Data based on the International Passenger Survey (IPS), which covers all major air, sea, and tunnel ports. These results do not include travel via the Channel Tunnel vehicle trains when the COVID-19 restrictions were in place.
The number of international visits made by inbound tourists in the United Kingdom grew to nearly *** million in 2023, after having dropped to around *** million in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the number of visits by international business travelers in the UK was above million annually during the .
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (May 17, 2024). Number of international business visits in the United Kingdom from 2011 to 2023 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 29, 2026, from /statistics/513024/inbound-business-visits-united-kingdom-uk/
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