§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate her Department has made of the level of tourism exports in the last five years from each region of the country. [35304]
§ Dr. HowellsI have been asked to reply.
875WTourism exports are largely comprised of expenditure by overseas residents during visits to the United Kingdom. Data on this are available from the International Passenger Survey.
Expenditure by overseas' residents during visits to the UK is shown in the table. These data cover the years of 1996 to 2000 for Regional Tourist Board areas in England and for the countries of the United Kingdom. Regional data for 2001 will be available in May 2002.
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Spending by overseas' residents during visits to the UK £ million Tourist board region/country 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 London 6,007 5,993 6,298 6,760 6,901 Northumbria 158 190 129 167 169 Cumbria 58 59 45 67 52 North West 381 455 395 441 448 Yorkshire 280 304 286 264 259 Heart of England 646 640 624 704 771
Spending by overseas' residents during visits to the UK £ million Tourist board region/country 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 East of England 510 531 585 575 683 West Country 518 477 494 485 553 Southern 739 702 773 797 775 South East England 699 662 827 755 705 All England1 9,998 10,026 10,468 11,030 11,359 Wales 198 210 164 269 267 Scotland 839 799 882 817 789 Northern Ireland2 n/a n/a n/a n/a 107 UK1 11,244 11,275 11,723 12,370 12,672 1 Figures may not sum due to spending not attributable to regions/countries, e.g. in 2000 £110 million was spent on day trips to the UK but was not allocated to region/countries of the UK for reasons of questionnaire simplicity. 2 Comparable data not available. Source:
International Passenger Survey, Office for National Statistics