Most visited English Cities & Towns in 2013 by GB residents - Trips

Top 20 - Total trips (thousands) Top 20 - Holiday trips (thousands) Top 10 - Business trips (thousands) 2013 2013 2013 1 London 12305 1 London 3791 1 London 3340 2 Manchester 2756 2 Scarborough 1259 2 Birmingham 632 3 Birmingham 2267 3 Blackpool 1144 3 Bristol 611 4 Bristol 1921 4 Manchester 1070 4 Manchester 593 5 Liverpool 1678 5 York 806 5 Leeds 505 6 Leeds 1660 6 Liverpool 703 6 Liverpool 289 7 Scarborough 1597 7 Isle of Wight 650 7 Sheffield 212 8 Blackpool 1356 8 Birmingham 617 8 Coventry 208 9 York 1268 9 Skegness 537 9 Newcastle upon Tyne 203 10 Nottingham 1132 10 Nottingham 510 10 Milton Keynes 189 11 Newcastle upon Tyne 1081 11 Bournemouth 505 12 Brighton and Hove 1023 12 Leeds 485 13 Sheffield 1010 13 Newquay 433 14 Isle of Wight 972 14 Great Yarmouth 432 15 Bournemouth 890 15 Bristol 423 16 Southampton 822 16 Lancaster 420 17 Coventry 764 17 Berwick-upon-Tweed 417 18 Norwich 757 18 Brighton and Hove 382 19 Portsmouth 743 19 Windermere 379 20 Chester 709 20 Chester 375

Please note that the Great Britain Tourism Survey is designed as a national and regional survey and is therefore only robust at this level. All data in this table should be used with caution as sample sizes can be low. By way of context, the volume of all overnight trips to England made by GB residents dropped by -3% in 2013 compared to 2012. Those taken for holiday purposes decreased slightly (-1%), whilst those for business fell by -6% against 2012. Top 20 Most visited English Cities & Towns in 2013 by GB residents - Spend

Top 20 - Total spend (£ millions) Top 20 - Holiday spend (£ millions) Top 10 - Business spend (£ millions) 2013 2013 2013 1 London 2793 1 London 1202 1 London 903 2 Manchester 551 2 Manchester 247 2 Manchester 166 3 Birmingham 369 3 Scarborough 241 3 Birmingham 157 4 Scarborough 356 4 York 231 4 Bristol 142 5 Bristol 339 5 Blackpool 214 5 Leeds 109 6 York 309 6 Isle of Wight 166 6 Scarborough 76 7 Liverpool 284 7 Newquay 154 7 Liverpool 72 8 Leeds 279 8 Liverpool 126 8 Newcastle upon Tyne 55 9 Blackpool 250 9 Skegness 112 9 Milton Keynes 49 10 Newcastle upon Tyne 235 10 Bournemouth 111 10 Sheffield 48 11 Isle of Wight 215 =11 Nottingham 110 12 Nottingham 185 =11 Bath 110 13 Newquay 175 13 Birmingham 105 14 Brighton and Hove 170 14 Torquay 100 15 Bournemouth 163 15 Newcastle upon Tyne 99 16 Sheffield 152 16 Windermere 90 17 Norwich 142 17 Weymouth 86 18 Bath 136 18 Great Yarmouth 83 19 Chester 124 19 Leeds 82 20 Southampton 123 20 Berwick-upon-Tweed 81

Please note that the Great Britain Tourism Survey is designed as a national and regional survey and is therefore only robust at this level. All data in this table should be used with caution as sample sizes can be low. By way of context, the volume of all overnight trips to England made by GB residents dropped by -3% in 2013 compared to 2012. Those taken for holiday purposes decreased slightly (-1%), whilst those for business fell by -6% against 2012.