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Overseas Travel and Tourism, November 2012

Key points

  • The number of visits to the UK by overseas residents returned to growth in November, up 9% compared with November 2011. Visits during January to November 2012 ('2012 to date') were broadly in line with 2011, while earnings from these visits grew 3% in absolute terms.
  • Visits abroad by UK residents rose 1% in November and in 2012 to date were unchanged from 2011. Expenditure abroad in 2012 was 3% higher than in 2011.
  • Holiday visits were subdued. Those to the UK by overseas residents and those abroad by UK residents were both down 2% in 2012 to date. Business visits and those to see friends or relatives were both higher than in 2011.

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