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Tourism

Volume 711: debated on Thursday 11 June 2009

Question

Asked by

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many tourists visited the United Kingdom in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, and (c) 2008. [HL3834]

The numbers of tourists who visited the United Kingdom, as recorded by the International Passenger Survey, for the years 2006, 2007 and the provisional numbers for 2008 are set out in the table below.

Year

Inbound Visit numbers

2006

32.713 million

2007

32.778 million

2008

31.928 million

Source International Passenger Survey.