British residents took 138.7 million overnight trips in the UK last year, spending £22.7bn, according to the 2005 United Kingdom Tourism Survey.
The survey was carried out by TNS on behalf of the four UK tourist boards: VisitBritain, VisitScotland, Visit Wales and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board.
The figures show that UK residents’ domestic trips greatly outnumber the 66.5 million trips taken abroad.
Due to the fact that the survey was conducted under a new methodology, there are no comparable statistics for domestic tourism in previous years but it does enable month on month comparisons beginning with data from May 2006. Details: www.visitbritain.com/research
