Great Britain domestic day visits: archive

Domestic day visits 2018:

Note: In December 2018, an error was found in the Activities Core To Tourism volume data for 2014. This has been corrected in all monthly reports where the data appeared (November 2017 to October 2018), as well as the 2017 GB Day Visitor Survey report.

Monthly summaries

Note (31 March 2017): A processing error has been discovered which affected results for Tourism Day Visits (TDVs) taken in London in 2016. When the 2016 data were re-processed with the correct TDV filter rules applied, there was an increase in the volume of visits taken in London assigned as TDVs, and a corresponding impact on the England and Britain totals.

The published individual monthly reports for 2016 have not yet been corrected so the interim TDV level data for London, England and Britain from these previously published monthly reports should not be used.

This issue had no impact on the 2016 results reported for Scotland, Wales or any of the English regions outside of London.

In addition, in 2016, a number of changes to the survey and questionnaire were made to improve survey usability and aid respondent understanding of the survey questions. These revisions together led to an increase in reported levels of trip taking. Further analysis of the data, including a parallel survey exercise, suggests that the revisions together accounted for 15 percentage points of the year-on-year increase recorded in 2016. On this basis, all estimates in the top line survey report of visits for 2011 to 2015 have been increased by a factor of 15% to allow a meaningful comparison of year on year trends.

Year-on-year percentage changes that were included in the previously published monthly 2016 reports should not be used. However, previously published data for 2011 to 2015 can continue to be used to understand trends between 2011 and 2015, and to understand the structure and composition of the day visit market within individual years.

The Great Britain Tourism Survey: Day Visits is designated as official statistics 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.

More on tourism in England

The most up-to-date day visits data can be found on our latest data page.

For more facts and figures about tourism in England, explore our latest intelligence on domestic overnight trips, accommodation occupancy and visitor attractions – or find information about inbound tourism statistics.

Our domestic sentiment tracker is another tracking survey we run to understand domestic intent for short breaks and holidays within the UK and abroad.