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Hospitality and tourism

Overseas visitors

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40.8million visits to the UK by overseas residents in 2025, spending £29.8bn

£730 spent per visit on average; visits are −0.1% on 2019 (40.9 million)

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Spending by visitors to the UK and by UK residents abroad, £bn

What it means: trips to the UK by people who live abroad, for holidays, business, study or visiting friends, from the passenger survey at ports and airports. Spending is in cash terms. In 2024 UK residents spent £78.6bn on trips abroad, against £31.9bn spent here by overseas visitors: a tourism deficit of £46.1bn. The survey stopped during Covid, and the 2025 figures are first estimates. Shown for context.

Source: VisitBritain, inbound visits and spend and long-term trends tables (from the ONS International Passenger Survey).