Britain Sees Record Month For Tourism Over Summer
Umer Jamshaid Published September 22, 2017 | 10:35 PM
The number of overseas tourists heading to Britain in July broke through the 4 million mark for the first time ever official figures revealed Friday
LONDON, Sept 22 (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Sep, 2017 ) : The number of overseas tourists heading to Britain in July broke through the 4 million mark for the first time ever official figures revealed Friday.
Figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show July as the highest month ever for inbound tourism to the Britain since official records began in 1961. The July total was 6 percent rise compared to the same month in 2016, said ONS.
As an added boost to the British economy, the overseas visitors spent 3.8 billion U.S. Dollars in Britain, the best month for spend on record. Strong growth in visits from North America continued in July with a record 650,000 visits, up 9 percent on last year.
British Tourism Minister John Glen said: "These record figures show the continued strength of this important sector and the UK's global position as a must-visit destination." Visit Britain director Patricia Yates said that the best-ever monthly figures underpinned a strong first half of the year for inbound tourism.
Yates commented "This sustained growth demonstrates Britain's continued ability to compete internationally for visitors and shows that tourism, one of our most valuable export industries, is an increasingly important driver of economic growth across our nations and regions.
" The ONS figures have brought the total number of overseas visits to Britain from January to July this year to 23.1 million, up 8 percent on the same period last year and a record year to date.
Spending by visitors during this period hit a record 18 billion U.S. dollars, up 9 percent on the same period last year. There were 2.9 million overseas visits from North America from January to July, up 21 percent on the same period last year.
There were 15.1 million overseas visits from EU countries, Britain's largest visitor-generating region, up 4 percent on last year. Visits from the rest of the world, which includes Australia, China, the Gulf markets and India, were up to a record 3.6 million from January to July this year, up 18 percent on the same period last year.
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