HC Deb 19 December 1969 vol 793 cc488-9W
Mr. Wolrige-Gordon

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many foreign visitors came to Great Britain this year; and what proportion of them went to Scotland during their stay.

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody

From January to October, the number coming to the United Kingdom was 3½ million, excluding Commonwealth citizens and nationals of the Irish Republic. Information about overseas visitors who went to Scotland was last obtained in 1966, when the proportion was about 10 per cent.; information about the numbers visiting different parts of the United Kingdom is to be collected again next year.