HC Deb 23 February 1990 vol 167 cc961-2W
Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will estimate(a) the number of foreign tourists coming to Britain in 1989 and (b) the value of tourism to Britain in 1989.

Mr. Nicholls

During the first 11 months of 1989, the latest period available, overseas residents made an estimated 16.1 million visits to the United Kingdom, 9 per cent. more than in the same period of 1988. For the same period it is provisionally estimated that overseas residents spent £6,285 million in the United Kingdom, 9 per cent. higher than for the equivalent period in 1988.