Tourism Chris Ruane To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which holiday destinations in England were most frequently visited by domestic tourists in each of the last 10 years, calculated according to the number of visitors per 10,000 of local population. Barbara Follett The way in which VisitBritain captured tourist statistics changed in 2005 and as such comparable information on the most frequently visited holiday destinations is only available for 2006 and 2007. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Destination |Holiday visits|Population|Visits per 10,000 population|Rank| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006 | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Scarborough |1,255,000 |106,233 |118,137 |1 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Blackpool |1,502,000 |142,284 |105,564 |2 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Skegness |933,000 |130,455 |71,519 |3 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Isle of Wight |908,000 |132,719 |68,415 |4 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |York |846,000 |181,131 |46,707 |5 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bournemouth |732,000 |163,441 |44,787 |6 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Manchester |1,331,000 |392,819 |33,883 |7 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bristol |930,000 |380,615 |24,434 |8 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Birmingham |994,000 |977,091 |10,173 |9 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London |5,498,000 |7,172,036 |7,666 |10 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007 | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Newquay |597,000 |19,562 |305,184 |1 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Scarborough |1,365,000 |106,233 |128,491 |2 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Blackpool |1,605,000 |142,284 |112,803 |3 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Great Yarmouth|674,000 |90,813 |74,218 |4 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Isle of Wight |920,000 |132,719 |69,319 |5 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Skegness |743,000 |130,455 |56,955 |6 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Torquay |695,000 |129,702 |53,584 |7 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bournemouth |773,000 |163,441 |47,295 |8 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |York |767,000 |181,131 |42,345 |9 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Norwich |494,000 |121,553 |40,641 |10 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------