U.K tourism during Brexit

Despite a sense of general uncertainity caused by the ‘Brexit influence’ in the U.K, tourism has grown since 2013, starting from 32 million visitors per year.

Recently (2019), the British government has expected about 40 million tourists and an increase of 31 billion pounds, guaranteeing economic stability during a political phase of ‘mistrust’ towards the European Union.

Since 2017, It has been calculated a loss of -1.6 million visitors to the U.K, but this country is ready to go beyond the economic crisis.

Spain remains the most favourite destination with more than 15 million visitors, France with +8 million and Italy with +4 million tourists.

Considering these tourism results, the U.K needs to mitigate the European economic problems, i.e competing with these top tourist Nations.

Besides, it is important to encourage domestic tourism and business relations with the US overseas markets and India, China, Russia and Brazil growing markets.

After Brexit policies, British people will be more keen to travel within their own country, consolidating the economic situation and encouraging business support in the UK as well as abroad.

Local tourism should be more competitive, promoting different potential destinations to foreign tourists, such as less ‘London-centric’ places and ‘challenging the British economy’.

As a matter of fact, London seems to be the most favourite destination among all, with almost 20 million visitors, representing more than 90% of preferences in the U.K, while Edinburgh is second-ranked and Manchester is third-ranked best city.

To avoid tourism crisis, it is important to add value to various U.K tourist destinations improving Hotel accommodation, reception, customer service and booking systems.

These factors contribute to the progress of U.K domestic tourism on a long-term basis, supporting socio-economic and political stability towards the E.U which has represented a hub of economic strenght for more than 40 years.