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UK Tourist Trends: Visits & Spending 2003-2008

In 2003, the UK attracted 24.715 million visitors who spent 11.855 billion pounds, with visitor numbers peaking at 32.778 million in 2007 before declining to 31.880 million. Total tourist expenditure rose to 16.323 billion pounds by 2008, while the average spend per visit increased from 475 pounds to 511 pounds, despite a decrease in average length of stay from 8.4 nights in 2006 to 7.7 nights by the end of the period. Overall, the document highlights trends in visitor numbers, spending, and duration of stay in the UK over the years.

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UK Tourist Trends: Visits & Spending 2003-2008

In 2003, the UK attracted 24.715 million visitors who spent 11.855 billion pounds, with visitor numbers peaking at 32.778 million in 2007 before declining to 31.880 million. Total tourist expenditure rose to 16.323 billion pounds by 2008, while the average spend per visit increased from 475 pounds to 511 pounds, despite a decrease in average length of stay from 8.4 nights in 2006 to 7.7 nights by the end of the period. Overall, the document highlights trends in visitor numbers, spending, and duration of stay in the UK over the years.

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Looking at the table in more detail, in 2003, 24.

715 million visitors went to the UK


and spent 11.855 billion pounds in total. In the following years, visitors numbers
increased to 32.778 million in 2007 before falling back to 31.880 million by the
end of the period. Similarly, total expenditure by tourists steadily rose throughout
the years, ending up at 16.323 billion pounds in 2008.
Regarding the remaining metrics, the typical visitor to the UK spent 8.2 nights
there whilre spending 475 pounds at the start of the period. Thereafter, the average
spend per visit decreased to 466 pounds in 2004, before recovering and continuing
to rise to 511 pounds in 2008. By contrast, the average length of stay of visitors
followed the opposite trend, as after it went up to 8.4 nights in 2006, the fingures
declined to 7.7 nights at the end of the time frame.
A before b => increase before decrease
After A, B => after increase, decrease
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