In 2024, the main purpose for domestic overnight trips in Great Britain was for visiting friends and relatives, accounting for **** million trips. Meanwhile, domestic overnight holiday trips totaled **** million. Overall, the number of domestic overnight trips in Great Britain totaled over *** million in 2024.

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.

In 2023, domestic tourism spending in the United Kingdom totaled ***** billion British pounds. This represented a **** percent decline from 2019, the year prior to the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. However, spending was projected to return to pre-pandemic levels in 2024, as well as rise to over *** billion British pounds by 2034.

Total domestic travel spending in Great Britain amounted to over ** billion British pounds in 2024. The largest share of this expenditure came from domestic day trips, which totaled **** billion British pounds; this, however, was nearly ***percent less than the 2019 figure. Conversely, spending on domestic overnight trips in Great Britain was ***percent higher in 2024 than in 2019, standing at *****billion British pounds.

This statistic shows the number of monthly domestic overnight tourism stays in Great Britain from 2018 to 2019. Numbers peaked in August, with domestic tourists spending a total of **** million nights in 2019.

Expenditure on domestic overnight tourism in Great Britain in 2024 experienced an uptake from the previous year, rising to ***** billion British pounds. Based on figures reaching back to 2010, this figure represented an all-time high in terms of spending, totaling ***** billion British pounds.

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".

This report analyses the total number of outbound tourist trips by UK residents. The data is sourced from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), collated within its "overseas travel and tourism (OTT) time series", and estimates are afforded by IBISWorld. The OTT time series provides seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted estimates of completed international visits to and from the United Kingdom, and was originally based on International Passenger Survey (IPS) data. Developed by the ONS, the IPS produces estimates on the basis of 250,000 interviews conducted over a given year. Interviews are conducted at all major UK airports and seas routes, at Eurostar terminals and on Eurotunnel shuttle trains. In this report, quarterly data is summed to produce tourism figures over financial years (i.e. April through March) and is not adjusted for seasonality.

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.

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.

Inbound, outbound and domestic tourism expenditure, inbound tourism consumption, production accounts and employment of the tourism industries and domestic supply and internal tourism consumption.

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).

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

When looking at the domestic travel and tourism expenditure in European Union member countries (EU-27) and the United Kingdom, Germany recorded the highest figure in 2019 and 2023. In the latter year, spending by domestic travelers in the country amounted to nearly *** billion U.S. dollars, exceeding the figure from 2019. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy followed in the ranking in 2023.

The Outbound Travel Industry Analysis in the United Kingdom is estimated to be valued at USD 98.2 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach USD 224.2 billion by 2035, registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.6% over the forecast period.

The number of visits abroad from the United Kingdom grew in 2023 over the previous year, reaching close to *** million trips. That year, the most common purpose for travelling abroad for UK residents was for holiday purposes, with over ** million trips made for this reason.

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