The United Kingdom Tourism Survey (UKTS) is a national consumer survey measuring the volume and value of tourism trips taken by residents of the United Kingdom. It is jointly sponsored by VisitBritain, VisitScotland, Visit Wales and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board.
The survey covers trips away from home lasting one night or more taken by UK residents for the purpose of holidays, visits to friends and relatives, business and conferences or any other purpose. Tourism is measured in terms of volume (trips taken, nights away) and value (expenditure on trips).
The survey underwent a methodology change in May 2005, with the survey moving from a telephone survey to a face-to-face survey methodology. The change was brought about because of doubts in the reliability of the survey data being produced by the telephone survey methodology.
2009
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2008
Regions
2007
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Link to 2007 Regional Data
2006
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2005 Results
National
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UKTS 2004 Results
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Pre-2004 Results
Please note that figures shown on the spreadsheets are in millions, thus millions of overnight trips, millions of bednights and millions of pounds spent.
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