The table provides information about the proportion of visitors to the UK and their average spending between 2003 and 2008.
From an overall perspective, the number of visitors, total spending, and average spending per visit increased over the period, while the average number of nights per visit slightly decreased.
Starting from 2003, the UK had 24.715 million visitors who spent £11.9 billion in total. The number of visitors continued to rise each year, reaching a peak of 32.778 million with a total spending of £15.960 billion in 2007, before slightly declined to 31.88 million in 2008. In contrast, total spending maintained its upward trend throughout most of the period, peaking at £16.323 billion in 2008.
The average number of nights that visitors stayed in 2003 was 8.2 nights, while they spent an average of £475 per visit, and rose slightly until 2006, before declined to an average of 7.7 nights in 2007 and 2008. Meanwhile, the average spending per visit showed some fluctuations over the period, reaching its highest point in 2008 at £511.