The number of international visits made by inbound tourists in the United Kingdom dropped drastically due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In 2020, the total number of inbound business trips in the European country amounted to only 2.45 million. By contrast, in the best year of the 2010s, that number surpassed nine million.
Number of visits made by international business tourists in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2020
(in millions)
Data prior to 2020 was retrieved from here.
Note from the source: "The Office for National Statistics (ONS) who are responsible for the International Passenger Survey (IPS) suspended data collection on 16 March 2020 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The data available for the remainder of 2020 is based on administrative sources and modelling (...)."
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VisitBritain. (May 2, 2022). Number of visits made by international business tourists in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2020 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 28, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/513024/inbound-business-visits-united-kingdom-uk/
VisitBritain. "Number of visits made by international business tourists in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2020 (in millions)." Chart. May 2, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/513024/inbound-business-visits-united-kingdom-uk/
VisitBritain. (2022). Number of visits made by international business tourists in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2020 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/513024/inbound-business-visits-united-kingdom-uk/
VisitBritain. "Number of Visits Made by International Business Tourists in The United Kingdom from 2010 to 2020 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/513024/inbound-business-visits-united-kingdom-uk/
VisitBritain, Number of visits made by international business tourists in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2020 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/513024/inbound-business-visits-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited May 28, 2022)
