The occupancy surveys provide trend information on the demand of tourist accommodation in Wales.

Source agency: Welsh Government

Designation: Official Statistics not designated as National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: Wales tourism accommodation occupancy surveys

In 2024, the St. Fagans National Museum of History reported the highest number of visits among the selected tourist attractions in Wales, with over ******* visits. That year, the National Museum Cardiff recorded the second-highest figure in the ranking, with roughly ******* visits.

The number of visits to the most popular paid tourist attractions in Wales increased in 2021 over the previous year but remained below the figures reported prior to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In 2021, Cardiff Castle was the country's most visited paid attraction, with nearly 373 thousand visits. However, attendance at this site was 26 percent lower in 2021 compared to 2019. Meanwhile, Folly Farm followed on the ranking in 2021, recording around 349 thousand visits.

The survey is a national consumer survey measuring the volume and value of overnight trips taken by residents of the Great Britain. It is jointly sponsored by the Welsh Government, VisitEngland and VisitScotland. Results of the survey are published annually in the GB Tourist, with quarterly updates at a Wales level.

Source agency: Welsh Government

Designation: Official Statistics not designated as National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: Great Britain Tourism Survey - Results for Wales

In Wales, a number of tourism businesses reported an increase in the visitors in 2019 compared to the last summer. Reasons they provided included better weather (** percent) and more British choosing to stay in the UK rather than travel abroad.

Most commonly, visitors to Albury in this study shopped, ate out and saw the sights. The majority of visitors to Albury expected an opportunity to spend quality time with family and friends; to …Show full descriptionMost commonly, visitors to Albury in this study shopped, ate out and saw the sights. The majority of visitors to Albury expected an opportunity to spend quality time with family and friends; to relax and rejuvenate; to tour around and explore; and to explore the river or Lake Hume. Respondents were generally satisfied with their visit to Albury, particularly with food and beverage, roads, shopping and entertainment.

Most commonly, visitors to Newcastle in this study saw the sights, ate out and shopped. The majority of visitors to Newcastle expected an opportunity to relax and rejuvenate, to experience beach and …Show full descriptionMost commonly, visitors to Newcastle in this study saw the sights, ate out and shopped. The majority of visitors to Newcastle expected an opportunity to relax and rejuvenate, to experience beach and water activities, to tour around and explore, and to discover or learn something new. Respondents were generally satisfied with their visit to Newcastle, particularly with natural attractions. Beaches, bush and harbour, friendliness of locals, personal safety and security and local atmosphere were aspects with which they were particularly satisfied.

This study profiles domestic food and wine visitors to New South Wales, and looks at their motivations for visiting and satisfaction with their experiences.

Most commonly, visitors to Newcastle in this study saw the sights, ate out and shopped. The majority of visitors to Newcastle expected an opportunity to relax and rejuvenate, to experience beach and water activities, to tour around and explore, and to discover or learn something new. Respondents were generally satisfied with their visit to Newcastle, particularly with natural attractions. Beaches, bush and harbour, friendliness of locals, personal safety and security and local atmosphere were aspects with which they were particularly satisfied.

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In 2019, 18 percent of Welsh tourism businesses believed that uncertainty around Brexit was a reason for fewer visitors/guests this summer compared to summer 2018. Around a fifth of tourism businesses stated that visitor levels had declined compared to last summer. The weather was cited as another reason, however tourism businesses that had experienced an increase in visitors also stated that the weather had helped, as had more British people staying in the UK.

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This machine-readable version of John Williams' Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics is the result of a collaboration between the Statistical Directorate of the National Assembly for Wales, the History Data Service and the Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis at Queen's University Belfast.
John Williams' Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics is intended to provide a service for those working on the history of modern Wales. It arises from a belief that the quantitative element is a necessary and important part of the historical record; from an awareness that it was an aspect that was particularly inaccessible for scholars of Welsh history; and from a conviction that some encouragement in the use of quantitative material was necessary. It is modelled on the two volumes dedicated to British historical statistics: Mitchell, B.R. and Deane, P. (1962) Abstract of British historical statistics and Mitchell, B.R. and Jones, H.G. (1971) Second abstract of British historical statistics.
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The main tables are:


Tourism. Percentage of British holiday-makers staying in each country for one night or more on holidays in Great Britain
Election results. All parliamentary elections and by-elections, 1832-1974
Health Service. Number of doctors and persons supplying drugs, for insured persons, 1918-1974
Health Service. Number of medical and dental practitioners, and number of hospital staff, 1949-1974
Health Service. Hospitals. Number of beds, available and occupied, 1931-1938, 1948-1975; and number of out-patients, 1948-1975
Health Service. Gross expenditure, by category, 1950-1975
Health Service. Local authority services, number of users etc., 1931-1975
Social Services. Non-contributory pensions, number payable, 1909-1965; National assistance, number of cases, 1936-1965; Supplementary benefits, number in payment, 1966-1974
Social Services. Contributory pensions, benefits and allowances, 1926-1975
Social Services. National health insurance, receipts, etc., 1912-1944; claims and insured persons absent from work, 1949-1975
Social Services. Family allowances. Number of families receiving and number of children for whom allowances were paid, 1948-1975
Crime. Indictable offences known to police, 1857-1974; persons prosecuted for non-indictable offences, 1893-1974
Crime. Assizes and Quarter Sessions. Number of persons brought for trial, 1805-1974; offences classified, 1834-1918; number convicted, 1834-1874
Crime. Courts of summary jurisdiction. Number brought for trial, 1857-1918; number a) tried and b) found guilty of indictable offences 1893-1918, 1949-1974
Public utilities. Tramways, 1880-1938
Public utilities. Gas, 1882-1939

Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.

This dataset provides the latest domestic and international tourism statistics reports for NSW tourism regions.

Indonesia Visitors Arrivals: Annual: Europe: Wales data was reported at 0.000 Person in 2024. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 Person for 2023. Indonesia Visitors Arrivals: Annual: Europe: Wales data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 Person from Dec 2017 (Median) to 2024, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 57.000 Person in 2019 and a record low of 0.000 Person in 2024. Indonesia Visitors Arrivals: Annual: Europe: Wales data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Indonesia. The data is categorized under Indonesia Premium Database’s Tourism Sector – Table ID.QA004: Visitors Arrivals: by Country of Residence: Annual.

Data download of results from the on-going quarterly Survey of Tourist Accommodation (STA) for the following categories of establishments (catalogue number 8635.1.55.00):

• hotels and resorts with 15 or more rooms

• motels, private hotels and guest houses with 15 or more rooms

• serviced apartments with 15 or more units

Data provide information on the supply of, and demand for, tourist accommodation facilities. Data include number of establishments, capacity and employment for the quarter and occupancy and takings from accommodation for each month; by type of establishment and by star grading.

For the purpose of monitoring its visitor centres, National Nature Reserves (NNR) and bike trails, Natural Resources Wales contracted Linetop LTD to provide data and reporting on visitor numbers.

Reports are produced quarterly and provide a breakdown of visitor numbers in each site and reserve. This data includes:

Site cards - which provide details of counter placements and specification.
Raw Count data - raw counts from sensors. Reports - summary data provided as MS Word documents at regular intervals.

This metadata entry also covers the Grafana Chambers Electronics downloadable visitor counter data which is time stamp and number count data, which is affectively counting the same thing as the Linetop data.

The state of New South Wales, Australia had the highest number of people employed directly by the tourism sector in financial year 2024, at around 195,000 people. New South Wales also accounted for the largest group of people employed indirectly in the tourism sector that year.

The most popular outdoor activity in Wales is walking. In 2019, approximately 77 percent of the respondents in a nationally representative survey advised that they went walking as an outdoors activity at least once in the past four weeks. Second in popularity came picnicking and visiting children's playground or taking children to play outdoors.

More information about sport in Wales can be found in the Dossier: Sport in Wales.

This dataset contains visitor profiles for 92 Local Government Areas and accommodation profiles for 93 LGAs across regional NSW.