Economic Drivers

The past year brought a solid performance for Jersey's visitor economy, with 705,000 visits putting us on-track to achieve one million visitors by 2030. The total amount spent on-island by visitors was £244m, or £346 per visit.

In 2015 residents of Great Britain took 124.4 million overnight domestic trips, with this being 9% up on 2014.  On average each trip saw expenditure of £200 and lasted for three nights.

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.