The United Kingdom continued to attract tourists from around the world, causing tourism spending in Britain to reach a record high during the first six months of 2015, with tourist spending over those six months reaching 9.5 billion pounds in the UK economy.<\/p>\n
A report by the UK\u2019s Office for National Statistics stated that tourist visits rose by 3% in the first six months of 2015, surpassing the figures for the same period the previous year. The report showed that regions of England outside London were the biggest winners during that period, with a 6% increase in both visits and spending in the second quarter of the year compared to 2014.<\/p>\n
The report added that Gulf spending in Britain reached 677 million pounds, an increase of 3%., while massive amounts of money flowed in from the United States, China, Italy, and Belgium.<\/p>\n
Visitor numbers from growth markets such as China rose by 28% to a record 90,000 in the first half of the year, while the Arab Gulf states saw a 2% increase, with a record number of visits reaching 282,000 and spending amounting to 677<\/p>\n
While international visits to the UK for vacations\u2014which totaled 6.5 million\u2014matched the record numbers recorded during the same period in 2014, visits to friends and relatives, as well as business trips, continued to grow significantly during the first six months of this year, particularly business visits, which saw a strong recovery, rising by 11% during the first six months and setting a new record of 4.4 million\u2014the highest number of business visits ever recorded during the first half of the year.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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