Stats Show No Olympic Boom In Visitors For British Tourism

Added by admin on October 12, 2012.
Saved under Recent News

STATISTICS show that the Olympics failed to bring a surge in visitors to Britain, but those who did come spent more.

The Office for National Statistics says three million people came to Britain during August, five percent down on the year before. But earnings from visitors were nine percent higher than in August 2011.

The Olympic Games ran July 27-August 12, and the Paralympics August 29-September 9.

Many businesses complained of slow business during the games, and blamed predictions of crowding and travel chaos for scaring off visitors.

The figures released Thursday show that, despite some predictions, there was no mass Olympic exodus from the country. Residents of Britain made 7.3 million visits abroad in August, about the same number as the year before.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

Introduction

The Union Jack has been published monthly since April 1982. Our readership now exceeds 220,000 throughout the USA. We serve a devoted readership comprised primarily of British expatriates, ranging from recent immigrants to war brides who relocated to the States a half-century ago, as well as a growing number of American Anglophiles. All of our readers, whether aged 25 or 75, share a common desire to maintain strong ties to Britain and the British community in America.

Union Jack’s regular advertisers include specialty shops and wholesalers, pubs, restaurants, immigration attorneys, insurance providers, financial services, shipping companies, travel agents and a variety of mail order gift suppliers, all of whom seek the unique and lucrative link Union Jack provides to one of the USA’s largest yet most assimilated ethnic markets. Our advertisers range from small ‘mom and pop’ business to larger businesses.

Circulation and Distribution

The Union Jack is a monthly tabloid newspaper, and is distributed throughout the United States via subscription and a variety of specially targeted distribution locations including British pubs, restaurants, specialty stores, as well as British government offices, consulates and business organizations such as the British American Chamber of Commerce and tourist offices.

All advertising inquiries should be directed to:

Union Jack Publishing
PO Box 1823, La Mesa, CA 91944-1823

or call us toll free:

(800) 262-7305 Toll Free

(619) 466-3129 • FAX: (619) 337-1103

or Email us:
Email: ujnews@ujnews.com