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Inbound visitors who spend at least one night in the UK during their trip are asked where they stayed. This information can then be aggregated to look at the number of visits, nights and spending in different regions, cities and towns. It is very important to remember that information at the regional level is often based on very small sample sizes, and as such should be treated with extreme caution, and used solely as an indicative estimate. The International Passenger Survey is a national survey, and is not designed to be statistically robust at the regional level. A second important point is that visitors often spend nights in more than one location during their trip. This means that when looking at ‘visits’ values for different regions will not sum to the national total – for example a visitor from the US making a single visit to the UK could be counted as making a ‘staying visit’ to London, to Edinburgh and to Chester. The following data includes a ‘Total UK’ category, representing the true national total for visits. ‘Double counting’ is not an issue when looking at visitor nights or spending. No information is recorded about where visitors arriving/departing the UK on the same day travel during their trip, nor is information recorded about where ‘staying visitors’ go for ‘day trips’. If a visitor from France spends four nights in Edinburgh they may take a day trip to St Andrews and another to Stirling, but this information will not be recorded in the International Passenger Survey. Excel file showing the top twenty UK towns visited by inbound visitors who stay at least one night in the UK, with data for each year from 1999. Excel file showing the number and share of staying visits, visitor nights and visitor spending by region and county for each year from 1999. Excel file showing the absolute number and percentage of visits, nights, and spend in each region from each inbound market by year from 2002. Excel file showing visits, nights and spend by region and type of accommodation stayed in Activities undertaken in the Nations and Regions of the UK by Visitors from Overseas (pdf 2mb) This pdf file gives an understanding of the activities undertaken by overseas visitors in Scotland, Wales, and the regions of England. As well as an overall summary, charts and commentary are available for each Nation/Region. | |
Use the following Excel file to access information on visits, nights and spending by purpose of visit in each region for the period 2000 to 2008P, both absolute and 'percentage share' figures are shown. Purpose of Visit by Region 2000 to 2008P The following Excel files, in the form of pivot-tables, contain regional trend data for the period 2002 to 2008P. Figures can be broken down by country of residence, purpose of visit, mode of travel, duration of stay, age-band and three-month period. It is important to note that small sample sizes mean data should be treated with caution, and is not necessarily statistically robust. To overcome the problem of small sample sizes wy not consider taking a 'moving average' over three or more years as this will improve the reliability of the result. The 'regions' available are: A separate worksheet covers data for Nil-Night visits. | |
Sub-regional trend data by purpose Excel pivot table showing IPS visits, nights, and spend data for the sub-regions of the UK (ie county level). Data can be viewed by journey purpose and by country of residence - it is recommended that users take a 3 year average when working with small sample sizes. Sub-regional accommodation trend data by purpose Excel pivot table showing IPS visits, nights, and spend data for the sub-regions of the UK (ie county level). Data can be viewed by journey purpose - it is recommended that users take a 3 year average when working with small sample sizes. Brief Guide to Excel Pivot-Tables Pivot-tables are really easy to use, and enable you to cut the data in a way that suits you. If you are unfamiliar with how to use this Excel tool take a look at this brief guide. Brief Guide to Excel Pivot-Charts Pivot-charts are really easy to use, and enable you to view different cuts of data graphically in a way that suits you. If you are unfamiliar with how to use this Excel tool take a look at this brief guide. | |