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945564

registered interest
date	20/07/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of local festivals on the growth of local tourism.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	166490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain research shows that in 2016, over one million of the UK’s inbound visitors come here with attending a festival in mind, spending nearly £1.2bn during their visit.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Arts Council has carried out research into the benefits of local events on the community and economy. For example, the SO Festival in East Lindsey is estimated to have increased footfall from 30,000 to 83,000. The Grinagog Festival in Torquay submitted a report for their 2018 festival estimating that there was £150,000 direct economic impact based on 2,400 paying customers.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 27/07/2018 10:30:28 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

942970

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the economic value of the events industry to tourism in (a) London and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	164941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>Business visits and events are extremely important aspects of the visitor economy. In 2016, the UK welcomed 9.12million inbound visitors for business visits who spent £5.46bn while here. 3.62m of these visits were to London with £3.25bn being spent in the capital.</p><p> </p><p>A report by VisitBritain shows that delegates attending an event in the UK who extended their trip for leisure purposes would spend double the amount of money they would spend than if they went home directly after the event (£1,942 compared to £991).</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/07/2018 10:27:28 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

938616

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much money was spent on advertising the activity of touring in England to the UK market in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	163017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain and VisitEngland are responsible for promoting the UK as a tourist destination, through a range of different initiatives and campaigns. The following table shows the funding that has been spent on promoting England and developing English tourism product since 2010. It includes activity focused on both domestic and international visitors:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Expenditure (£k)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>10,807</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>9,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>11,049</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>10,214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>10,142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>7,935</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>18,684</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>16,298</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>18,444</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>113,473</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 17/07/2018 10:02:04 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

909431

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the economic value of tourism to the (a) UK and (b) South East in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	146820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain’s data for economic value of tourism in UK and South East are as follows-</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Inbound Tourism</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>South East</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£18.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.9 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£21.3 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£21.8 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2.2 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£22.1 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2.2 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£22.5 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2.2 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£24.3 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.68 billion (January-September)</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Domestic Tourism</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong> <strong>(day) </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong> <strong>(overnight visits)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>South East</strong> <strong>(day)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>South East</strong> <strong>(overnight visits)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£65.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£23.9 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£8.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.6 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£62 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£23.2 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£8.1 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.4 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£61.8 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£22.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£8.7 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.6 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£61.9 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£24.8 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£7.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.6 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£63.9 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£23 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£8.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.5 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£62.4 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£23.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£7 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2.7 billion</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/06/2018 13:39:55 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

905578

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the value to the UK economy of the outbound tourism industry.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	David Evennett
uin	144830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text UK residents made 72.3m visits abroad in the 12 months to December 2017 and spent £44.7bn. Both figures were up 2% on the same period last year. answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/05/2018 10:29:16 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

905579

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the annual spend in the UK’s domestic tourism sector in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	David Evennett
uin	144831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>The Great Britain Tourism Survey and the Great Britain Day Visits Survey show that domestic spend for Great Britain over the previous 5 years has been as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Domestic overnight spend (£bn)</p></td><td><p>£23.3</p></td><td><p>£22.7</p></td><td><p>£24.8</p></td><td><p>£23.1</p></td><td><p>£23.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Domestic day visit spend (£bn)</p></td><td><p>£62.0</p></td><td><p>£61.8</p></td><td><p>£61.9</p></td><td><p>£63.9</p></td><td><p>£62.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total domestic spend (£bn)</p></td><td><p>£85.3</p></td><td><p>£84.5</p></td><td><p>£86.8</p></td><td><p>£87.0</p></td><td><p>£86.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Sources:</p><p>Great Britain Tourism Survey:2017 Overview; GB All Trip Purposes</p><p>Great Britain Day Visits Survey: 2017 Regional and Demographic Breakdown</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/05/2018 10:31:18 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

905689

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the economic value of tourism to (a) the UK and (b) Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	144835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>Tourism is a vitally important aspect of the UK’s economy, worth over £66 billion to the UK’s GVA in 2016, which is over 14% of the UK’s total GVA. Tourism also supports over 1.5m jobs across the country.</p><p> </p><p>In the Yorkshire and Humber area, VisitEngland’s Tourism survey of domestic overnight visitors shows that 10.7m visits were made over the same period, accounting for spend of £1.75 billion.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/05/2018 13:33:46 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

902238

registered interest
date	11/05/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps Government is taking to support social tourism initiatives throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	143185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s Arms Length Body, VisitEngland supports the work of the Family Holiday Association, a national charity dedicated to helping provide breaks and day trips at the British seaside for families who struggle to financially provide holidays for their family. They are also a member of England’s Inclusive Tourism Group which VisitEngland originally convened in 2015, which aim to provide access for all to tourism destinations and businesses.</p><p> </p><p>VisitScotland have their own accessibility team which develop and support products to increase accessibility for visitors, however they do work in partnership with VisitEngland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/05/2018 13:29:30 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

902240

registered interest
date	11/05/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the value of social tourism to the UK (a) domestic tourism industry and (b) economy.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	143187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The department doesn’t hold information on the value of social tourism to the domestic tourism industry or the economy.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016, as a whole, tourism accounts for £66.2bn of the UK’s GVA and approximately 1.5m jobs across the country. Scotland’s tourism sector accounted for £5.2bn of GVA in 2013 and approximately 280,000 jobs in 2014.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/05/2018 13:32:25 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

896289

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of promoting the UK's visit economy by providing (a) financial and (b) other support to destination marketing organisations.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	140841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>DCMS are sponsors of VisitBritain(VB) and VisitEngland(VE) who provide a wide range of support for Destination Marketing Organisations or Destination Management Organisations (DMO) across the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 09/05/2018 15:43:07 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse