asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will set out the latest available past actual figures and future forecasts of foreign holidaymakers who visit this country, of British people holidaying abroad and of British people holidaying in the United Kingdom, showing in the case of British and foreign holidaymakers in the United Kingdom the number of nights spent by holidaymakers in each tourist board region.
The tables below set out the latest information available. It is not customary to venture official forecasts of the kind requested
| TABLE 1(a) | |
| Million nights | |
| Overseas visitors on holiday to the United Kingdom (b) | |
| 1973 | 44·8 |
| 1974 first half | 14·3 |
| United Kingdom residents going abroad on holiday (b) | |
| 1973 | 98·2 |
| 1974 first half | 25·9 |
| Source: International Passenger Survey. | |
| (a) Futher information, based on numbers of visits, is given in the Business Monitor, M6, Overseas Travel and Tourism, published by HMSO. | |
| (b) Includes visitors from the Irish Republic. | |
| TABLE 2 | |
| Estimated numbers of nights spent by overseas holiday visitors to Great Britain by tourist board region 1973 (a) | |
| million nights | |
Total:
| |
| UNITED KINGDOM | 42·2 |
Total:
| |
| ENGLAND | 20·8 |
| Cumbria | 0·2 |
| Northumbria | 0·2 |
| North West | 0·8 |
| Yorkshire | 0·5 |
| Heart of England | 0·6 |
| East Midlands | 0·4 |
| Thames and Chilterns | 0·8 |
| East Anglia | 0·7 |
| London | 12·5 |
| West Country | 1·6 |
| South East | 2·5 |
Total:
| |
| SCOTLAND | 2·0 |
| Highlands and Islands | 0·3 |
| Grampian | 0·1 |
| East Central | 0·3 |
| Clyde | 0·5 |
| South West | (b) |
| Edinburgh and Lothians | 0·7 |
| Borders | (b) |
Total:
| |
| WALES | 0·5 |
| North Wales | 0·1 |
| Mid Wales | 0·1 |
| South Wales | 0·3 |
| Regions not specified | (c) |
| 18·9 | |
Source: International Passenger Survey. | |
| (a) Excluding visitors from Irish Republic and visitors travelling directly to Northern Ireland and not via Great Britain. | |
| (b) Less than 50,000 nights. | |
| (c) Includes visitors staying in the United Kingdom for more than three months, who were not asked for the information; a number who did not reply; and a small number of visitors to Northen Ireland. | |
| TABLE 3 | |
| Estimated number of nights away from home spent by British residents on holidays in Great Britain, 1973 (a), (b). | |
| REGION | |
| million nights | |
Total:
| |
| GREAT BRITAIN | 465 |
Total:
| |
| ENGLAND | 355 |
| Cumbria | 15 |
| Northumbria | 15 |
| North West | 30 |
| Yorkshire | 25 |
| Heart of England | 15 |
| East Midlands | 20 |
| Thames and Chilterns | 15 |
| East Anglia | 35 |
| London | 15 |
| West Country | 110 |
| South East | 65 |
| REGION | |
| million nights | |
Total:
| |
| SCOTLAND | 55 |
| Highlands and Islands | 10 |
| Grampian | 5 |
| East Central | 10 |
| Clyde | 15 |
| South West | 5 |
| Edinburgh and Lothians | 10 |
| Borders | (c) |
Total:
| |
| WALES | 55 |
| North Wales | 25 |
| Mid Wales | 10 |
| South Wales | 20 |
Source: British Tourist Authority, English, Scottish and Wales Tourish Boards. | |
| (a) Information for Northern Ireland is not available. | |
| (b) Excludes unaccompanied children under 16. | |
| (c) Approximately 1 million nights. | |
Note: Some figures in the above tables do not add owing to rounding. | |