... Travel and tourism industry is continually growing because towns and cities are developing their attractions to encourage more visitors from overseas and in the UK to travel to their destinations. The table below shows UK spending by tourists. Trips (millions) Spending (£m) UK Residents 122.3 £14,030 Overseas Visitors 25.7 £12,671 Total 148.0 £26,701 Source 'Collins Advanced Vocational Travel and Tourism' Pg67, Tony Outhart. Source 'Collins Advanced Vocational Travel and Tourism' Pg68, Tony Outhart. Entertainment Consumer spending in 1998 was very high, £1.1 billion pounds was spent on entertainment alone. Concerts, day trips and theatre and cinema trips would be the kind of entertainment that people were spending their money on. Sporting activities such as water sports, football and cricket etc. would also be classed as entertainment and would have a proportion of money spent on them. Accommodation In 1998, accommodation was where the majority of consumer spending was, with a massive £9.4 billion being spent. This is over a third of the overall total ...

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