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Number of International Visitors to London

<p>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.</p>
<p><strong>London data</strong></p>
<p>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 <a href="http://www.visitbritain.org/latest-quarterly-data-area">Visit Britain</a> website.</p>
<p><strong>All Regions data</strong></p>
<p>The latest quarterly data for regions (47MB), shows quarterly data including purpose and country. This spreadsheet is also available from <a href="http://www.visitbritain.org/insightsandstatistics/inboundvisitorstatistics/latestdata/index.aspx">Visit Britain</a> website.</p>
<p>A combination of these two spreadsheets is used to create data used for the Dashboard.</p>
<p>All data taken from the International Passenger Survey (IPS).</p>
<p>International tourism accounts for nearly four-fifths of all tourist spending in London. Some additional data on domestic tourism can be found on the <a href="http://www.visitbritain.org/insightsandstatistics/domesticvisitorstatistics/index.aspx">Visit Britain</a> website, and Visit England both <a href="http://www.visitengland.org/insight-statistics/major-tourism-surveys/overnightvisitors/">overnight tourism</a> and <a href="http://www.visitengland.org/insight-statistics/major-tourism-surveys/dayvisitors/index.aspx">Day visits</a> pages.</p>
<p>Data on accomodation occupancy levels is also available from <a href="http://www.visitengland.org/insight-statistics/major-tourism-surveys/accommodations/Occupancy_Survey/">Visit England</a>.</p>
<p>An overview of all tourism data for London can be found in this GLAE report '<a href="http://www.london.gov.uk/publication/working-paper-53-tourism-london">Tourism in London</a>'</p>
<p>Further information can be found on the <a href="http://www.londonandpartners.com/media-centre/facts-and-figures/london-research-resources">London and Partners</a> website.</p>
<p>Comparisons of international tourist arrivals with other world cities are produced by <a href="http://blog.euromonitor.com/2012/01/euromonitor-internationals-top-city-destinations-ranking1-.html">Euromonitor</a> and in Mastercard's Global Destination Cities Index of <a href="http://newsroom.mastercard.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/MasterCard_Global_Destination_Cities_Index_2012.pdf">2012</a>, <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CC0QFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsroom.mastercard.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F05%2FUpdated-Mastercard_GDCI_Final_V4.pdf&ei=Q7pxVZiCIaO17gaMy4KwBA&usg=AFQjCNHxMoL8OqB6LO4Iuekm_owJRuJKFg&sig2=FYUUUc_uzI0Kpdlx66fUwA&bvm=bv.95039771,d.ZGU">2013</a>, <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsroom.mastercard.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F07%2FMastercard_GDCI_2014_Letter_Final_70814.pdf&ei=xrlxVb77CsiN7AaY9IGwBg&usg=AFQjCNFFV_NonZSnyvqVmpwCRb71YDpezQ&sig2=SSMMexJsnUafip7MtcJuVQ&bvm=bv.95039771,d.ZGU">2014</a>, and <a href="http://newsroom.mastercard.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/MasterCard-GDCI-2015-Final-Report1.pdf">2015</a>.</p>

Office for National Statistics

2015-09-26 14:29:02

Quarterly

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