More Trip Characterisitcs

Each year VisitBritain sponsors questions on the International Passenger Survey to understand more about visitors from overseas.  Below you will find reports giving information about first-time and repeat visitors, transport used within the UK, who visitors are travelling with, how far in advance they decide on visiting the UK, and who visits the UK as part of a multi-country trip.

If you are interested in information about visitors from a particular market, we recommend taking a look at our Market Profiles, where you can find a comprehensive summary on visitors from each market.

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First-time and repeat visitors (pdf) Go

Find out which markets have the highest proportions of first-time and repeat visitors.

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Decision to Travel 'Lead-time' (pdf) Go

Find out when visitors make the decision to come to the UK in relation to when they actually come.  This subject was also discussed in-depth in the October 2006 edition of Foresight

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Transport Used Within the UK (pdf) Go

Find out what forms of transport visitors used when they came to the UK.

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Travelling Groups (pdf) Go

Find out who visitors travel with when they come to the UK.

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States of Residence (xls) Go

Find out where in their own country visitors from overseas live in.  Data is available from 2006-2010 for certain countries including the USA, Canada, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Ireland, Poland, India, United Arab Emirates and Japan.

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Visiting the UK as Part of a Multi-Country Trip (pdf) Go

The January 2009 edition of Foresight profiled visitors from overseas who combine their trip to the UK with with time spent in other countries.

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Visitors with a medical condition (pdf) Go

An overview of visitors who report having a medical impairment or condition can be found in the second section of this Foresight report from October 2011