Domestic Overnight Visitors to Scotland (2006 to 2019)

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The Great Britain Tourism Survey (GBTS) is a national consumer survey. It measures the volume and value of domestic overnight tourism trips taken by residents of Great Britain. The study provides information about trip and visitor characteristics. It covers all aspects of tourism such as holidays, visits to friends and relatives and trips for business and other purposes. The survey is jointly sponsored by VisitEngland, VisitScotland and Visit Wales.

More information about the GBTS and analysis reports can be found on visitscotland.org here

The restrictions on travel resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic had considerable impact on tourism statistics.  Moreover, the data from the GBTS is now based on a new online survey, covering both overnight and day visits.

We will be publishing data from the new survey shortly. 

In these visualisations, visits and nights values are shown in thousands (ie, numbers displayed in the charts should be multiplied by one thousand to achieve the whole number). Spend values are shown in millions.

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