Tourism: North East Region

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the average expenditure per head by overseas tourists visiting the north-east in the last five years for which figures are available. (181547)

The following table shows the average expenditure per visit by overseas residents visiting the north-east in the last five years for which data are available.

*North-east*
	Average expenditure¹ per visit by overseas residents (£)
2002	320
2003	421
2004	359
2005	348
2006	390
¹ Expenditure excludes fares for travel to and from the UK. Source: International Passenger Survey (ONS)

Volume 471: debated on Monday 28 January 2008