How long does a tourist visit London? And where do these tourists come
from?
Publication Date/Time
2016-05-25T09:00:00+00:00
Most international tourists visit London for less than a week. These
tourists most often come from France.
Travelling is a great way to relax and explore parts of the world.
With the summer approaching, people are planning trips to numerous
interesting places all over the globe. One of the most popular
destinations of trips like these is London, both for short and long
term visits. But how long are those tourists actually staying? And
where do they come from? Because of the Open Data published by London
on its tourists we can answer these questions.

The majority of international stay for less than a week when visiting
London. From the graph it can also be seen that over the years, the
number of visits to London has fluctuated but since 2009 a still
ongoing increase is measured. Note that the organisation of the
Olympic Games in 2012 in London can not clearly be identified in the
graph.
[https://data.europa.eu/sites/default/files/img/media/london-visitors.png]
 

The nationality visiting London most often is French. Closely behind
the French, are the Americans. Besides the USA and Australia, the top
ten countries visiting London, are all European.
[https://data.europa.eu/sites/default/files/img/media/london-visitors-table.png]
 

Check out the data yourself
[http://www.europeandataportal.eu/data/en/dataset/number-international-visitors-london]
