§ Mr. Copeasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will set out the latest available past actual figures and future forecasts of foreign holidaymakers who visit this country, of British people holidaying abroad and of British people holidaying in the United Kingdom, showing in the case of British and foreign holidaymakers in the United Kingdom the number of nights spent by holidaymakers in each tourist board region.
§ Mr. DeakinsThe tables below set out the latest information available. It is not customary to venture official forecasts of the kind requested
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TABLE 1(a) Million nights Overseas visitors on holiday to the United Kingdom (b) 1973 44.8 1974 first half 14.3 United Kingdom residents going abroad on holiday (b) 1973 98.2 1974 first half 25.9 Source: International Passenger Survey. (a) Futher information, based on numbers of visits, is given in the Business Monitor, M6, Overseas Travel and Tourism, published by HMSO. (b) Includes visitors from the Irish Republic.
TABLE 2 Estimated numbers of nights spent by overseas holiday visitors to Great Britain by tourist board region 1973 (a) million nights Total: UNITED KINGDOM 42.2 Total: ENGLAND 20.8 Cumbria 0.2 Northumbria 0.2 North West 0.8 Yorkshire 0.5 Heart of England 0.6 East Midlands 0.4 Thames and Chilterns 0.8 East Anglia 0.7 London 12.5 West Country 1.6 South East 2.5 Total: SCOTLAND 2.0 Highlands and Islands 0.3 Grampian 0.1 East Central 0.3 Clyde 0.5 South West (b) Edinburgh and Lothians 0.7 Borders (b) Total: WALES 0.5 North Wales 0.1 Mid Wales 0.1 South Wales 0.3 Regions not specified (c) 18.9 Source: International Passenger Survey. (a) Excluding visitors from Irish Republic and visitors travelling directly to Northern Ireland and not via Great Britain. (b) Less than 50,000 nights. (c) Includes visitors staying in the United Kingdom for more than three months, who were not asked for the information; a number who did not reply; and a small number of visitors to Northen Ireland. 284W
TABLE 3 Estimated number of nights away from home spent by British residents on holidays in Great Britain, 1973 (a), (b). REGION million nights Total: GREAT BRITAIN 465 Total: ENGLAND 355 Cumbria 15 Northumbria 15 North West 30 Yorkshire 25 Heart of England 15 East Midlands 20 Thames and Chilterns 15 East Anglia 35 London 15 West Country 110 South East 65
REGION million nights Total: SCOTLAND 55 Highlands and Islands 10 Grampian 5 East Central 10 Clyde 15 South West 5 Edinburgh and Lothians 10 Borders (c) Total: WALES 55 North Wales 25 Mid Wales 10 South Wales 20 Source: British Tourist Authority, English, Scottish and Wales Tourish Boards. (a) Information for Northern Ireland is not available. (b) Excludes unaccompanied children under 16. (c) Approximately 1 million nights. Note: Some figures in the above tables do not add owing to rounding.