Barry Sheerman – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Barry Sheerman on 2015-11-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the value to tourism and to the national economy of the UK coastline.

Tracey Crouch

There were more than 23 million overnight visits to the English, Scottish and Welsh seaside by GB residents in 2014, which resulted in spending of £4.9 billion, according to the Great Britain Tourism Survey. Additionally, therewere 144 million day visits by GB residents where the seaside was the main place visited in 2014 which resulted in spending of almost £5 billion.