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Tourism contributes less to Northern Ireland's economy than it does in almost any other part of the UK.

A new analysis by the Office for National statistics has calculated the value of tourism to different areas across the UK.

In Northern Ireland tourism -driven GVA - a measure of how much money is added to the economy due to tourism - was worth £595 million in 2013.

This is the equivalent of 1.7% of the total GVA of all businesses in the region, the second lowest figure for any local area within the UK.

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In terms of spending by tourists, trips to Northern Ireland from abroad brought £222 million to the area in 2013 while internal overnight trips to the area from other areas of the UK were worth £192 million and internal day visits were worth £469 million.

When considering the UK as a whole tourism related industries were responsible for 3.7% of the UK’s total Gross Value Added in 2013.

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As might be expected, the ONS found significant variation on a regional level for the amount that tourism contributed to the economy.

Tourism was more valuable to Cornwall and the Isle of Scilly than any other region with it contributing £1 in every £10 to the area’s GVA.

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This was largely thanks to a very high value of internal overnight trips. These were worth 49% of the region’s total tourism takings compared to a national figure of 17%.

Cumbria and North Yorkshire were tied in second place with 6.6% of GVA or 66p in every £10 of GVA coming from tourism.

At the other end of the scale Tees Valley and Durham’s tourism industry was worth just 16p in every £10 of GVA.



HOW MUCH DOES TOURISM CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR AREA?

Local Area // Proportion of GVA attributable to tourism

Tees Valley & Durham // 1.6%

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire // 1.7%

Northern Ireland // 1.7%

Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire // 2.0%

South Yorkshire // 2.0%

West Yorkshire // 2.1%

Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire // 2.1%

Leicestershire, Rutland & Northamptonshire // 2.5%

Shropshire & Staffordshire // 2.5%

Cheshire // 2.6%

Gloucestershire, Wiltshire & Bristol/Bath area // 2.9%

Herefordshire, Worcestershire & Warwickshire // 2.9%

Merseyside // 2.9%

East Yorkshire & Northern Lincolnshire // 2.9%

Hampshire & Isle of Wight // 3.0%

Inner London // 3.3%

Essex // 3.4%

Lancashire // 3.4%

West Midlands // 3.7%

East Anglia // 3.8%

East Wales // 3.8%

Scotland // 4.2%

Greater Manchester // 4.4%

Northumberland & Tyne & Wear // 4.4%

Kent // 4.5%

Lincolnshire // 4.7%

Surrey, East & West Sussex // 4.9%

Dorset & Somerset // 5.0%

West Wales & The Valleys // 5.7%

Devon // 5.7%

Outer London // 6.3%

North Yorkshire // 6.6%

Cumbria // 6.6%

Cornwall & Isles of Scilly // 9.9%﻿

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