1. Market performance 2024
France remains a core international market for Scotland. In 2024, France was Scotland’s fifth largest international source market, measured by number of visits, nights, and expenditure.
French visitors accounted for 6% of all overseas visits to Scotland and 5% of all overseas spend in Scotland in 2024.
After a strong performance in 2023 where visits, nights, and spend were all up on 2022 results, 2024 saw a considerable decline.
Visits declined by 26%, nights declined by 36%, and spend was down 37%. However, despite this, visits and spend in 2024 remain higher than pre-pandemic levels.
The average spend per visit in 2024 was £698, down 16% from 2023.
The average length of stay was 6.6 nights, down slightly from an average of 7.62 nights in 2023.
Source: International Passenger Survey, 2024
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