Visitor arrivals to the United Kingdom fell a seasonally adjusted 3% quarter-on-quarter to 7.4 million in the third quarter, the Office for National Statistics reported on Thursday. Total spending by overseas visitors decreased 1% to GBP 4.1 billion.
At the same time, the total number of departures by U.K. residents to abroad fell 1% sequentially to 14.7 million, while the associated spending remained broadly unchanged at GBP 7.6 billion.
In the 12 months to September period, the number of visitor arrivals to the U.K. slid an unadjusted 9% compared to the year to September 2008 period to 29.9 million.
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