HC Deb 07 December 1992 vol 215 c454W
18. Mr. Sproat

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many overseas visitors came to the United Kingdom in 1991.

Mr. Key

There were an estimated 16.7 million visits to the United Kingdom by overseas residents in 1991. Inward tourism was badly affected by the Gulf war and the recession in the USA. The number of visitors so far this year is well up on 1991, though not quite back to the record levels achieved in 1990.