Visit Jersey has released figures for visitor numbers to the island between January and June this year, which shows an 11% increase on this time last year and a 12% uplift in spending.
Highlights January to June 2019
• 327,000 visits generating 1.07 million visitor nights
• Average length of stay (at least one night) 3.9, down from 4.1 in the first half of 2018
• Year-on-year change across the first half of 2019 shows 11% growth in visits and 7% growth in visitor nights
• Spend per visit of £366 (first half of 2018 £340), represents a nominal growth in spend per visit of 2%
• Spending in the half-year totalled £111m, 12% above the same stage of last year
Rolling 12 months
• Visitor spend at June 2019 was £280.6m, 15% up on the previous year
• Visits of 757,000 and visitor nights at 2.79 million, represent increases of 10% and 4% respectively
Senator Lyndon Farnham, Jersey's Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture, commented: “I am pleased to see a continuing increase in the number of visitors coming to Jersey.
"This growth in the first half was mainly driven by people visiting from the UK and Germany, both of which are up 15% on the same period last year. We have also seen growth from a number of UK air routes, including London Southend, Gatwick and Aberdeen.
"However, some markets, such as France, are behind where they were at this point last year.”
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