A comprehensive report that includes January to March 2019 data from the main tourism surveys.
This is not the latest release in the series: Wales tourism performance
Overnight domestic GB trips
There were 1.7 million overnight domestic GB trips to Wales in the first three months of 2019, which was an increase of 6%, generating expenditure of £295 million.
Domestic GB tourism day visits
During the first three months of 2019 there were 16.6 million Tourism Day visits in Wales. These visits generated expenditure of £874 million.
International visitors
The number of international trips to Wales during the first quarter of 2019, fell by 4% to 147,000. Visitor spending was £51 million, which was a 23% decrease on same time last year
Wales accommodation occupancy rates January to March average
Hotels: 54%
Guesthouse/B&B: 21%
Self-catering: 45%
Hostel: 37%
Wales Tourism Barometer
Wave 2 (May/June 2019) indicated that 83% of businesses had seen greater or equal levels of visitors compared with the same period in 2018 (22% greater, 61% equal).
Reports
Wales Tourism Performance, January to March 2019 , file type: PDF, file size: 2 MB
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Email: tourismresearch@gov.wales
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