There is an abundance of free research and visitor statistics available. We’ve listed some useful sources here.

For marketing intelligence on incoming tourism to Britain, visit http://www.staruk.org/ or the Office of National Statistics and International Passenger Survey on www.statistics.gov.uk

See www.visitbritain.org/ukindustry for information about domestic and overseas markets and marketing opportunities with VisitBritain. 

For admissions to tourist attractions who are members of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA), check out http://www.alva.org.uk.

The Meetings Industry Association publishes quarterly reports on the UK conference industry, with information on the results of interviews with 300 association (not for profit) organisers and 300 corporate buyers. For more info see http://www.meetings.org/.