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Leisure Market Profile

Leisure tourism currently generates £5.9 billion in visitor expenditure in the region and makes up a significant proportion of Yorkshire's visitor economy.


This section contains detailed information on the leisure visitor market in Yorkshire. Here you will find information on:

  • Visitor Origins including key domestic and overseas markets
  • Trip Characteristics including party size, average spend, length of stay, seasonality and type of accommodation
  • Activities undertaken including range of actvities and main activity by type of visitor
  • Market Fit including detailed segmentation of key target markets using MOSAIC Micromarketer geo-demographic profiling.
     

Overall day visitors make up the largest proportion of leisure visitors in the region contributing almost two thirds of all leisure trips.  

  Day Visitor Staying Visitor
York & Selby 48% 52%
Dales & Harrogate 62% 38%
Moors & Coast 44% 56%
Yorkshire South 80% 20%
West Yorkshire 73% 27%
Hull & East Yorkshire 70% 30%
Total 65% 35%

In general, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Hull and East Yorkshire attract a higher proportion of day visitors whilst North Yorkshire tends to attract a relatively higher proportion of staying visitors.   

 

Click on the highlighted links for further information:

Visit York  
Yorkshire Moors & Coast  
West Yorkshire Tourism Partnership  
Yorkshire Dales & Harrogate Tourism Partnership  
Visit Hull & East Yorkshire  
Yorkshire South Tourism