Introduction This is a strategy for Britain’s travel and tourism industry through to 2020. It highlights the potential for our visitor numbers to grow by 23 per cent to 40 million, the potential to add 200,000 jobs in an economy where new jobs are the number one priority and the potential to generate £8.7 billion in additional foreign exchange revenue (in nominal terms). Few British industries are as strong as travel and tourism, and few have such growth potential. But achieving this will not be easy. It requires an exceptional level of collaboration and partnership between the travel industry, the public sector and Government. VisitBritain can support this and facilitate this potential but it cannot deliver growth on […]
Great Britain Tourism Survey (GBTS), January to December 2012 This update summarises overnight domestic tourism in Wales during the calendar year 2012. Numbers are rounded to 2 decimal places. Figures are provisional and may be subject to final revision. Click image to download
This update summarises the top line results of the Great Britain Day Visits Survey 2012 in respect of Wales. The Great Britain Day Visits Survey (GBDVS) has been undertaken jointly with Visit England and Visit Scotland and is the source of official statistics on day visits by British residents to destinations throughout Britain. 2012 was the second year of the survey and took the form of 35,262 online interviews throughout Britain during the course of the year, with the Wales resident sample boosted to approximately 5,000 in order to permit more detailed secondary analysis in due course. Click on image to download