Speeches

Lord Stoddart of Swindon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Stoddart of Swindon on 2016-09-13.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in each of the last five years, how many (1) tourists, and (2) non-tourists, from the UK visited the EU, and how many (1) tourists, and (2) non-tourists, from countries in the EU visited the UK.

Baroness Mobarik

In May 2016, ONS released data detailing the movements of tourists between the UK and the EU in their 2015 Travel Trends report, we have highlighted the requested information below. This Department does not hold information for non-tourists.

Number of Visits to the UK from the EU (millions)

Number of Visits to the EU from the UK (millions)

2011 – 20.3

2011 – 40.5

2012 – 20.6

2012 – 40.8

2013 – 21.6

2013 – 42.0

2014 – 23.0

2014 – 43.8

2015 – 24.2

2015 – 48.1