VisitBritain predicts overseas tourism to the UK will recover in 2021
The UK tourism industry will show signs of gradual recovery in 2021, according to VisitBritain’s inbound tourism forecast.
VisitBritain’s inbound tourism forecast indicates that international tourists will start returning to the UK in 2021.
After the toughest year for the tourism industry, the inbound tourism forecast from VisitBritain shows signs of recovery, predicting a gradual increase in the value of overseas tourism from January to March 2021.
Although overall numbers are down compared to pre-Covid figures from 2019, VisitBritain is forecasting that inbound visits will increase by 73 per cent from 2020 to 2021, with visitor spending forecast to increase by 59 per cent.
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