BUSINESS BAROMETER
Each month UKinbound produces a Business Barometer, based on a confidential online survey of members, comparing visitor numbers and booking forecasts with a similar and corresponding period in the previous year. The results shown below are weighted composite figures for all business sectors.
Visitor Numbers/Occupancy Rates
Oct 2009 down 2.4% (in comparison with Oct 2008)
Sept 2009 down 0.6% (in comparison with Sept 2008)
Aug 2009 down 1.8 % (in comparison with Aug 2008)
Jul 2009 up 3.0% (in comparison with May 2008)
Apr 2009 down 2.3% (in comparison with Apr 2008)
Mar 2009 up 1.4% (in comparison with Mar 2008)
Feb 2009 up 2.6% (in comparison with Feb 2008)
Jan 2009 down 1.1% (in comparison with Jan 2008)
Dec 2008 up 0.2% (in comparison with Dec 2007)
Nov 2008 up 5.8% (in comparison with Nov 2007)
Oct 2008 down 2.5% (in comparison with Oct 2007)
Sales
Oct 2009 down 2.7% (in comparison with Oct 2008)
Sept 2009 down 1.4% (in comparison with Sept 2008)
Aug 2009 up 1.33% (in comparison with Aug 2008)
Jul 2009 up 2.67% (in comparison with Jul 2008)
Jun 2009 up 6.48% (in comparison with Jun 2008)
May 2009 up 3.36% (in comparison with May 2008)
Data prior to this not available
Forward Bookings
Oct 2009 up 2.9 % (in comparison with Oct 2008)
Sept 2009 down 0.8 % (in comparison with Sept 2008)
Aug 2009 up 0.2 % (in comparison with Aug 2008)
Jul 2009 up 1.67% (in comparison with Jul 2008)
Jun 2009 down 6.45% (in comparison with Jun 2008)
May 2009 up 0.8% (in comparison with May 2008)
Apr 2009 down 1.7% (in comparison with Apr 2008)
Mar 2009 down 3.7% (in comparison with Mar 2008)
Feb 2009 down 1.3% (in comparison with Feb 2008)
Jan 2009 down 4.9% (in comparison with Jan 2008)
Dec 2008 down 5.4% (in comparison with Dec 2007)
Nov 2008 no change (in comparison with Nov 2007)
Oct 2008 down 6.8% (in comparison with Oct 2007)
BUSINESS BAROMETER – January – March 2010
03/06/2010
Visitor / Occupancy Numbers – 1st Quarter 2010 in comparison with 1st Quarter 2009 saw 50% of companies that responded reporting an increase with 34% of companies seeing a decline.
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BUSINESS BAROMETER – January – March 2010
03/06/2010
Visitor / Occupancy Numbers – 1st Quarter 2010 in comparison with 1st Quarter 2009 saw 50% of companies that responded reporting an increase with 34% of companies seeing a decline.
The increases were between 2 and 70% where as the declines were between 5 and 12% demonstrating how our diverse membership has experienced a very varied start to the year.
Forward Bookings –For the 1st Quarter 2010 in comparison with 1st Quarter 2009, 42% of Companies that responded saw an increase with a further 42% seeing no change at all. So forward bookings are looking quite stable but obviously do not take in to account more last minute impulse visitors.
Sales Figures –For the 1st Quarter 2010 in comparison with 1st Quarter 2009, seemed to have held their own a little better then visitor numbers did over the same period. Whilst 50% of respondents saw an increase in their sales, only 16% of respondents saw a drop (of between 5 – 10%). So the 34% of companies seeing a drop in visitor numbers in Q1 equated to only 16% of companies seeing a drop in sales.
International Passenger Suvery
30/05/2009
Click here for the International Passenger Survey from the Office for National Statistics....
