... rise to £18 billion per year, 44% more than 1998. This is due to the increasing efforts made by local authorities to attract tourist to Britain. The table above shows that tourism is responsible for 5.7% of all consumer spending throughout the UK. Tourist Spending £ Billion Entertainment £1.1 Services £1.1 Travel within UK £3.6 Eating out £6.2 Accommodation £9.4 Shopping £5.2 The pie chart above shows us that the most amount of money is spent on accommodation. This is a large proportion of the chart taking over 35%. The second largest is eating out. Most people when out on holiday eat out. They want to get away from cooking and washing up when they are on holiday so they eat out. The least amount that people spend there money on would be entertainment and services both taking up only 4% each of the chart. The following table shows how much each country spends when they come and visit the UK. Country Spending £M France 649 USA 2,164 Germany 1,071 Irish Republic 856 Netherlands 409 Belgium 217 Italy 471 Spain 380 Australia 525 Sweden 263 The above table shows ...

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