Domestic overnight tourism
Region | Domestic visits | Domestic nights | Domestic spend |
Dundee and Angus | 504,000 | 1,003,000 | £99 million |
Source: Great Britain Tourism Survey, 2023
589 thousand
total overnight trips by international and domestic visitors in 2023
1.70 million
total nights spent in accommodations by international and domestic visitors in 2023
£152 million
total spend by international and domestic visitors in 2023
£259
average overnight visitor spend in 2023
Figures shown represent tourism performance for Dundee and Angus, 2023 (numbers have been rounded). Sources: International Passenger Survey 2023, Great Britain Tourism Survey 2023
Region | Domestic visits | Domestic nights | Domestic spend |
Dundee and Angus | 504,000 | 1,003,000 | £99 million |
Source: Great Britain Tourism Survey, 2023
Region | International visits | International nights | International spend |
Dundee and Angus | 86,000 | 699,000 | £53 million |
Source: International Passenger Survey, 2023
Local Authority | Tourism employment in 2022 | Tourism employment as % of all employment | Tourism businesses in 2023 | Tourism businesses as a% of all businesses | Tourism Turnover in 2021 | Total tourism GVA per head in 2021 |
Angus | 4,000 | 7.6% | 330 | 8.7% | £63 million | £11,572 |
Dundee City | 6,000 | 9.9% | 400 | 11.6% | £121 million | £12,254 |
Source: Scottish Growth Sector Statistics, December 2023
View this data as a time series on tourismobservatory.scotIn 2023, we commissioned the Scotland Visitor Survey to gather insight on visitor attitudes and behaviours. The survey explores all aspects of the visitor experience in Scotland. It also allows us to explore the experiences of visitors who stayed overnight in a specific area.
The scope of the survey was leisure overnight visitors only.
Information is also available at a Scotland level on a variety of topics including motivations, planning and booking, travel, attractions, food and drink and satisfaction. Detail on the background and study methodology is also available.
65%
were domestic visitors
35%
were international visitors
82%
were repeat visitors
9%
were on a trip of a lifetime
Source: Scotland Visitor Survey 2023
Published June 2024
76%
were domestic visitors
24%
were international visitors
85%
were repeat visitors
7%
were on a trip of a lifetime
Source: Scotland Visitor Survey 2023
Published June 2024
The data published on this page is sourced from a number of different studies.
Jointly sponsored by VisitEngland, VisitScotland and VisitWales. The sample size for Dundee and Angus was 54.
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Carried out by the Office of National Statistics (ONS). VisitBritain, VisitScotland and VisitWales are sponsors of the survey. The sample size for Dundee and Angus was 62.
Browse more information on international tourism performance.
Commissioned by VisitScotland. The sample size for Dundee was 200 and for Angus was 92.
Explore details from the Scotland Visitor Survey.