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Tourism: Coastal Areas

Volume 490: debated on Monday 23 March 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in British seaside resorts which are dependent on the tourism industry. (265489)

The number of jobs in British seaside resorts dependent on tourism is unavailable. The number of jobs dependent on tourism is available only for the UK as a whole and is as follows:

Thousand

Employee jobs

Self-employed jobs

All jobs

2001

1,261.6

119.0

1,380.5

2002

1,277.9

119.8

1,397.7

2003

1,294.2

119.0

1,413.1

2004

1,326.8

129.6

1,456.4

2005

1,330.8

120.2

1,450.9

2006

1,316.2

126.9

1,443.1

2007

1,308.1

132.4

1,440.4

2008

1,317.7

146.0

1,463.7

Notes:

1. This table provides estimates of the number of people working whose jobs are supported by tourism.

2. The figures above are calculated by summing employee jobs and self-employment jobs (including self-employed as second job).

3. These estimates are based on the ‘UK Tourism Satellite Account—First Steps Project’ (TSA), which assesses the proportion of employment that is supported by tourism.

4. Due to revisions to the Workforce Jobs Survey in December 2008, back data have been revised.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the number of visits made to the English coast for the purpose of outdoor recreation in each of the last three years. (265492)

VisitBritain have advised that they do not hold the information in the format requested. Research methodology changed mid-way through 2005 and full year data for overnight trips are only available for 2006 and 2007.

There were 20.7 million domestic overnight trips to the English seaside in 2006 and 20.4 million domestic overnight trips to the English seaside in 2007. No data detailing the purpose of these visits are held.

For day visits, the latest data are from Natural England's 2005 survey and include the purpose of these visits, details of which can be found at the following web link:

http://livelink/livelink/livelink.exe/fetch/2000/51254/246618/51948/51949/110303/England_Leisure_Day_Visit_Survey_ 2005.pdf?nodeid=2909669&vernum=-2