The giventable compares four different tourism indicators in the specific city in the UK over a six year period from 2003 to 2008. Overall, it is clear that number of visits and tourists’ total expenditure had significant jump over the whole period. Additionally, average spend per visits increased, while nights per visits shortened.
Looking at the details, the number of tourist visits stood at 24.715 million in 2003, while the total spend was 11.855 billion pounds. Both figures increased steadily over the next four years, with visits peaking at 32.778 million and expenditure reaching 15.960 billion pounds in 2007. By the end of the period in 2008, the number of visits experienced a slight drop to 31.88 million. In contrast, the total spend continued to grow, reaching a record high of 16.323 billion pounds.
In addition, the average nights per visit had an initial figure of 8.2 in 2003. There was a slight climb in next 3 years, reaching a peak value of 8.4 in 2006. However, in the next year, the average nights per visit suddenly fell to 7.7 and remained the same until the end of the period. Conversely, the average spend per visits insignificantly decreased from 475 in 2003 to 466 in 2004, but then there was a considerable growth over the next four years, gaining a highest figure of 511 in 2008.