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868555

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2018
	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: National Income
	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 proportion of gross domestic product tourism accounts for.
	tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
	tabling member printed	David Evennett
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	133775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>In 2016 Tourism accounted for £66bn GVA, which was <del class="ministerial">14.2%</del> <ins class="ministerial">3.8%</ins>of the total UK GVA.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 29/03/2018 14:41:53 question first ministerially corrected 14/05/2018 16:37:18 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis previous answer version 50829 answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

868558

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2018
	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 he is taking to promote domestic tourism in England.
	tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
	tabling member printed	David Evennett
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	133778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>In November 2015, the Government announced the £40 million Discover England Fund (DEF), an unprecedented opportunity for investment in improving English tourism product.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have been working with VisitEngland to encourage more domestic visitors to explore the country and discover all there is to see and experience on their doorstep this spring. For example, the annual celebration of English tourism, English Tourism Week has just concluded. Further details can be found here: <a href="https://www.visitbritain.org/english-tourism-week" target="_blank">https://www.visitbritain.org/english-tourism-week</a>.</p><p> </p><p>VisitEngland have various projects aimed at promoting domestic tourism and building our domestic product, such a rail ‘final mile’ campaign and developing food hubs across the country. VisitEngland also worked with VisitScotland and Visit Wales to launch a major domestic campaign for summer 2017, focussed on encouraging young people to holiday at home.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 29/03/2018 14:45:24 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

868560

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2018
	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 the value to the economy of domestic tourism was in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
	tabling member printed	David Evennett
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	133779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>Domestic Trip expenditure in England over the past five years are as follows (£millions):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Overnight</p></td><td><p>£19,389</p></td><td><p>£18,567</p></td><td><p>£17,943</p></td><td><p>£19,503</p></td><td><p>£18,466</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Day Trips</p></td><td><p>£51,614</p></td><td><p>£49,031</p></td><td><p>£48,485</p></td><td><p>£49,437</p></td><td><p>£50,910</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 29/03/2018 14:46:38 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

885390

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2018
	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: Finance
	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 proportion of tourism funding from the public purse was allocated to London in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
	tabling member printed	David Evennett
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	136253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain and VisitEngland do not hold a breakdown of spending at local level, however London features in many of VisitBritain’s campaign, such as the current global marketing campaign ‘I Travel For’ to increase inbound tourism to Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>VisitBritain also work with travel and tourism partners such as Sony Pictures and Studio Canal, to promote filming locations across London, and Barclays Premier League to convert football fans to visitors, promoting London stadia and their surrounding neighbourhoods. VisitBritain also work closely with London and Partners to ensure complementary marketing campaigns, including investing £500,000 in London &amp; Partners’ Autumn Season campaign.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, London-based Destination Management Organisations (DMOs) collaborate with other DMOs across the country as part of several VisitEngland Discover England Fund projects.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 25/04/2018 14:10:37 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

896343

	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: Greater London
	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 his Department is taking to promote tourism in outer London.
	tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
	tabling member printed	David Evennett
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	140608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain and VisitEngland are responsible for promoting the UK as a tourist destination, through a range of different initiatives and campaigns. London features in many of VisitBritain’s campaign, such as the current global marketing campaign ‘I Travel For’ to increase inbound tourism to Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>VisitBritain also work with travel and tourism partners such as Sony Pictures and Studio Canal, to promote filming locations across London, and Barclays Premier League to convert football fans to visitors, promoting London stadia and their surrounding neighbourhoods. Additionally, VisitBritain work closely with London and Partners to ensure complementary marketing campaigns, including investing £500,000 in London &amp; Partners’ Autumn Season campaign. They are also supporting London &amp; Partners’ culture and dispersal messaging – helping attract visitors to London’s vibrant outer neighbourhoods and supporting the Mayor’s priority of delivering for all Londoners.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 14/05/2018 12:31:35 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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