Below is the summary of visits, nights and spend by overseas visitors by accommodation type since 2006 (where visitors stayed at least one night). More detailed data including accommodation type by journey purpose, country of residence, age and mode of travel back to 2004 is available to download here (XLS, 9.3MB). Data is available at the regional level towards the bottom of this page.
Please note for 2013 the accommodation categories were reduced therefore the data is not comparable by accommodation category and is available separately here (XLS, 2.4MB).
Visits by accommodation usage - all staying visits
| % of visits by usage | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL STAYING VISITS (000s) | 30,654 | 30,871 | 30,142 | 28,208 | 28,300 | 29,197 | 29,282 | 32,613 | 34,436 |
| Bed & breakfast | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 4% |
| Camping/mobile home | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| Free guest with relatives/friends | 39% | 39% | 40% | 40% | 37% | 36% | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| Holiday village / centre | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% |
| Hostel / university / school | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% |
| Hotel / guest house | 45% | 46% | 45% | 46% | 49% | 49% | 49% | 50% | 49% |
| Other | 7% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 7% |
| Own home | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| Paying guest at family / friends | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Rented house | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 4% |
Nights by accommodation usage - all staying visits
| % of nights by usage | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL STAYING VISITS (000s) | 273,417 | 251,522 | 245,775 | 229,391 | 227,960 | 234,363 | 230,149 | 264,366 | 272,941 |
| Bed & breakfast | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Camping / mobile home | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| Free guest with relatives / friends | 49% | 48% | 50% | 49% | 47% | 46% | 47% | 42% | 44% |
| Holiday village / centre | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% |
| Hostel / university / school | 8% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% |
| Hotel / guest house | 21% | 23% | 22% | 24% | 26% | 26% | 26% | 27% | 27% |
| Other | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 4% |
| Own home | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Paying guest at family / friends | 4% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Rented house | 9% | 10% | 9% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 11% | 9% |
Spend by accommodation usage - all staying visits
| % of spend by usage | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL STAYING VISITS (£m) | £15,759 | £15,699 | £16,058 | £16,354 | £16,649 | £17,666 | £18,245 | £21,578 | £21,787 |
| Bed & breakfast | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Camping / mobile home | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| Free guest with relatives / friends | 29% | 27% | 28% | 27% | 26% | 25% | 25% | 21% | 22% |
| Holiday village / centre | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Hostel / university / school | 6% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Hotel / guest house | 48% | 50% | 49% | 48% | 52% | 52% | 53% | 52% | 53% |
| Other | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Own home | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% |
| Paying guest at family / friends | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% |
| Rented house | 6% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 10% | 8% |
Accommodation usage by region in 2015
As with the UK level data, accommodation is available at regional level also - for subregion level scroll down. Below is the summary of visits by overseas visitors by accommodation type, by region in 2015. More regional detailed data back to 2001 including visits, nights and spend by accommodation type and journey purpose is available to download here (XLS, 5.9MB). Data for 2013, with different accommodation categories, can be downloaded here (XLS, 393KB).
| Visits (000s) | Bed & Breakfast |
Camping/ mobile home |
Free guest |
Holiday village/ centre |
Hostel/ |
Hotel/ guest house |
Other | Own home | Paying guest at family/ friends |
Rented house |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL STAYING VISITS | 1,349 | 300 | 11,881 | 60 | 1,267 | 16,796 | 2,317 | 401 | 736 | 1,421 |
| TOTAL ENGLAND | 1.056 | 221 | 11,060 | 42 | 1,112 | 15,484 | 1,969 | 369 | 713 | 1,245 |
| London | 517 | 35 | 5,023 | 11 | 642 | 10,952 | 355 | 179 | 246 | 785 |
| Rest of England | 568 | 204 | 6,405 | 31 | 515 | 5,339 | 1,695 | 190 | 481 | 481 |
| England's North Country | 171 | 54 | 1,642 | 6 | 117 | 1,680 | 506 | 43 | 51 | 134 |
| Central England | 140 | 60 | 2,198 | 6 | 135 | 1,687 | 892 | 58 | 42 | 96 |
| Southern England | 315 | 132 | 2,868 | 19 | 278 | 2,398 | 618 | 89 | 390 | 260 |
| North East | 39 | 9 | 199 | 2 | 21 | 225 | 58 | 7 | 11 | 20 |
| North West | 84 | 32 | 952 | 4 | 73 | 1,140 | 323 | 22 | 31 | 79 |
| Yorkshire | 65 | 20 | 539 | 1 | 29 | 416 | 176 | 14 | 10 | 41 |
| West Midlands | 62 | 21 | 718 | 2 | 44 | 708 | 525 | 13 | 8 | 34 |
| East Midlands | 25 | 21 | 501 | 3 | 20 | 341 | 184 | 17 | 5 | 28 |
| East of England | 58 | 22 | 1,038 | 1 | 74 | 694 | 232 | 29 | 29 | 37 |
| South West | 175 | 73 | 904 | 4 | 68 | 811 | 169 | 32 | 108 | 129 |
| South East | 169 | 88 | 2,041 | 15 | 213 | 1,744 | 490 | 57 | 283 | 138 |
| SCOTLAND | 294 | 70 | 625 | 7 | 162 | 1,468 | 101 | 13 | 12 | 134 |
| WALES | 58 | 55 | 310 | 12 | 31 | 367 | 84 | 19 | 16 | 63 |
| NORTHERN IRELAND | 20 | 4 | 86 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 195 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
