Gret Britin Tourism Survey June 2015
Summry of Results GB And Englnd Trips Nights Spend Hedlines JUNE 2015 +6% +6% +2% +6% +6% 0% There were 10.3 million domestic overnight trips in GB in June 2015, up +6% on June 2014 when there were 9.7 million trips. Expenditure incresed by +2% to 2.2 billion, while nights incresed by +6% to 30.6 million. There were 8.4 million domestic overnight trips to Englnd in June 2015, up by +6% on the sme month lst yer when there were 8.0 million. Spend remined flt, t 0%, t 1.7 billion nd bednights incresed by +6% to 23.8 million. YEAR-TO-DATE +12% +14% +15% In the yer to June 2015, GB trips were up +12% to 56.8 million, compred to 50.6 million in the sme period in 2014. Nights nd expenditure were lso up for the yer to dte, +14% nd +15% respectively +14% +15% +13% Wether In the yer to June 2015, trips to Englnd were up +14% to 47.0 million from 41.3 million in 2014. Nights nd spend were up by +15% nd +13% respectively. Context Tempertures in June were mixed, strting off with strong winds nd hevy rin nd ending the month with het lerts in certin prts of the country. 2
Summry of Results Englnd YEAR-TO-DATE (Jn June 2015) Trips Nights Spend PURPOSE Trip Chrcteristics +2% +6% +6% HOLIDAY TRIPS in Englnd from Jnury to June 2015 incresed by +2% compred to the sme period lst yer, with 18.3 million trips recorded. Expenditure hs incresed further by +6% to 4.4 billion, while nights incresed by +6% to 55.9 million. +19% +23% +23% VISITS TO FRIENDS AND RELATIVES incresed by +19% to 18.7 million, with bednights nd expenditure both incresing t greter rte of +23%. Non-holidy VFR is up by +26%, nd holidy VFR is up +15%. +11% +11% +9% BUSINESS trips hve lso incresed for the Jnury to June period, up by +11% to 7.3 million. Nights nd spend both lso incresed, by +11% nd +9% respectively. 55+ 16-24 Clss AB TRIP TAKERS +18% +22% +21% Trips incresed mong ll ge groups nd socil grdes The biggest increses were mong those ged 55+ (+18%) nd 16-24 (+22%), nd in socil clss AB (+21%) West Midlnds Countryside / villge DESTINATION TYPE +28% +23% All regions nd destintion types sw n increse in trips in the six months to June 2015 The gretest increse ws to the West Midlnds nd to the Countryside 3
Context Other Surveys JUNE 2015 JAN - JUNE 2015 Trip Spend Trip Spend Overses Trvel by UK Residents Interntionl Pssenger Survey +9% +10% +9% +6% JUNE 15 Room Bedspce OCCUPANCY In June, trips nd the expenditure on those trips by Brits overses incresed by +9% nd +10% In the yer to dte, trips were up by +9%. Expenditure incresed but not t the sme rte, +6%. Other Tourism Surveys +2% +1% Room occupncy in Englnd in June incresed by +2% compred to 2014 t 78%, while bedspce occupncy incresed slightly by +1% to 56% APR-JUNE 15 Volume Spend DAY VISITS +2% -1% +5% -1% The number of tourism dy visits in Englnd in the period April to June 2015 incresed slightly by +2% compred to 2014, to 349 million The vlue of those visits lso incresed, by +5% to 11 billion JUNE 15 Attrctions Accomodtion TOURISM BUSINESS MONITOR Attrctions nd ccommodtion businesses reported n increse in visitors for the period from Jnury until the end of My 4
Hedline Dt GB nd Englnd Volume nd spend (2014 vs 2015) June '15 +6% Trip Volume (millions) 8 8.4 0% Spend ( m) 1,753 1,746 Englnd 2014 2015 Pst 3 months +8% 25.3 27.3 +6% 4,853 5,159 Yer to Dte +14% 41.3 47 +13% 7,640 8,617 June '15 +6% Trip Volume (millions) 9.7 10.3 +2% Spend ( m) 2,133 2,170 GB 2014 2015 Pst 3 months +7% 31.1 33.2 +8% 6,104 6,616 Yer to Dte +12% 50.6 56.8 +15% 9,499 10,945 % chnge vs 2014 5
Trips Englnd Volume of trips (millions) (2014 vs 2015) All trips Holidy trips Business trips VFR trips 47 41.3 25.3 27.3 8 8.4 3.8 3.6 1.5 1.1 2.4 3.2 12.1 11.8 3.8 3.6 8.6 10.2 18 18.3 6.6 7.3 15.6 18.7 +6% -5% -24% +36% +8% -3% -5% +18% +14% +2% +11% +19% June '15 Pst 3 months Yer to Dte % chnge vs 2014 6
Nights Englnd Volume of nights (millions) (2014 vs 2015) All trips Holidy trips Business trips VFR trips 125.6 109.4 70.5 76.9 38.3 39.1 53 55.9 38.3 47.2 22.6 23.8 12.5 12 3.4 2.9 5.9 7.8 8.4 8.0 22.2 25.9 14.3 15.9 +6% -4% -14% +30% +9% +2% -5% +17% +15% +6% +11% +23% June '15 Pst 3 months Yer to Dte % chnge vs 2014 7
366 275 316 401 1,753 1,746 1,003 974 882 802 1,019 1,207 1,558 1,695 1,706 2,773 2,098 2,874 4,853 4,105 4,351 5,159 7,640 8,617 Spend Englnd Expenditure ( m) (2014 vs 2015) All trips Holidy trips Business trips VFR trips 0% -3% -25% +27% +6% +4% -9% +18% +13% +6% +9% +23% June '15 Pst 3 months Yer to Dte % chnge vs 2014 8
Long Term Trends by Month GB 2006-2015 (millions) VOLUME by Month (2006-2015) Jn Feb Mr Apr My Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec VOLUME June (2006-2015) 11.773 10.665 10.447 10.521 10.092 11.314 11.482 11.041 9.699 10.264 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 9
Jn-June '08 Jn-June'09 Jn-June '10 Jn-June '11 Jn-June '12 Jn-June '13 Jn-June '14 Jn-June '15 Jn-June '08 Jn-June '09 Jn-June '10 Jn-June' 11 Jn-June '12 Jn-June '13 Jn-June '14 Jn-June '15 Long Term Trends, Yer-to-Yer Englnd All Trips Holidy Trips Business Trips VFR Trips Trip Volume (millions) Spend ( m) 45.09 45.86 44.83 46.37 45.40 44.07 46.98 8,617 41.33 7,641 7,636 7,691 8,102 8,010 7,640 7,045 17.68 20.26 19.33 19.98 19.43 18.69 17.99 18.65 3,734 3,967 3,762 4,127 4,314 4,104 4,105 4,351 17.67 16.99 17.04 17.35 16.34 16.06 15.62 18.35 1,915 1,832 1,530 1,725 1,928 1,846 1,706 2,098 8.02 7.44 7.03 7.42 7.94 7.45 6.56 7.25 1,764 1,687 1,557 1,637 1,631 1,766 1,558 1,695 10
Apr-06 Jun-06 Aug-06 Oct-06 Dec-06 Feb-07 Apr-07 Jun-07 Aug-07 Oct-07 Dec-07 Feb-08 Apr-08 Jun-08 Aug-08 Oct-08 Dec-08 Feb-09 Apr-09 Jun-09 Aug-09 Oct-09 Dec-09 Feb-10 Apr-10 Jun-10 Aug-10 Oct-10 Dec-10 Feb-11 Apr-11 Jun-11 Aug-11 Oct-11 Dec-11 Feb-12 Apr-12 Jun-12 Aug-12 Oct-12 Dec-12 Feb-13 Apr-13 Jun-13 Aug-13 Oct-13 Dec-13 Feb-14 Apr-14 Jun-14 Aug-14 Oct-14 Dec-14 Feb-15 Apr-15 Apr-06 Jun-06 Aug-06 Oct-06 Dec-06 Feb-07 Apr-07 Jun-07 Aug-07 Oct-07 Dec-07 Feb-08 Apr-08 Jun-08 Aug-08 Oct-08 Dec-08 Feb-09 Apr-09 Jun-09 Aug-09 Oct-09 Dec-09 Feb-10 Apr-10 Jun-10 Aug-10 Oct-10 Dec-10 Feb-11 Apr-11 Jun-11 Aug-11 Oct-11 Dec-11 Feb-12 Apr-12 Jun-12 Aug-12 Oct-12 Dec-12 Feb-13 Apr-13 Jun-13 Aug-13 Oct-13 Dec-13 Feb-14 Apr-14 Jun-14 Aug-14 Oct-14 Dec-14 Feb-15 Apr-15 Rolling 12 Month Trendlines Englnd All trips nd spend 110 All Trips (millions) 105 Jun-06, 101.98 Jun-07, 101.49 Jun-10, 101.21 Jun-12, 103.32 Jun-13, 103.12 100 Jun-08, 99.53 Jun-11, 97.05 Jun-14, 99.04 Jun-15, 98.12 Jun-09, 95.55 95 90 20,000 Spend ( BN) Jun-13, 19,405 Jun-15, 19,033 19,000 Jun-12, 18,325 Jun-14, 18,344 18,000 17,000 Jun-06, 15,969 Jun-07, 16,203 Jun-08, 16,814 Jun-09, 16,075 Jun-10, 16,425 Jun-11, 16,487 16,000 15,000 11
Apr-06 Jun-06 Aug-06 Oct-06 Dec-06 Feb-07 Apr-07 Jun-07 Aug-07 Oct-07 Dec-07 Feb-08 Apr-08 Jun-08 Aug-08 Oct-08 Dec-08 Feb-09 Apr-09 Jun-09 Aug-09 Oct-09 Dec-09 Feb-10 Apr-10 Jun-10 Aug-10 Oct-10 Dec-10 Feb-11 Apr-11 Jun-11 Aug-11 Oct-11 Dec-11 Feb-12 Apr-12 Jun-12 Aug-12 Oct-12 Dec-12 Feb-13 Apr-13 Jun-13 Aug-13 Oct-13 Dec-13 Feb-14 Apr-14 Jun-14 Aug-14 Oct-14 Dec-14 Feb-15 Apr-15 Rolling 12 Month Trendlines Englnd Trips by purpose (millions) Holidy trips Business trips VFR trips 50 45 Jun-06 41.495 Jun-07 41.611 Jun-08 41.382 Jun-09 42.35 Jun-10 46.078 Jun-11 44.187 Jun-12 45.606 Jun-13 45.255 Jun-14 44.229 Jun-15 41.10 40 35 Jun-06 40.421 Jun-07 41.753 Jun-08 39.76 Jun-09 36.5 Jun-10 38.046 Jun-11 36.266 Jun-12 38.382 Jun-13 38.637 Jun-14 37.766 Jun-15 38.91 30 25 20 15 Jun-06 16.705 Jun-07 15.307 Jun-08 15.299 Jun-09 14.38 Jun-10 14.464 Jun-11 13.846 Jun-12 16.02 Jun-13 15.411 Jun-14 14.236 Jun-15 14.24 10 5 0 12
Apr-06 Jun-06 Aug-06 Oct-06 Dec-06 Feb-07 Apr-07 Jun-07 Aug-07 Oct-07 Dec-07 Feb-08 Apr-08 Jun-08 Aug-08 Oct-08 Dec-08 Feb-09 Apr-09 Jun-09 Aug-09 Oct-09 Dec-09 Feb-10 Apr-10 Jun-10 Aug-10 Oct-10 Dec-10 Feb-11 Apr-11 Jun-11 Aug-11 Oct-11 Dec-11 Feb-12 Apr-12 Jun-12 Aug-12 Oct-12 Dec-12 Feb-13 Apr-13 Jun-13 Aug-13 Oct-13 Dec-13 Feb-14 Apr-14 Jun-14 Aug-14 Oct-14 Dec-14 Feb-15 Apr-15 Rolling 12 Month Trendlines Englnd Spend by purpose ( m) Holidy trips Business trips VFR trips 12,000 Jun-12 10,220 Jun-13 10,799 Jun-14 10,464 Jun-15 10,294 10,000 Jun-06 8,107 Jun-07 8,383 Jun-08 8,963 Jun-09 8,710 Jun-10 9,409 Jun-11 9,438 8,000 6,000 4,000 Jun-06 3,739 Jun-07 3,834 Jun-08 3,906 Jun-09 3,634 Jun-10 3,496 Jun-11 3,555 Jun-12 3,896 Jun-13 4,327 Jun-14 4,025 Jun-15 4,447 2,000 Jun-06 3,640 Jun-07 3,587 Jun-08 3,528 Jun-09 3,426 Jun-10 3,166 Jun-11 3,157 Jun-12 3,740 Jun-13 3,668 Jun-14 3,368 Jun-15 3,636 0 13
Regionl Anlysis Englnd Trip chrcteristics region (YTD 2014 vs YTD 2015) Trips () Nights () Spend ( millions) North Est YTD Yorkshire & Humberside YTD 1687 1727 +2% 4602 5005 +9% 4782 4313-10% 11985 12968 +8% 285 283-1% 735 858 +17% North West YTD Est Midlnds YTD 5777 6526 +13% 3166 3780 +19% 13834 16436 +19% 8170 9447 +16% 1051 1177 +12% 462 537 +16% West Midlnds YTD South West YTD South Est YTD London YTD Est YTD 3177 4080 +28% 7261 8245 +14% 6951 7671 +10% 5290 6239 +18% 3901 4494 +15% 6763 9928 +47% 23886 27214 +14% 16679 19972 +20% 10469 12554 +20% 11955 11843-1% 460 711 +55% 1570 1708 +9% 1021 1151 +13% 1281 1500 +17% 712 665-7% 14
UK Outbound Trvel (Interntionl Pssenger Survey) Totl volume (millions) nd spend ( bn) Trips Spend 27.30 29.82 16.70 18.30 15.92 16.90 9.19 10.02 6.05 6.60 3.41 3.76 +9% +10% +10% +9% +9% +6% June '15 Pst 3 Months Yer to Dte % chnge vs 2014 15
SPEND millions NIGHTS TRIPS SPEND millions NIGHTS TRIPS Appendix: Domestic Tourism Englnd Trip chrcteristics (Yer-To-Dte: Jn-June 2015) PURPOSE Pure Holidy 1-3 nights +4 nights VFR (on holidy) Holidy (totl) VFR (non-holidy) 2014 17991 12943 5048 9420 27411 6202 15622 6561 2015 18348 12904 5444 10870 29218 7781 18651 7251 +2% 0% +8% +15% +7% +25% +19% +11% 2014 53032 24581 28451 24398 77430 13895 38293 14266 2015 55931 25044 30888 29794 85725 17420 47213 15884 +5% +2% +9% +22% +11% +25% +23% +11% 2014 4105 2502 1603 1063 5168 643 1706 1558 2015 4351 2596 1755 1315 5666 783 2098 1695 +6% +4% +9% +24% +10% +22% +23% +9% VFR (totl) Business Unwtd Trips 2579 1775 801 1551 4129 1065 2616 823 REGION West Midlnds Est of Englnd Est Midlnds London North West North Est South Est South West Yorkshire & the Humberside 2014 3177 3901 3166 5290 5777 1687 6951 7261 4602 2015 4080 4494 3780 6239 6526 1727 7671 8245 5005 +28% +15% +19% +18% +13% +2% +10% +14% +9% 2014 6763 11955 8170 10469 13834 4782 16679 23886 11985 2015 9928 11843 9447 12554 16436 4313 19972 27214 12968 +47% -1% +16% +20% +19% -10% +20% +14% +8% 2014 460 712 462 1281 1051 285 1021 1570 735 2015 711 665 537 1500 1177 283 1151 1708 858 +55% -7% +16% +17% +12% -1% +13% +9% +17% Unwtd Trips 565 633 522 796 877 230 1042 1122 677 % chnge vs 2014 16
SPEND millions SPEND millions NIGHTS NIGHTS TRIPS TRIPS SPEND millions SPEND millions NIGHTS NIGHTS TRIPS TRIPS Appendix: Domestic Tourism Englnd Trip chrcteristics (Yer-To-Dte: Jn-June 2015) LOCATION TYPE SOCIAL GRADE Seside Lrge City/Town Smll Town Countryside /Villge 2014 7115 18658 9292 7340 AB C1 C2 DE 2014 17260 13042 6430 4601 2015 7977 20654 10313 9019 2015 20824 13870 7069 5221 +12% +11% +11% +23% +21% +6% 10% +13% 2014 24028 40756 22789 21619 2014 42944 34324 18700 13419 2015 25765 45360 27000 26697 2015 54336 35565 19768 15963 +7% +11% +18% +23% +27% +4% +6% +19% 2014 1484 3478 1418 1248 2014 3390 2431 1163 656 2015 1572 4014 1561 1457 2015 4051 2519 1229 817 +6% +15% +10% +17% +19% +4% +6% +25% Unwtd Trips 1157 2702 1409 1235 Unwtd Trips 2260 2010 1020 1086 AGE CHILDREN IN H/H 16-24 25-34 35-44 44-54 55+ Any None 2014 4552 7208 8152 8593 12828 2014 12885 28448 2015 5540 8093 8867 9384 15100 2015 14480 32504 +22% +12% +9% +9% +18% +12% +14% 2014 11693 17396 19816 20939 39542 2014 32817 76570 2015 15925 19485 21781 22533 45908 2015 35428 90203 +36% +12% +10% +8% +16% +8% +18% 2014 757 1171 1410 1738 2564 2014 1950 5690 2015 895 1330 1580 1837 2974 2015 2151 6465 +18% +14% +12% +6% +16% +10% +14% Unwtd Trips 747 1099 1133 1122 2280 Unwtd Trips 2130 4255 % chnge vs 2014 17
SPEND millions NIGHTS TRIPS Appendix: Domestic Tourism Englnd Trip chrcteristics (Yer-To-Dte: Jn-June 2015) Accommodtion Commercil Accommodtion () Serviced ccom (b) Hotel/motel/guest house (c) Bed & Brekfst Totl self-ctering rented () Cmping & Crvnning (inc. owned crvns) (b) Other self-ctering rented Hostels* Own home/friends'/ reltives' 2014 25278 18749 16900 1650 6018 4145 2832 205 15753 2015 26699 19336 17313 1887 6649 4474 3140 509 19580 +6% +3% +2% +14% +10% +8% +11% 148% +24% 2014 64295 38604 33397 3936 23523 14456 12214 382 42488 2015 68789 38589 34194 3694 27027 16685 14011 1285 51838 +7% 0% +2% -6% +15% +15% +15% 236% +22% 2014 6120 4566 4097 395 1424 573 940 28 1391 2015 6493 4776 4333 391 1552 632 1044 97 1919 +6% +5% +6% -1% +9% +10% +11% 246% +38% Unwtd Trips 3619 2621 2347 256 901 606 426 69 2654 *cution smll smple size % chnge vs 2014 18
Appendix: Domestic Tourism Englnd Yer to dte trip length, spend/night, spend/trip All Tourism Holidys Business VFR 2010 2011 2012 2013 2010 2011 2012 2013 2010 2011 2012 2013 2010 2011 2012 2013 Trip Length 2.73 2.81 2.68 2.67 2.65 2.67 3.19 3.22 3.04 2.98 2.95 3.05 2.03 2.12 2.28 2.15 2.17 2.19 2.52 2.59 2.50 2.55 2.45 2.53 Spend Per Night Spend Per Trip 58 59 66 68 70 69 61 64 73 74 77 78 107 110 107 115 109 107 36 36 40 43 45 44 157 166 178 182 185 183 195 207 222 220 228 237 218 233 243 248 237 234 91 94 100 110 109 112 19
Note bout these results: The GB Tourism Survey is survey of British residents, in which 2000 respondents re interviewed ech week, mking totl of 100,000 ech yer. Any respondent hving tken one or more overnight trips in the previous 4 week period is sked to describe the detils of trips tken. Ech yer, dt from round 17,000 trips is collected, nd this is subsequently grossed up to provide popultion estimtes. Full detils of the survey methodology cn be found t: https://www.visitenglnd.com/sites/defult/files/bnner-imges/gbts_2013_- _methods_performnce_report_v2.pdf On n nnul bsis, the survey is extremely robust, with confidence level for Englnd dt t +/- 3% t the 95% level for the number of trips nd nights mesured, nd +/- 4% for the expenditure figure. For shorter time periods nd for other subsets of the dt such s region or trip purpose, the mrgin of error is wider guidnce on confidence intervls t ntionl nd regionl level for nnul nd qurterly dt is provided on the next pge. For ny questions bout dt interprettion, plese contct VEReserch@visitenglnd.org No prt of this publiction my be reproduced for commercil purposes without the permission of VisitEnglnd. Extrcts my be quoted if the source is cknowledged. Users wishing to include results from this survey within press relese should contct Angelh Sprg in the VisitEnglnd Press Office Angelh.Sprg@visitenglnd.org for review prior to externl relese. 20
GB Domestic Tourism: Confidence Limits t the 95% level TRIPS (millions) BEDNIGHTS (millions) EXPENDITURE ( millions) Destintion: Single Qurter Annul Single Qurter Annul Single Qurter Annul GB Totl 4.8% 2.5% 5.5% 3.0% 6.8 3.6% Englnd Totl 5.2% 2.8% 6.0% 3.2% 7.5% 4.0% Est 14.5% 7.7% 18.9% 9.4% 20.1% 11.6% Est Midlnds 15.7% 8.3% 17.0% 9.4% 19.2% 10.6% London 15.7% 7.2% 17.0% 9.1% 19.2% 11.0% North Est 20.4% 11.0% 25.9% 14.3% 49.0% 20.6% North West 11.6% 6.2% 13.8% 7.4% 16.2% 8.0% South Est 10.5% 5.7% 11.8% 7.5% 13.3% 9.1% South West 10.5% 5.4% 13.5% 6.3% 20.5% 9.2% West Midlnds 15.6% 8.1% 18.4% 10.0% 19.8% 11.6% Yorks & Humb 13.2% 6.9% 16.3% 10.1% 19.5% 12.0% Bsed on Qurter 2 21