Contribution of Countryside Tourism to the UK Travel and Tourism Indust

Contribution of Countryside Tourism to the UK Travel and Tourism IndustryAcross the UK there be 4 main categories of tourist and chideorattractions. These categories are Large City/Large Town, Seaside, Countryside/Village, Small Town.The plank above shows that domestic trips to the countryside area,has now gone into bet on place out of the 4 categories of tourist and twaddleor attractions.Over recent years (since 2000) there has been a slight decrease from24% (2000) to 22% (2003). For daylightlight trips across the UK Cities are morepopular amongst tourists. This could be for a number of reasons like More spending opportunities, More shop/activity facilities etc.The circuit board above talks about Domestic Holidays. As shown above thecountryside category accounts for at least a quarter of all holidaysin equipment casualty of the 4 different holiday destinations. It is seen asequally in-chief(postnominal) to the Travel and Tourism Industry in the UK. It isa close third in th e ranking groundwork the categories Large City/LargeTown and Seaside.The table above also shows the percentage of spend at thesedestinations. In the countryside category spending is quite cut back incomparison to the top 2 categories Large City/Large Town and Seaside.This again could be for a number of reasons like* Fewer obtain opportunities in the countryside compared to the other categories,* Also the activities on offer in the countryside are usually freeThe Economic Impact of Recreation and Tourism in the inclineCountrysideThe English countryside attracts a huge arrive of tourists every year.In 1998, visitors to the countryside spent 11.5 billion. Thisconsequently generated 340,000 jobs. Visitor spending in thecountryside rose in real wrong ... ...e VisitBritain should advertise the British countryside and remote coastlinea lot more abroad on things like TV, posters, in travel agents etc.This would improve the get along of visitor spend from overseas by a lotbecause t here is a lot of potential growth from the 94% of overseasvisitors who just visit UK cities.Day visitors to the UK countryside In 1998 day visits to the UKcountryside and remote coastline survey indicated that 1,253 millionpeople went on leisure day visits from home to the countryside,together with an estimated 90 million visits to percipient coastline. Atotal of 1,343 million day trips or 25% of all leisure trips inEngland. Expenditure associated with these trips amounted to 8,942million. This category of tourists to the countryside is by far themost of the essence(p) because it generates three quarters of the total incomeinto countryside tourism. Contribution of Countryside Tourism to the UK Travel and Tourism IndustContribution of Countryside Tourism to the UK Travel and Tourism IndustryAcross the UK there are 4 main categories of tourist and visitorattractions. These categories are Large City/Large Town, Seaside, Countryside/Village, Small Town.The table above s hows that domestic trips to the countryside area,has now gone into guerrilla place out of the 4 categories of tourist andvisitor attractions.Over recent years (since 2000) there has been a slight decrease from24% (2000) to 22% (2003). For day trips across the UK Cities are morepopular amongst tourists. This could be for a number of reasons like More spending opportunities, More shopping/activity facilities etc.The table above talks about Domestic Holidays. As shown above thecountryside category accounts for at least a quarter of all holidaysin terms of the 4 different holiday destinations. It is seen asequally important to the Travel and Tourism Industry in the UK. It isa close third in the ranking undersurface the categories Large City/LargeTown and Seaside.The table above also shows the percentage of spend at thesedestinations. In the countryside category spending is quite disgrace incomparison to the top 2 categories Large City/Large Town and Seaside.This again could be for a number of reasons like* Fewer shopping opportunities in the countryside compared to the other categories,* Also the activities on offer in the countryside are usually freeThe Economic Impact of Recreation and Tourism in the EnglishCountrysideThe English countryside attracts a huge amount of tourists every year.In 1998, visitors to the countryside spent 11.5 billion. Thisconsequently generated 340,000 jobs. Visitor spending in thecountryside rose in real terms ... ...e VisitBritain should advertise the British countryside and remote coastlinea lot more abroad on things like TV, posters, in travel agents etc.This would improve the amount of visitor spend from overseas by a lotbecause there is a lot of potential growth from the 94% of overseasvisitors who just visit UK cities.Day visitors to the UK countryside In 1998 day visits to the UKcountryside and remote coastline survey indicated that 1,253 millionpeople went on leisure day visits from home to the countryside,together with an estimated 90 million visits to discourteous coastline. Atotal of 1,343 million day trips or 25% of all leisure trips inEngland. Expenditure associated with these trips amounted to 8,942million. This category of tourists to the countryside is by far themost important because it generates three quarters of the total incomeinto countryside tourism.