Economic Drivers

The past year brought a solid performance for Jersey's visitor economy, with 725,400 visits putting us on-track to achieve one million visitors by 2030. The total amount spent on-island by visitors was £268.3m.

In 2018 the UK welcomed 37.8 million visits from overseas, a decline of 4% - this is the first drop since 2009 and 2010 when figures were hit by the global financial crisis

No two years are ever alike when reviewing tourism statistics, but there are some observations that are quite clear when looking at global tourism over the past fifteen years.