The Office of National Statistics has released the latest quarterly figures for the International Passenger Survey (IPS).
Covering the period of April – June 2023, it revealed that Scotland continues to post the strongest recovery of international visitors, compared to the rest of the UK.
During that time, there was a total of 1,163,000 visits to Scotland from international visitors, an increase of 50% on the same period in 2022 and a rise of more than a quarter (27%) on quarter two in 2019.
In total, 10.6 million nights were spent in Scotland by international visitors, up 43% on last year, and 46% on 2019.
Finally, over the spring months, international visitors spent £1,087 million, up 53% on the same quarter in 2019. When adjusted for inflation, this means that in real terms, visitor spend in that period was up by over a third (36%) from quarter two in 2019.
Read the full results on the VisitBritain website