Over a third of tourism business in Wales reported an increase in visitors in summer 2019 compared to 2018. Serviced accommodation, including hotels and B&Bs, reported the highest increase at 41 percent. Reasons given for the increase in visitors numebrs included the weather being better and more British people holidaying in the UK. Only around a fifth of businesses said they received fewer visitors, whereas the rest claimed that tourism levels had remained the same.
Compared with summer last year, how many visitors have you had this summer?
* Interviews were conducted with 800 business owners or managers of tourism businesses overall, including accommodation businesses (serviced, self-catering, caravan, campsites and hostels), attractions, restaurants, pubs, cafes and activity operators.
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Welsh Government. (September 19, 2019). Compared with summer last year, how many visitors have you had this summer? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/509892/visitors-tourist-attractions-wales/
Welsh Government. "Compared with summer last year, how many visitors have you had this summer?." Chart. September 19, 2019. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/509892/visitors-tourist-attractions-wales/
Welsh Government. (2019). Compared with summer last year, how many visitors have you had this summer?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/509892/visitors-tourist-attractions-wales/
Welsh Government. "Compared with Summer Last Year, How Many Visitors Have You Had This Summer?." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Sep 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/509892/visitors-tourist-attractions-wales/
Welsh Government, Compared with summer last year, how many visitors have you had this summer? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/509892/visitors-tourist-attractions-wales/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Compared with summer last year, how many visitors have you had this summer? [Graph], Welsh Government, September 19, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/509892/visitors-tourist-attractions-wales/
