Kuwait

The International Passenger Survey (IPS) was suspended on 16 March 2020 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic until the start of 2021. The ONS have made every effort to produce high-quality estimates for the periods when IPS data is not being collected but have not been able to produce a full set of results. See the 2020 inbound page for more information.

The 2021 data is ‘incomplete’ as Eurotunnel data was unavailable for the entire year. In addition, interviewing at Dover restarted from Q3 2021 and pseudo records for the Irish land border were also removed in 2021. More info can be found on the 2021 inbound page.

For 2022, Eurotunnel data was also unavailable for the first half of the year. Interviewing at Eurostar was not affected by Covid-19 restrictions in 2021 or the first half of 2022. The ONS restarted IPS interviews at all ports from July 2022. The latest data can be found on the monthly and quarterly pages.

Due to the above, the latest full year IPS data below is from 2019.

Global context


Measure	2019
International tourism expenditure (US$bn)	15.8
Global rank for international tourism expenditure	23
Number of outbound visits (m)	4.4
Most visited destination	Saudi Arabia
Most visited destination in Western Europe	United Kingdom

Key demographic and economic data


Measure	2021
Population (m)	4.3
GDP per capita PPP (US$)	39,064
Annual average GDP growth over past decade (%)	0.2
Annual GDP growth (%)	2.5

GCC Market Profile (PDF, 73MB)

Kuwait Market Snapshot (PDF, 405KB)

Kuwait Aviation Profile (PDF, 177KB)

Inbound visits to Britain from Kuwait

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Access to Britain from Kuwait


Measure	2019
Weekly aircraft departures	19
Weekly seat capacity	5,745
Airports with direct routes in Kuwait	1
Airports with direct routes in Britain	2

Since 2009, seat capacity from Kuwait has increased by 51%
In 2019, the highest share of departing seats came from the Kuwait airport to London Heathrow route, with a 97% share
Out of all the airlines to operate the Kuwait to Britain route in 2019, Kuwait Airways served the most departing seats with a 68% share
2019 was the first year that Jazeera Airways began operating a route from Kuwait to Britain
Flights from Kuwait airport now serve London Heathrow and London Gatwick
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a 55% reduction in direct seat capacity from Kuwait to the UK in 2020, and 2021 was 70% behind pre-COVID levels
The current reduced rate of Air Passenger Duty for visitors departing Britain for Kuwait is £84

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