The British tourism industry is currently in "good health", according to new figures.
Statistics from VisitBritain reveal that it has reached pre-2001 levels, with the visitor economy currently worth £85 billion.
This is around £600 million more than its worth in 2000.
In real terms, inbound tourism expenditure has grown 14 per cent since 2001, with an overseas visitor arriving in the UK every second of every day.
The figures have been released at the start of British Tourism Week (March 12th to 18th), which celebrates the contribution the tourism industry makes to the economy.
Chief executive of national tourism agency VisitBritain Tom Wright said: "This new figure shows that British tourism is currently in good health and reflects the visitor economy's recovery from the double whammy of the foot and mouth outbreaks and 9/11 in 2001.
"Subsequent years of slow growth were hit by Sars and the start of the second Gulf War, but a strong bounceback from 2004 was helped by the enlargement of Europe leading to strong growth from Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary and improved access to the UK from countries such as India."
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