25/03/2010
Markets
Visiting Friends and Relatives
The relative importance of visits to friends and relatives (VFR) trips has increased dramatically over the past decade. In 2007, VFR trips accounted for 30% of visits to the UK by overseas visitors along with 23% of spend, and contributed £3.6bn to the UK’s visitor economy.
VisitBritain’s monthly ‘Foresight’ publication includes a number of features on the VFR market. Topics include: the importance of visits to friends and relatives to UK tourism; the role of weddings, stag and hen weekends; the importance of Britain's ethnic diversity; trends in the number of British nationals living overseas who make return visits to the UK; and expatriates living in Spain.
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