Tourism enjoyed a good start to 2012

This year has started well for UK tourism, according to inbound visitor figures published yesterday.

Overseas residents made 4.03 million visits to the UK in the first two months of 2012 – a 7 per cent rise on the January-February 2011 figure, the Office for National Statistics said.

These foreign visitors spent £2.075 billion during their trips in the first two months of 2012.