The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced a new Participation Survey that will begin running in October 2021 and will be a main evidence source for DCMS and its sectors by providing statistically representative national estimates of adult engagement with the DCMS sectors. The survey’s main objectives are to: Provide a...
VisitEngland, VisitScotland and Visit Wales have released Wave 37 of the sentiment tracker, which covers the fieldwork period from 9-13 August 2021. The latest report shows growing confidence in the ability to take a trip in the UK in September or October, but only a small proportion of respondents expect a return to normality by...
The Department for Transport and the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles have released key statistics relating to electric vehicles and charging points. Although the data reveals increases overall, it also reveals significant regional differences. As of 1 July 2021: there were 24,374 public electric vehicle charging devices available in the UK of the total devices...
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published research on the impact of coronavirus on the hospitality sector from January 2020 to the end of May 2021. Some of the key findings from the study are: The sector has been one of the hardest hit, with spending still 30% down There is significant variation within...
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released research into how people with a vaccine spent their time – one year on from the first UK lockdown (Great Britain, March 2021). Time Use Survey data explains the differences between how people in Great Britain spent their time during coronavirus restrictions in March and April 2020...
The latest visitor sentiment research from ALVA (Association of Leading Visitor Attractions) has been released, covering the period 17 – 22 June. The key points from the research are: Since late April, there has been a positive shift in appetite for visiting attractions when they re-open. In particular, some of those ‘waiting to see what...
According to a release from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the UK economy grew by 2.3% in April. This is the fastest monthly growth rate since July 2020 in the aftermath of the first national lockdown. On 12 April, Step 2 of the government’s roadmap out of lockdown was implemented, which allowed non-essential shops, outdoor hospitality venues and...
The report was prepared by Tourism Economics for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and released in May 2021. Research (undertaken in March 2021) was “procured by DCMS for the purpose of gaining a better understanding of the future landscape of recovery in the tourism and travel sector”. The report looks at...
ONS has produced new regional data on the impact of restrictions on businesses up until the beginning of Step 3. The data, as usual, shows that tourism/hospitality is the most impacted sector of the economy but there are marked regional differences. For example, the East Midlands had 79% of hospitality businesses operating between 4-16 May,...
The Department for Transport (DfT) has published its 4th Wave of All Change? research on travel behaviour. While this research is based on surveys undertake in February/March 2021 (and therefore pre-dates easing of lockdown and the release of the overseas travel traffic light system), there is interesting information on people’s transport use and expectations regarding...