Culture Media and Sport written question – answered at on 15 July 2003.
Vera Baird
Labour, Redcar
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many international tourists visited (a) England and (b) the north-east in 2001 and 2002; and what percentage of international tourists to the UK this represented.
Richard Caborn
Minister of State (Sport and Tourism), Department for Culture, Media & Sport
The following table shows the number of staying visits (visits which included a stay of at least one night) to the north-east, England and the UK in 2001 and 2002. The figures for 2002 are provisional.
| 2001 | 2002 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying visits (thousand) | Percentage of all staying visits | Staying visits (thousand) | Percentage of all staying visits | |
| North-east | 440 | 2 | 520 | 2 |
| Total England | 19,320 | 93 | 20,390 | 92 |
| Total UK | 20,980 | 100 | 22,120 | 100 |
Source:
International Passenger Survey, National Statistics.
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