Tourism: North East Region

Mr. Iain Wright
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many tourists visited (a) Hartlepool constituency, (b) Tees Valley sub-region and (c) the North East region in each of the last five years.

Mr. Woodward
The following tables show the number of visits to the North East from (i) UK residents (with an overnight stay) and (ii) overseas residents, for the latest years for which data are available. Data for Tees Valley are only available for inbound visits and no information is available at a constituency level.

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|Thousand                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |2001|2002|2003|2004|2005|
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|North East                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |4,300|4,800|4,800|3,800|4,640|
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|1 The methodology for the UKTS changed in 2005 meaning that comparisons with previous years should be treated with caution. This change occurred as a result of concerns with the quality of 2004 data, which are thought to be an under-representation of the true position.Source:UK Tourism Survey (National Tourist Boards)|
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|Thousand                                   |
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|                                           |2001|2002|2003|2004|2005|
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|Tees Valley                                |45|47|69|50|52|
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|North East                                 |440|529|505|539|590|
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|Source:International Passenger Survey (ONS)|
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In addition, account should be taken of the number of day visits made to, or within, the North East. The Leisure Day Visits Survey in 2002-03 recorded a total of around 30 million tourism day visits to destinations in the North East. It is not possible to provide a time series for this information as the surveys are run intermittently.