Number of International Visitors to London
type: Dataset
description: Visit Britain publish data relating to international visitors to the UK. They produce the data in two formats - individual spreadsheets for each region that are updated annually, and a single spreadsheet for all regions, containing less detail but updated quarterly. Data shows London totals for nights, visits, and spend. Data broken down by age, purpose, duration, mode and country. This data is also available from Visit Britain website, including the latest quarterly data for other regions. All data taken from the International Passenger Survey (IPS). Some additional data on domestic tourism can be found on the Visit Britain website, and Visit England both overnight tourism and Day visits pages. Data on accomodation occupancy levels is also available from Visit England. An overview of all tourism data for London can be found in this GLAE report 'Tourism in London' Further information can be found on the London and Partners website. Comparisons of international tourist arrivals with other world cities are produced by Euromonitor and in Mastercard's Global Destination Cities Index of 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. This dataset is included in the Greater London Authority's Night Time Observatory. Click here to find out more.
landing page: https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/number-of-international-visitors-to-london-20opj
keyword: holiday
keyword: international
keyword: ips
keyword: nto
keyword: overseas
keyword: spend
keyword: tourism
keyword: tourists
keyword: trips
keyword: visitors
keyword: visits
issued: 2014-09-05T11:16:54+00:00
modified: 2020-09-01T12:33:24+00:00
publisher: Office for National Statistics

international-visitors-london.xls
type: Distribution
issued: 2026-07-30T08:04:38.898206
modified: 2026-07-30T08:04:38.841400

international-visitors-london-raw
type: Distribution
issued: 2026-07-30T08:04:38.898208
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