Food and beverage serving services was the sector that recorded the highest value of internal tourism consumption in the United Kingdom in 2021. That year, inbound and domestic tourism expenditure on such services amounted to roughly 4.9 billion British pounds. Meanwhile, spending on cultural activities reached around 0.7 billion British pounds in 2021.
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Value of internal tourism consumption in the United Kingdom in 2021, by sector
(in billion GBP)
Characteristic
Spending in billion GBP
Food and beverage serving services
4.87
Travel agencies and other reservation services
4.3
Air passenger transport services
3.3
Accommodation services for visitors
2.38
Sport and recreation activities
1.38
Cultural activities
0.75
Railway passenger transport services
0.7
Exhibitions & conferences etcetera
0.46
Water passenger transport services
0.31
Road passenger transport services
0.29
Transport equipment rental services
0.27
Other consumption products
14.16
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Spending in billion GBP4.874.874.34.33.33.32.382.381.381.380.750.750.70.70.460.460.310.310.290.290.270.2714.1614.16Food and beverage serving servicesTravel agencies and other reservation servicesAir passenger transport servicesAccommodation services for visitorsSport and recreation activitiesCultural activitiesRailway passenger transport servicesExhibitions & conferences etceteraWater passenger transport servicesRoad passenger transport servicesTransport equipment rental servicesOther consumption products
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (January 18, 2024). Value of internal tourism consumption in the United Kingdom in 2021, by sector (in billion GBP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/426491/travel-spending-in-the-united-kingdom-by-sector/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Value of internal tourism consumption in the United Kingdom in 2021, by sector (in billion GBP)." Chart. January 18, 2024. Statista. Accessed July 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/426491/travel-spending-in-the-united-kingdom-by-sector/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2024). Value of internal tourism consumption in the United Kingdom in 2021, by sector (in billion GBP). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/426491/travel-spending-in-the-united-kingdom-by-sector/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Value of Internal Tourism Consumption in The United Kingdom in 2021, by Sector (in Billion Gbp)." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/426491/travel-spending-in-the-united-kingdom-by-sector/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Value of internal tourism consumption in the United Kingdom in 2021, by sector (in billion GBP) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/426491/travel-spending-in-the-united-kingdom-by-sector/ (last visited July 06, 2025)
Value of internal tourism consumption in the United Kingdom in 2021, by sector (in billion GBP) [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), January 18, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/426491/travel-spending-in-the-united-kingdom-by-sector/
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