Those were the findings of this month’s British Hospitality Association (BHA) Travel Monitor.
Some predictions have claimed that the fall in the price of sterling after the EU referendum would lead to an increase in visitors to the UK, but the BHA Travel Monitor has this week countered this.
According to the latest BHA report, there were 450,000 fewer holiday passengers year to date versus the same period in 2015, compared with the 400,000 drop reported in the first Travel Monitor, published last month.
By contrast, outbound holiday passenger numbers continued to grow strongly, “suggesting a slowdown in the UK staycation market”.
BHA reports decline in inbound visitors for second month running
Hotels
Jennifer Morris
29 December 2016
The number of leisure tourists coming to the UK has declined for the second consecutive month, while outbound holiday travel has "grown strongly".
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