INSIGHTS INTRODUCTION

Need to know how inbound tourism is performing? Looking to understand the competitive tourism landscape, uncover trends and the importance of different market sectors? Explore the latest data available through the below reports.

(New reports and insights will be added when they become available)

DOMESTIC SENTIMENT TRACKER 

VisitScotland's latest tracking research on UK residents' holiday intentions. This includes perceptions relating to the cost-of-living crisis, and industry specific insights.

Published Oct 23

 

Scottish Tourism Index  October 2023

56 Degree Insight team ran the 4th of their quarterly waves of ‘Scotland’s Viewpoint’ - a representative sample of over 1,000 Scots conducted online. Again, a major focus was the holiday taking behaviours and opinions collected through their proprietary Scottish Tourism Index survey.

 

South of Scotland Segmentation Data.

September 2021

Yoder Consulting conducted an online survey among 3,440 UK adults (excluding adults in the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway) between 31st August and 15th September 2021.

Quotas were set and weights applied in order to ensure the data were nationally representative of adults (18+) in UK

 

The STA commissioned 56 Degree Insight Results

An online survey with responses from a broad cross-section of Scottish tourism businesses
to quantify the challenges the sector faces as we approach the end of 2023.

Published Oct 23

 

Scottish Visitor Attraction Monitor

A South of Scotland extract.

2022

 

Great Britain domestic overnight trips: latest results

Access the latest numbers of domestic overnight trips British residents took, when they took these trips, for what purpose, their total expenditure and the number of nights they stayed.

Release date 31 Oct 23

 

Great Britain domestic day trips: latest results

Find the latest data on day trips that British residents took in Britain and England – including when they took these trips, for what purpose, their total expenditure and the number of nights they stayed.

Release date 3 Oct 23

 

Overseas travel and tourism

Visits to the UK by overseas residents, visits abroad by UK residents and spending by travellers, using provisional passenger traffic data.

Provisional report.  April to June 23

 

Accommodation

Explore research and insights on Scotland's accommodation offering.  Monthly reports are available for each accommodation sector for 2023 and earlier.

 

STEAM DATA – Gretna, D&G - Distribution of Key Impacts by Visitor Type, Month and Sector for the Period 2011 to 2022

STEAM DATA – Dumfries & Galloway - Distribution of Key Impacts by Visitor Type, Month and Sector for the Period 2011 to 2022

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