According to the first official travel figures since the Brexit vote saw a drop in the pound and increased the cost of foreign holidays for British travellers, foreign visitors, including holidaymakers and those on business trips, spent 2 per cent more in July than a year ago at £1.79bn on a seasonally adjusted basis. UK visitors going overseas spent £3.55bn, down 1 per cent on a year earlier.
The Office for National Statistics said that whist British holidaymakers are having to suffer more expensive holidays, the tourism sector in the UK is benefitting from the pound’s post-referendum slump, which is also boosting the British department stores which have seen an increase in the number of luxury goods shoppers. We are also seeing a boost to the competitiveness of UK exporters with goods being cheaper overseas.
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