Changes to the way the data was collected mean that it cannot be compared with previous years, but does enable month on month comparisons beginning with May 2006 data. The data will therefore become far more relevant in driving future marketing and commercial activity by the national tourist boards and partners in the industry.
The key findings of the report follow:
More than 138 million overnight domestic stays were made by UK residents last year.
The 2005 United Kingdom Tourism Survey indicates that domestic visitors spent 22.7 billion an average of 51 per night on trips in their own country.
Data from the UK’s four national tourist boards shows that the number of UK residents’ domestic trips remains well ahead of the 66.5 million trips taken abroad.
A total of 63% (87 million) were holidays, representing 14.5 billion 64% of spending.
The study found that people are also taking more short breaks. Nearly twice as many holidays of one to three nights (56 million) were taken last year compared with 30 million trips of four or more nights. The information echoes the growing global trend of shorter breaks spread throughout...
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