HC Deb 16 June 1988 vol 135 c305W
98. Mr. Speller

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what estimates he has in sterling equivalent of the amount(a) spent in the United Kingdom by foreign tourists, and (b) spent overseas by British tourists.

Mr. Lee

It is estimated that overseas residents spent £6.2 billion in the United Kingdom in 1987 and that United Kingdom residents spent £7.3 billion abroad.