In addition to the regular sponsoring of the ‘business visit sub-group’ and ‘States of Residence’ questions VisitBritain also sponsors other ad-hoc questions on the International Passenger Survey.  

Below you will find reports summarizing the results of these questions, but you will also find detailed analysis of International Passenger Survey information in our annual Country Market and Trade Profiles and in our monthly publication Foresight,  including analysis of visitors with specific duration of stay, journey purpose, age-band or mode of travel.

Activities Dashboard - Absolute Numbers
Activities Dashboard - Percentages

These Activities 'dashboards' give you an easy-access profile of visitors undertaking different activities on their trip to the UK.

Detailed Activities Data 2007
Detailed Activities Data 2006

These Excel files, in the form of a pivot-table, provide information on how many visitors actually particiapted in various activities when they came to the UK.  Data covered includes travelling group, age, gender, length of stay, purpose of visit, quarter, and country of residence.  Data can be viewed in percentage or absolute terms.  Different activities were asked about in 2006 and 2007 so check both files to find the activity you're looking for!

Sports Tourism (this question was last asked in 2005)

English as a Foreign Language (this question was last asked in 2005)

Decision to travel ‘lead time’ (this question was last asked in 2005).  Excel file showing decision lead time by country - see also the October 2006 edition of Foresight

First-time and repeat visitors (this question was last asked in 2004)

Type of transport used in the UK (this question was last asked in 2003)

Travelling group (this question was asked in 2003)