The UK is the world’s 5th most valuable tourism industry by visitor spend INBOUND TOURISM TO THE UK Tour Operators and Destination Management Companies (DMCs) USA Spain France Thailand UNITED KINGDOM The VAT paid by international visitors from each Boeing 777 landing at Heathrow = annual salary for two NHS nurses A Boeing 777 can carry 396 passagengers In 2019 each visitor spent an average £696 per person In 2019 international visitors spent £28.4bn and contributed £5.5bn in VAT alone Approximately 1.2m people are directly employed in tourism related jobs 500,000 full time equivalent jobs are supported by inbound visitor expenditure Inbound tourism is the UK’s 3rd largest service export 1. Other Business Services 2. Financial Services 3. TRAVEL 4. Transportation 5. Telecommunications & IT services ✔ design, package and implement tours, activities and events ✔ are experts in their destinations and source markets ✔ promote regional spread of visitors and less well-known destinations ✔ act as the UK’s sales and marketing force for international visitors ✔ maintain the UK’s competitiveness by converting interest into bookings More than 60% of all inbound visitors book their trip as a package through an intermediary THE VOICE OF INBOUND TOURISM Tour operators and destination management companies facilitate international visits to the UK, acting as intermediaries between visitors and tourism products. They: Visitors from our high value, key growth markets rely heavily on intermediaries £4.2bn £1.2bn £1.7bn £2.6bn £1.6bn 48% USA GCC CN DE AU 64% 77% 71% 60% Total visitor spend in 2019 2 3 4 3 1 1. International Tourism Highlights 2019 Edition, UNWTO 2. UK Trade in Numbers, Department for International Trade, 2020 3. International Passenger Survey 2019, Ofﬁce for National Statistics 4. Tourism Satellite Account: 2017, Ofﬁce for National Statistics 5. Foresight issue 151, VisitBritain, 2016 A wide range of sectors rely on business from tour operators and DMCs Percentage booking via intermediary 5 5 3

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The UK is the world’s 5th most valuable tourism industry by visitor spend

INBOUND TOURISM TO THE UK

Tour Operators and Destination Management Companies (DMCs)

USA

Spain

France

Thailand

UNITED KINGDOM

The VAT paid by international visitors from each Boeing 777 landing at Heathrow = annual salary for two NHS nurses

A Boeing 777 can carry 396 passagengers

In 2019each visitor spent an average

£696 per person

In 2019 international visitors spent £28.4bn and contributed £5.5bn in VAT aloneApproximately 1.2m people

are directly employed in tourism related jobs

500,000 full time equivalent jobs are supported by inbound visitor expenditure

Inbound tourism is the UK’s 3rd largest service export

1. Other Business Services

2. Financial Services

3. TRAVEL

4. Transportation

5. Telecommunications

& IT services

✔ design, package and implement tours, activities and events

✔ are experts in their destinations and source markets

✔ promote regional spread of visitors and less well-known destinations

✔ act as the UK’s sales and marketing force for international visitors

✔ maintain the UK’s competitiveness by converting interest into bookings

More than 60% of all inbound visitors book their trip as a package through an intermediary

THE VOICE OF INBOUND TOURISM

Tour operators and destination management companies facilitate international visits to the UK, acting as intermediaries between visitors and tourism products. They: Visitors from our high value, key growth markets

rely heavily on intermediaries

£4.2bn £1.2bn£1.7bn£2.6bn £1.6bn

48%

USA GCC CN DE AU

64% 77% 71% 60%

Total visitor spend in 2019

1. International Tourism Highlights 2019 Edition, UNWTO2. UK Trade in Numbers, Department for International Trade, 20203. International Passenger Survey 2019, Office for National Statistics

4. Tourism Satellite Account: 2017, Office for National Statistics5. Foresight issue 151, VisitBritain, 2016

A wide range of sectors rely on

business from tour operators and

DMCs Percentage booking via intermediary