London set for record tourist numbers

LONDON welcomed more than 3.6 million overseas visitors in the first three months of 2014, resulting in the best ever first quarter tourism numbers in the city’s history.

London - Tower Bridge - Great Britain - United Kingdom © Marc / PublicDomain

The figures from the latest International Passenger Survey show an 8.6 per cent increase on the same period last year, confirming that London is on track to welcome more visitors in 2014 than the 16.8 million that came to the city in 2013 – already a record-breaking year for the capital.

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Tourist spending over the same period was £2.44 billion, a 14.6 percent increase compared with the first quarter of last year.

The total spend in London’s tourism sector has gone up every quarter for the last two and a half years.

These figures come soon after London was named as the most popular tourist destination in the world by the MasterCard Global Cities Index report, putting the city ahead of Bangkok and Paris. According to the report, London is projected to host 18.7 million international visitors in 2014 – 300,000 more than the 2013 top destination city, Bangkok.

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