A November record of 3.1 million visits to the UK was reached in 2016, up 17% year on year.
Visitors spent £1.7 billion, up 14% and another record for the month, figures from the Office for National Statistics show. The ONS also revealed that the January to November period saw 34.5 million visits, up 3% on the same period in 2015, with visitors spending £20.4 billion, up 1%.
