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International tourist spending in the UK Q1 2015-Q3 2021

Published by Statista Research Department, Feb 9, 2022
The spending of inbound tourists in the United Kingdom fell sharply in 2020 and 2021 over the previous years due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In the third quarter of 2021, the expenditure of international visitors in the UK amounted to 1.2 billion British pounds, increasing remarkably over the previous quarter but staying way below pre-pandemic levels. Over the same period, inbound visits to the United Kingdom reached approximately 1.3 million. Overall, figures for 2021 only refer to air passengers since it was not possible to conduct passenger surveys at different locations (for instance, UK seaports, Eurostar trains, and the Eurotunnel) between January and September 2021.

Spending of inbound visitors in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1st quarter 2015 to 3rd quarter 2021 (in billion GBP)

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Release date

February 2022

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

Q1 2015 to Q3 2021

Supplementary notes

*The source specifies that the International Passenger Survey (IPS) was suspended on March 16, 2020 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Thus, 2020 figures are based on administrative sources and modeling, except for Q1 2020 data that is based on the IPS. Please find here additional information related to the methodology.

**Data for 2021 only refer to air passengers and cannot be compared with historical UK total figures. The source specifies that the "sample for this period is very low so extreme caution should be used when interpreting results".

Figures have been rounded.

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