section_path: Sectors/Service industries/Tourism
section_name: Tourism
paragraph_text: Tourism
  
  With over 40 million visits in 2019, inbound tourism contributed £28.5 billion to the British economy, although just over half of that money was spent in London, which was the third most visited city in the world (21.7 million), behind second-placed Bangkok and first-placed Hong Kong.
  
  The UK's 10 most significant inbound tourism markets in 2023:
  
  With over 40 million visits in 2019, inbound tourism contributed £28.5 billion to the British economy, although just over half of that money was spent in London, which was the third most visited city in the world (21.7 million), behind second-placed Bangkok and first-placed Hong Kong.
  
  The UK's 10 most significant inbound tourism markets in 2023:
  
  With over 40 million visits in 2019, inbound tourism contributed £28.5 billion to the British economy, although just over half of that money was spent in London, which was the third most visited city in the world (21.7 million), behind second-placed Bangkok and first-placed Hong Kong.
  
  The UK's 10 most significant inbound tourism markets in 2023: