Edinburgh welcomes 1.3 million foreign tourists

Published on : Monday, June 9, 2014

images3Scottish capital Edinburgh held on to its spot as the most “in demand” city in the UK, except London, with foreign tourists, giving Scotland’s tourism trade a much-needed boost.Arch-rival Manchester has been held at bay by Scotland’s capital, which brought in 1.3 million overseas visitors in 2013.

 

 

The city attracted an extra 50,000 foreign tourists in 2013, keeping it in front of Manchester, which attracted 988,000 visitors.London was well ahead of both cities, with 16.7 million visitors last year, while Glasgow was in sixth place, behind Birmingham and Liverpool.

 

 

 

However Glasgow, which saw a decrease of 6,000 overseas visitors in 2013, is expected to reap a major boost this year thanks to it hosting the Commonwealth Games and other major events such as the MTV Europe Music Awards and BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony.

 

 

 

Two other Scottish cities made the top 20 list of UK destinations for foreign tourists, with Aberdeen the 16th most popular city attracting 241,000 visitors. Inverness made it to the 17th spot with 226,000 overseas tourists.The figures showed Scotland was outperforming the rest of the UK when it came to attracting overseas visitors last year, with both visitor numbers and spending increasing north of the Border, despite a slight decline in the number of domestic visitors coming to Scotland.

 

 

Source:-Edinburgh

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