Facts & figures
As a world-famous historic city, York attracts over four million visitors a year who spend over £330mn. This creates nearly 10,000 jobs in the local economy.
Visit York is committed to growing the value of tourism in York. To that end it has established a Tourism Strategy and Action Plan to give direction to the development of tourism in York, and is committed to the collection and dissemination of up-to-date figures on tourism trends.
The links below provide you with the latest Tourism Strategy, and a range of tourism research, analysis and facts and figures.
Tourism Strategy
Tourism strategy and activities: Summary
Tourism Trends
These reports provide a summary of key research trends for the period 2006-07, and a more comprehensive summary of tourism trends over many years, including visitor survey results, and recent and current investment in tourism facilities.