'Bric' country visits building

The number of visits to the UK from people of the fast-growing, so-called "Bric economies" - Brazil, Russia, India and China - is set to soar

Visitors from China are likely to increase by 89 per cent over the next four years, bringing almost an extra 100,000 travellers to the UK by 2014, the VisitBritain organisation said today.

Indian tourist numbers are predicted to rise 29 per cent, with visits from Russians going up 24 per cent and Brazilians' visits rising 18 per cent .

However, the largest number of visitors over the next four years will come from France, Ireland, the United States, Germany and Spain.