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- Jun 9, 2015
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'Brexit effect' sees biggest boom in US tourists visiting the UK since the 1980s
The "Brexit effect" has seen the biggest increase in US tourists coming to the UK since the 1980s, official data shows. Figures from the Office for National Statistics revealed that the past six months have seen a 25pc rise in visitors from North America compared to the first half of last year.
In June alone there were a record 650,000 visits, up 35 per cent on the same month last year ...
Despite a huge rise in US tourists, two-thirds of the international visitors enjoying London's sites, Cornwall's beaches and Edinburgh's Royal Mile are from the rest of the European Union. Overall the number of overseas visits to the UK for January to June this year hit a record-breaking 19.1 million, up 9 per cent compared to the same period in 2016.
During this time overseas visitors provided a welcome boost to the economy by spending a record £10.6 billion, up 11 per cent on 2016.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...s-biggest-boom-us-tourists-visiting-uk-since/
'Brexit effect' sees biggest boom in US tourists visiting the UK since the 1980s
The "Brexit effect" has seen the biggest increase in US tourists coming to the UK since the 1980s, official data shows. Figures from the Office for National Statistics revealed that the past six months have seen a 25pc rise in visitors from North America compared to the first half of last year.
In June alone there were a record 650,000 visits, up 35 per cent on the same month last year ...
Despite a huge rise in US tourists, two-thirds of the international visitors enjoying London's sites, Cornwall's beaches and Edinburgh's Royal Mile are from the rest of the European Union. Overall the number of overseas visits to the UK for January to June this year hit a record-breaking 19.1 million, up 9 per cent compared to the same period in 2016.
During this time overseas visitors provided a welcome boost to the economy by spending a record £10.6 billion, up 11 per cent on 2016.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...s-biggest-boom-us-tourists-visiting-uk-since/