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Scottish Economic Statistics 2008

Published: 10 Dec 2008

This is the ninth edition of the annual publication Scottish Economic Statistics, which is produced by statisticians in the Scottish Government.

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Table 3.8: Volume and value of tourism, and average length of stay and spend in Scotland, by origin, 2007

	Scottish residents ¹	Rest of UK residents	Overseas residents	All
	Origin			All
Total number of trips (millions)	6.23	6.89	2.76	15.88
Total spending (£ million)	815	2,020	1,343	4,178
Total number of nights (millions)	17.81	29.64	24.2	71.65
Average length of stay (nights)	2.9	4.3	8.8	4.5
Average spend per trip (£)	131	293	487	263
Average spend per night (£)	46	68	55	58

Source: UK Tourism Survey ( UKTS) and International Passenger Survey ( IPS) / VisitScotland ( http://www.scotexchange.net/tourism_in_scotland_2007.pdf )
1 Not National Statistics

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