§ 46. Mr. H. Hyndasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign tourists came to this country last year, detailing the separate countries concerned.
§ Sir H. Lucas-ToothThe total number of foreign visitors—excluding business visitors—who arrived in this country last year for visits of less than six months was more than 550,000. As the full particulars involve a table of figures, I will, with permission, circulate them in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the table:
| Alien visitors admitted to the United Kingdom in 1954 on holiday, as tourists, etc., for visits of six months or less. | ||
| EUROPE | ||
| U.S.S.R | … | 403 |
| Finland and Baltic States | … | 2,675 |
| Sweden | … | 23,071 |
| Norway | … | 10,452 |
| Denmark | … | 13,366 |
| Poland | … | 200 |
| Germany | … | 70,250 |
| Netherlands | … | 38,777 |
| Belgium and Luxembourg | … | 33,254 |
| France | … | 100,265 |
| Switzerland | … | 18,437 |
| Portugal | … | 1,930 |
| Spain | … | 5,519 |
| Italy | … | 18,545 |
| Austria | … | 6,785 |
| Hungary | … | 114 |
| Czechoslovakia | … | 150 |
| Yugoslavia | … | 1,477 |
| Greece | … | 3,233 |
| Roumania | … | 23 |
| Turkey | … | 1,635 |
| Other European Countries | … | 1,152 |
| NON-EUROPEAN | |
| Israel | 4,049 |
| Egypt | 2,277 |
| Iraq | 1,036 |
| Persia | 851 |
| Burma | 240 |
| Indonesia | 409 |
| China | 202 |
| Japan | 610 |
| U.S.A | 171,204 |
| Central America and Mexico | 2,342 |
| Chile and Peru | 1.226 |
| Brazil | 2,117 |
| Argentina | 4,064 |
| Other South American Countries | 2,861 |
| Other Non-European Countries | 3,000 |
| *DOUBTFUL | 4,448 |
| TOTAL | 552,649 |
| *Persons possessing no nationality, and those whose nationality (if any) could not be determined, are shown together under the description "Doubtful." |