022-2024. Includes breakdowns by accommodation type, destination type, main activity, child presence, life stage, and regional volumes/values (all regions visited).

Context

The data contains travel information from UK, ranging from 1986 to 2020.

Content

There is information about the number of overseas visitors, the money they spent and the same for UK residents who travelled abroad. There are two variants- NSA (Non seasonal adjusted) and SA (Seasonal adjusted).

Acknowledgements

Data sourced from: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/leisureandtourism/datasets/internationalpassengersurveytimeseriesspreadsheet

Inspiration

The analysis could analyze the trend of travel to and from the UK from 1986-2020.

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

Annual official statistic measuring the volume and value of tourism leisure day trips in Britain. Jointly sponsored by VisitEngland, Visit Scotland and Visit Wales. Publication schedule for monthly results is at http://www.visitengland.org/Images/Continuous%20surveys_2013_v7_tcm30-32182.pdf All current survey deliverables (including online data browser) are at http://www.visitengland.org/insight-statistics/major-tourism-surveys/dayvisitors/

Annual official statistic measuring the number of visits to English visitor attractions. Results are published in August each year. Key survey deliverables include a powerpoint report (currently published as pdf), top 20 listings by region (pdf) and an excel listing of visits to all participating attractions who give permission for data to be used. All current survey deliverables are online at http://www.visitengland.org/insight-statistics/major-tourism-surveys/attractions/Annual_Survey/index.aspx

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. The Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) versions of this dataset up to 2023 are on a different webpage under the name "Overseas travel and tourism, quarterly".

London’s Tourism Direct GVA (TDGVA) in 2019 is estimated by taking London’s share of the latest ONS regional TDGVA publication (2013) and multiplying it with the latest TDGVA estimate (2017) for the UK. The resulting figure is then multiplied with a ratio of London spend data from VisitBritain’s International Passenger Surveys from 2019 and 2017. This approach assumes 1) that London’s share of UK TDGVA has remained constant from 2013 to 2017 and 2) a constant relation between spend and GVA from 2017 to 2019. The annual VisitBritain forecast for the volume and value of inbound tourism to the UK is issued in December each year. They have however updated this to reflect the impact of COVID-19 on inbound tourism to the UK, as well as an estimate of impact on domestic tourism within England. These were used to estimate London’s tourism spend for 2020. More details on the inbound tourism forecast for 2020 to the UK and domestic tourism with in England for 2020 can be found at Visit Britain.

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.
There are two versions of the IPS data for 1999, the reduced version used for fuller queries but restricted in the number of variables and the main data for expert users which contain all analysable variables.
Reduced dataset - the depositor recommends using this dataset for fuller queries as it contains most of the important analysable information and, due to their nature, will be much easier to understand and tabulate. Although the variable list is the same from year to year, care must be taken with these files when trying to perform time series operations as codes can also vary from year to year for some variables.
Main dataset - the depositor recommends that only expert users who are very familiar with the coding and weighting structures use this dataset 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 years dataset are used in other years. The data covers four subject areas, AIRMILES (held as a complete year) ALCOHOL, QREGTOWN and QCONTACT (held quarterly in four files per subject area). These can be joined together using the variables YEAR, SERIAL, FLOW and QUARTER. The weighting of IPS data is complex and done in several stages. When working with the system weights, great care should be taken to read the documentation concerning weighting procedures as not all records are treated in exactly the same way (this does not apply to the smaller dataset).

Tourism Revenues in the United Kingdom decreased to 7397 GBP Million in the fourth quarter of 2024 from 10153 GBP Million in the third quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - United Kingdom Tourism Revenues- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

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.
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.

The data cover 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.

Weighting the IPS
ONS advise that the variable 'fweight' included in the 'Qcontact' dataset should be applied to get an overall weighted profile. This weight is set consistently overtime. Other weights are provided to analyse finer detail but no information is provided in the documentation. ONS are currently reviewing the documentation but in the meantime if users have any detailed weighting questions they should contact the ONS at socialsurveys@ons.gov.uk.

The original deposit of this dataset was made in August 2006, and contained data from the first quarter (January-March 2006). Subsequent editions were updated in conjunction with successive quarters of IPS, until the fourth edition (May 2007) which contained data from the fourth quarter (October-December 2006) and took into account Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) revised estimates of interlining at major UK airports, and new information on spending and numbers of visits from tourists using the Irish land border, an area not covered by the IPS sample. The CAA estimates were further revised for the fifth edition (October 2007), when data files for all four quarters of 2006 were updated. The revised CAA figures have shown much lower levels of interlining than previously estimated and so IPS estimates of visits to and from the UK have generally risen. The information on tourists using the Irish land border was also updated.

Overnight tourism trips to London taken by residents of Great Britain. Table include data on visits, nights, spend and length of stay. This dataset is included in the Greater London Authority's Night Time Observatory. Click here to find out more.