Tourism numbers for the United Kingdom are in.
In short, visits to the UK by overseas residents continue to rise and are up 8% year to date (January to June), with holiday visits up 12% in the same period.
Over the last twelve months, estimates of earnings from overseas residents to the UK continue to rise and are up 7%.
Visits abroad by UK residents are up 5% over the last twelve months but their expenditure has decreased 3% in the same period.