§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish figures showing the total earnings from tourism in Wales in each year since 1981; and if he will break the figures down according to(a) earnings from United Kingdom staying visitors, (b) overseas visitors and (c)day visitors.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsEstimates of expenditure by overnight visitors to Wales are given in the table. Estimates of expenditure by day visitors are available only for the financial year ending on 31 March 1989 when an estimated £22 million was spent in Wales.
(Source: The leisure day visits survey 1988–89, conducted by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys on behalf of the Department of Employment and the British Tourist Authority.)
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Expenditure by overnight visitors to Wales1 Year United Kingdom visitors2 Overseas visitors £ million £ million 1981 n/a 50 1982 n/a 55 1983 n/a 85 1984 n/a 90 1985 n/a 95 1986 n/a 100 1987 n/a 120 1988 n/a 100 1989 985 120 1990 900 130 1991 900 130 Sources: United Kingdom Travel Survey, International Passenger Survey.
1 These estimates, derived from sample surveys and thus subject to potential random sampling errors, have been rounded to the nearest £5 million.
2 Since 1989 information has been obtained from the United Kingdom Tourism Survey (UKTS), sponsored jointly by the statutory tourist boards from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. It is not possible to make a direct comparison between the results of this latter survey and those of earlier surveys.