More overseas visitors coming to the UK

The number of visits made by overseas residents to the UK in July this year rose five per cent to 3.24 million against just under 3.09 million in July 2009, official figures show.

But the number of trips taken abroad by UK citizens fell slightly in July 2010, from 5.84 million in July 2009 to 5.75 million. Visits to North America dropped sharply, according to the Office for National Statistics, from 322,000 in July 2009 to 260,000 in July this year.