The Office for National Statistics (ONS) who are responsible for the International Passenger Survey (IPS) suspended data collection on 16 March 2020 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Unfortunately only a few weeks of interviewing were able to take place before the end of the year. The ONS are scheduled to release the available full annual data for 2020 in May 2021.
Inbound visitor statistics for June 2020
Visits and spend figures
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JUNE 2020 |
LAST 3 MONTHS (APR- JUN '20) |
YEAR TO DATE (JAN - JUN '20) |
ROLLING 12 MONTHS (Jul '19 - Jun '20) |
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| % change vs June 2019 | % change vs Apr - Jun '19 | % change vs Jan- Jun '19 | % change vs Jul '18 - Jun'19) | ||||||||
| All visits (000) | 176 | -95% | 398 | -96% | 7,390 | -60% | 29,550 | -26% | |||
| Spend (£m) | £60 | -98% | 218 | -97% | £4,560 | -61% | £21,310 | -18% | |||
Visits: The UK received 176,000 visits in June 2020, just 5% of the visits in June 2019. In the rolling 12-month period there were 29.6 million visits, down 26% YoY.
Spending: In June 2020 inbound visitors spent £60 million, down 98% on June 2019. Spending levels in the 12-month period to June 2020 generated £21.3 billion, down 18% YoY.
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 due to the risks associated with the results being misleading. Below are 2 tables containing the most up to date data available by journey purpose and 3 global regions – Europe, North America and Rest of World.
Visits by journey purpose
| LAST 3 MONTHS (APR- JUN '20) |
YEAR TO DATE (JAN - JUN '20) |
ROLLING 12 MONTHS (JUL '19 - JUN '20) |
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| Visits (000) | % change vs Apr - Jun '19 | Visits (000) | % change vs Jan - Jun '19 | Visits (000) | % change vs Jul '18 - Jun '19) | ||
| Holiday | 177 | -96% | 2,777 | -63% | 12,210 | -26% | |
| VFR | 112 | -96% | 2,309 | -59% | 9,071 | -25% | |
| Business | 85 | -96% | 1,746 | -60% | 6,103 | -29% | |
| Miscellaneous | 24 | -96% | 561 | -55% | 2,170 | -22% | |
Visits by global region
| LAST 3 MONTHS (APR- JUN '20) |
YEAR TO DATE (JAN - JUN '20) |
ROLLING 12 MONTHS (JUL '19 - JUN '20) |
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| Visits (000) | % change vs Apr - Jun '19 | Visits (000) | % change vs Jan - Jun '19 | Visits (000) | % change vs Jul '18 - Jun '19) | |||
| Europe Total | 298 | -96% | 5,225 | -60% | 19,596 | -27% | ||
| North America | 40 | -97% | 834 | -66% | 3,769 | -28% | ||
| Rest of World | 60 | -97% | 1,334 | -60% | 6,188 | -22% | ||
We have provided more commentary on the Q2 2020 data on our latest quarterly data for the UK overall page. Download the latest monthly summary for June 2020 (PDF, 1.81MB) Published November 2020
