Leisure travel accounted for the largest share of travel and tourism spending in the United Kingdom in 2023. That year, the expenditure on leisure trips made up 68.7 percent of total travel and tourism spending in the UK, denoting an increase of 0.2 percentage points from 2019.
Distribution of travel and tourism spending in the United Kingdom in 2019 and 2023, by type
Characteristic
Leisure spending
Business spending
2023
68.7%
31.3%
2019
68.9%
31.1%
0%25%50%75%100%125%
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