>Almost four million people from overseas visited the country last year, an increase of 15% on 2019, the last year before the Covid pandemic.
>Unprecedented numbers from North America helped break the previous record of 3.7m, which was set in 2018.
>Visitors to Scotland in 2023 spent £3.6bn – up 41% on 2019 and 13% on 2022 – although those increases do not account for inflation.
>Scotland is the only part of the UK that has seen an increase in comparison to 2019, although the International Passenger Survey, external by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) found that the majority of nations and regions saw growth compared to 2022.
Great to see tourism numbers not only return to pre-covid levels but exceed them. And with the incoming tourist tax (sometime soon hopefully) it would be a good income stream for councils.
Makes sense since every person on the bloody planet is Scottish these days
I don’t know how people afford to come here. Most Scot’s probably can’t even afford to spend a weekend in Edinburgh these days, hotel prices are insane.
I don’t really care about the tourists when Scots have nowhere to live. We’ll fucking grovel to anyone it seems at this point. Have it all, aye. The french own our wind and a bunch of international seagulls own the oil. Why not donate all our housing?
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>Almost four million people from overseas visited the country last year, an increase of 15% on 2019, the last year before the Covid pandemic.
>Unprecedented numbers from North America helped break the previous record of 3.7m, which was set in 2018.
>Visitors to Scotland in 2023 spent £3.6bn – up 41% on 2019 and 13% on 2022 – although those increases do not account for inflation.
>Scotland is the only part of the UK that has seen an increase in comparison to 2019, although the International Passenger Survey, external by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) found that the majority of nations and regions saw growth compared to 2022.
Great to see tourism numbers not only return to pre-covid levels but exceed them. And with the incoming tourist tax (sometime soon hopefully) it would be a good income stream for councils.
Makes sense since every person on the bloody planet is Scottish these days
I don’t know how people afford to come here. Most Scot’s probably can’t even afford to spend a weekend in Edinburgh these days, hotel prices are insane.
I don’t really care about the tourists when Scots have nowhere to live. We’ll fucking grovel to anyone it seems at this point. Have it all, aye. The french own our wind and a bunch of international seagulls own the oil. Why not donate all our housing?