§ Mr. ElletsonTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what information he has on(a) how many people visit Stratford-on-Avon every year and (b) what proportion of those visitors attend performances by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
§ Mr. KeyAccording to the leisure day visits survey, there were 4 million day visits by United Kingdom residents to Stratford-on-Avon in 1988–89. It is not known how many United Kingdom residents stayed overnight in Stratford-on-Avon, but according to the 1991 United Kingdom tourism survey, there were 800,000 trips to Warwickshire involving an overnight stay.
In addition, according to the international passenger survey, there were 133,000 visits of one night or more by overseas residents to Stratford-on-Avon in 1991. It is not known how many overseas residents visited Stratford while staying elsewhere.
The sources for the foregoing data do not identify what proportion of visits involved attendance at a performance by the Royal Shakespeare Company, but the latest available data show that in 1991–92 553,000 tickets were sold at the Royal Shakespeare Company's three theatres in Stratford-on-Avon.