Tourism: Entry Clearances

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many tourist visitors there were to each region in the first quarter of (a) 2008 and (b) 2009. (284241)

[holding answer 3 July 2009]: The numbers of visits to the English regions in the first quarter of 2008 and 2009 are contained in the following table:

*Table 1: First quarter 2008*
Region	Million¹
West Midlands	1.932
East of England	2.006
East Midlands	1.389
London	2.955
North West	2.408
North East	0.760
South East	3.282
South West	3.519
Yorkshire	2.034

*Table 2: First quarter, 3 July 2009*
Region	Million¹
West Midlands	1.793
East of England	1.982
East Midlands	1.374
London	2.252
North West	2.202
North East	0.698
South East	2.889
South West	2.752
Yorkshire	1.965
¹ UK-resident domestic overnight trips in English regions, all purposes.

Volume 495: debated on Tuesday 7 July 2009