Tourism (Hansard, 16 March 1993)

§ Mr. Llwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what information he has showing the percentage breakdown in the modes of transport used by British domestic tourists since 1985.

Domestic tourism trips of one night or more by British residents¹ Main mode of transport used to reach destination as a percentage of all modes
Per cent.
	²1985	²1986	²1987	²1988	²1989	²1990	²1991
Own/friend's/firm's car	69	69	69	72	72	72	73
Hired car	2	1	1	1	1	2	2
Regular bus or coach	7	7	8	6	6	6	5
Coach tour	3	3	3	2	3	3	3
Train	11	12	12	12	10	10	10
Plane	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Boat	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—	1	1	1
Other	6	6	5	5	4	4	4

Notes:

¹Residents of Great Britain 1985–88; residents of the United Kingdom 1989–91.

²Source: British Tourism Survey Monthly (BTSM).

³Source: United Kingdom Tourism Survey (UKTS) not comparable with BTSM.

⁴less than 0.5 per cent.

§ Mr. Llwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will publish the figures for(a) the total

Overseas visits to the United Kingdom¹: Number of visits to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and percentage of visitors spending at least one night in the country shown³.
	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland
Year	visits (thousands)	Percentage of visits	visits (thousands)	Percentage of visits	visits (thousands)	Percentage of visits	visits (thousands)	Percentage of visits	Total United Kingdom visits(thousands)
1985	12,427	92.2	1,196	8.9	544	4.0	54	0.4	13,482
1986	11,655	90.7	1,165	9.1	484	3.8	54	0.4	12,861
1987	13,191	91.5	1,304	9.1	543	3.8	56	0.4	14,413
1988	13,074	89.9	1,249	8.6	539	3.7	53	0.4	14,548
1989	14,320	89.3	1,327	8.3	596	3.7	67	0.4	16,037
1990	15,052	90.1	1,481	8.9	627	3.8	67	0.4	16,705
1991	13,538	88.2	1,459	9.5	575	3.8	85	0.6	15,352
1992²	11,512	88.0	1,405	10.7	502	3.8	70	0.5	13,080
¹Excluding visits by residents of the Irish Republic.
²January to September only.
³Some visitors visit more than one part of the United Kingdom in a single trip and are included in the totals for each country they visit. The sum of the percentages for each year can, therefore, exceed 100 per cent.

Source: International Passenger Survey.