Accommodation Used - Overseas Visitors 2017

This data is drawn from the Great Britain Tourism Survey, a national consumer survey measuring the volume and value of domestic overnight tourism trips taken by residents in Great Britain. 

Hotel/Guest House is the most popular accommodation type with overseas visitors at 49%, followed by those who stayed, as a non-paying guest, with relatives or friends (28%). 

The regional figures are, on the whole, similar to the Scottish picture, with the exception of hotel/guest house which is below the national figure of 57%.

Scotland Breakdown:

Hotel/Guest House: 57%

Non-paying guest with friends/relatives : 25%

Bed and breakfast: 13%

Own home: 1%

Rented house/flat: 4%

Camping/Caravanning: 3%

Paying guest with friends/relatives: 1%

Hostel/Uni/School: 4%

Other: 3%