VisitBritain has issued a mid-year update of our forecast for the volume and value of inbound tourism first published in December 2007. The forecast continues to be that the volume of inbound tourism will increase by 2%, but we now anticipate the nominal value of inbound tourism to increase by only 1.4%, representing a slight decline in real terms.

• Link to more informaiton on VisitBritain forecasts for inbound tourism 2008    

The United Nations World Tourism Organisation has released provisional figures showing the top destinations in 2007 for both international tourism arrivals and receipts.  The following one-page summary provides further details:

Top global tourism destinations in 2007

International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook

In April and October each year the IMF publish 'World Economic Outlook', providing historical trend data and forecasts for a host of variables, including Gross Domestic Product, income per head, unemployment and population.  The following link opens an Excel file containing the latest data.

April 2008 World Economic Outlook

Exchange Rates

The following Excel file provides monthly average Sterling exchange rates against most major currencies.

Monthly exchange rates

Issued twice per month Trends Update highlights the latest facts, figures and trends that impact on tourism in Britain.  

Trends Update does not, however, cover the main tourism surveys, such as the International Passenger Survey, as these are detailed elsewhere through: www.visitbritain.com/research

Issue 87 (13 August 2008)

Issue 86 (24 July 2008)              Issue 85 (8 July 2008)

Issue 84 (24 June 2008)             Issue 83 (5 June 2008)

Issue 82 (22 May 2008)              Issue 81 (8 May 2008)

Issue 80 (25 April 2008)             Issue 79 (14 April 2008)

Issue 78 (31 March 2008)           Issue 77 (13 March 2008)

Issue 76 (26 February 2008)       Issue 75 (13 February 2008)

Issue 74 (7 January 2008)          Issue 73 (17 December 2007)

Issue 72 (29 November 2007)     Issue 71 (13 November 2007)

Issue 70 (29 October 2007)         Issue 69 (11 October 2007)

Issue 68 (25 September 2007)    Issue 67 (5 September 2007)

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Issue 64 (9 July 2007)                Issue 63 (25 June 2007)

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Issue 60 (10 May 2007)              Issue 59 (23 April 2007)

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Issue 54 (9 February 2007)         Issue 53 (22 January 2007)

Issue 52 (9 January 2007)          Issue 51 (21 December 2006)

Issue 50 (9 December 2006)      Issue 49 (24 November 2006)

Issue 48 (9 November 2006)      Issue 47 (23 October 2006)

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Issue 44 (13 September 2006)   Issue 43 (25 August 2006)

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Issue 28 (6 January 2006)         Issue 27 (14 December 2005)

Issue 26 (29 November 2005)    Issue 25 (15 November 2005)

Issue 24 (31 October 2005)       Issue 23 (17 October 2005)

Issue 22 (30 September 2005)  Issue 21 (19 September 2005)

Issue 20 (6 September 2005)    Issue 19 (22 August 2005)

Issue 18 (8 August 2005)          Issue 17 (22 July 2005)

Issue 16 (11 July 2005)            Issue 15 (27 June 2005)

Issue 14 (14 June 2005)           Issue 13 (1 June 2005)

Issue 12 (18 May 2005)            Issue 11 (9 May 2005)

Issue 10 (20 April 2005)           Issue 9 (5 April 2005)

Issue 8 (23 March 2005)           Issue 7 (9 March 2005)

Issue 6 (23 February 2005)       Issue 5 (9 February 2005)

Issue 4 (26 January 2005)        Issue 3 (13 January 2005)

Issue 2 (30 December 2004)    Issue 1 (10 December 2004)