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VisitBritain (VB) is the national tourism agency, responsible for marketing Britain worldwide and developing Britain’s visitor economy. It works with UK Trade & Investment as well as airlines, travel operators, global brands and the official tourism bodies for London, England,...
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Employment Tribunal decision.
Update on progress on the travel and tourism statistics review, including proposed future approach and details of a user consultation.
Visits to the UK by overseas residents, visits abroad by UK residents and spending by travellers. The International Passenger Survey (IPS) was suspended in March 2020 because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This article makes use of available administrative sources...
Presents monthly results on the number of overseas visitors to the UK, UK residents visits abroad, earnings from overseas visits, expenditure of UK residents going abroad.
Visit the UK as a Standard Visitor for tourism, business, study (courses up to 6 months), medical treatment and other activities. Find out whether you need a Standard Visitor visa, or can visit without a visa.
Consumer Sentiment tracker, with the focus on trips intentions and how they are impacted by current events, such as Covid-19 and cost of living crisis
Tool to locate the datasets of Overseas Travel and Tourism estimates.
Consumer Sentiment tracker, with the focus on trips intentions and how they are impacted by current events, such as Covid-19 and cost of living crisis.
British tourists and stomach infections in Spain.
Visits to the UK by overseas residents, visits abroad by UK residents and spending by travellers, using provisional passenger traffic data.
Consumer Sentiment tracker, with the focus on trips intentions and how they are impacted by current events, such as Covid-19 and rising cost of living
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