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Data Provider: Welsh Government Overseas residents tourism to Wales by measure, purpose of visit and year of travel
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Click here to sort2003Click here to sort2004Click here to sort2005Liverpool and Prestwick airports were introduced into the IPS sample in 2005 and changes made to the processing systems in order to prevent over-estimates or under-estimates of traffic occurring at a regional level. Any comparisons of IPS results for 2005 with earlier years therefore should be made with care.Click here to sort2006Click here to sort2007Click here to sort2008Click here to sort2009The weighting and imputation methodology employed in the IPS was revised in 2009. See notes in Appendix B for details.Annex B of Travel Trends 2009 (ONS) available at http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=1391&More=NClick here to sort2010
[Collapse]Visit (thousands)Holiday306382333369323425394344
of which inclusive tour578985777711110563
Business188193181226194158163141
Visiting friends or relatives334349336415362384328321
Miscellaneous66891241271089810583
All visits8941,0139731,1369871,065991890
[Collapse]Spending (£ millions)Channel Islands and transit passengers are excluded from spending figures.Holiday728597105106131119107
of which inclusive tour1214161919462821
Business7355688373525356
Visiting friends or relatives79127911151168289108
Miscellaneous4443555844497162
All visits269311312361339314332333

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[026227]: Overseas residents: visits to Wales - by purpose of visit and year of travel

Welsh Government

The International Passenger Survey (IPS) is a sample survey so results are subject to sampling error. The figures shown also include an allowance for non response so results may not match exactly figures published elsewhere.

Last update: September 2011

Source: International Passenger Survey, Office for National Statistics
Contact: stats.popcensus@wales.gsi.gov.uk

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