Great Britain domestic overnight trips: latest results
Release date:
5 September 2024
Next release:
TBC
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Note
NOTE: This statistical release contains volume and value estimates for 2022-2023 as per the new and improved data processing methodology finalised in August 2024. For further information, please see the ‘Statement on methodological review’ and ‘GBTS overnight trips methodology review 2024’ available in the ‘Supporting documents’ section of this page.
Report highlights
Domestic overnight trips in 2023:
The revised 2023 data shows a decline in overnight trips by 5% vs 2022 for both, Britain and England.
When taking inflation into account, the total overnight trip spend was down 9% for both, Britain and England. Average spend per trip declined 4% for trips in Britain and 5% for trips in England (in real terms).
The trip volume declines seem to be driven by holiday trips (especially 4+ nights trips), which dropped by 12% in Britain and 14% in England, and represent the second largest share of trips (32% and 31% respectively).
On the other hand, domestic overnight stays as part of an overseas trip show an increase of 19% in Britain and 23% in England (in line with an increase in outbound trips, as per IPS data).
In the below report and data files, you can find further details on regions visited and trip characteristics (including trip purpose, main destination type and accommodation used).
View the latest report
Domestic Overnight Trips 2022-2023: Report (Published 5 Sept 2024)
Access the findings in our summary report which includes detail on GB and England domestic overnight trips, post methodological review.
Domestic Overnight Trips 2022-2023: Tables (Published 5 Sept 2024)
Access the top line data in our summary tables which include detail on GB and England domestic overnight trips, post methodological review.
Domestic Overnight Trips_2022-2023: Pivot (Published 5 Sept 2024)
Access detailed data in our pivot tables which include detail on GB and England domestic overnight trips, post methodological review.
Pre-release access
Pre-release access for the GBTS 2022 and 2023 data was provided 24 hours ahead of publication to the following individuals:
VisitEngland: Patricia Yates, Tracey Edginton, Andrew Stokes, Lyndsey Turner-Swift, Louise Bryce, Shivah Jahangir-Tafreshi, Anke Monestel, Rachael Farrington, Charlotte Sanders, Thomas Clues, Dipika Ghose, Pauline Stobbs and James Sandy.
DCMS: Duncan Parish, Ellie Fox, Heather Monro, Lata Mistry, Robyn Schaffer, Sarah Lasher, Sarah Stannard and Benjamin Kay.
Supporting documents
Background Quality Report GBTS Overnight trips 2023 (published 5 Sept 2024).pdf
This document provides detailed information about the research methodology of overnight trips from the Great Britain Tourism Survey, post methodological review.
GBTS Statement on methodological review (April 2024)
This document provides further information about the GBTS methodological review announced in April 2024.
GBTS overnight trips methodology review 2024, Report (published 5 Sept 2024).pdf
This document provides detailed information about the methodological review conducted in summer 2024.
About the survey
The Great Britain Tourism Survey (GBTS) is a national consumer survey measuring the volume and value of domestic overnight tourism trips taken by residents in Great Britain. GBTS also provides detailed information about trip and visitor characteristics.
The statistics from 2021 onwards below are based on a new combined online survey that replaced the separate Great Britain Tourism Survey and Great Britain Day Visits Survey that ran until the end of 2019. Take a read of the methodology and quality report (PDF, 215KB) (PDF, 214.23 KB) to find out more including more details explaining why the new survey data is not comparable with data up until 2019.
This page is showing only the latest reports and data available. Any previous reports and data, including data up to the end of 2019, can be found on the GBTS archive page.
The Great Britain Tourism Survey (GBTS) is designated as official statistics, labelled as statistics in development and follows the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (2022) set by the Office for Statistics Regulation.
VisitEngland jointly sponsors the survey with our partners VisitScotland and Visit Wales.
