Confidence and overnight trip intent are marginally down, as is the proportion expecting normality to return to their lives by the end of the year (50%). There is a higher proportion of spring trip intenders saying they have already planned and booked their overnight trips, which now stands at 50% and 44% respectively. However, bookings for...
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) weekly survey of public perceptions of coronavirus seems to be starting to reflect the roll-out of the vaccine, with the proportion of adults who felt that it will take more than a year for life to return to normal falling slightly this week (down from 29% to 27%). There...
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published a report on the impact of COVID on the tourism industry that brings together a range of data over different time periods. The main findings of the report are: Accommodation and travel agency businesses saw the sharpest decline in turnover during the first national lockdown, falling to...
Visit Britain today (19 November) released the latest COVID19 Consumer tracker research – Wave 19 covering the fieldwork period from 9-13 November. Among the notable findings are: Confidence in taking UK overnight trip in the near-term (Nov/Dec/Jan confident) and over the longer term has dropped. In terms of destination, there has been a shift away...
The ONS (Office for National Statistics) has produced a useful compendium of the research that they have undertaken on the impacts of coronavirus on a variety of subjects from employment to infection levels. The compendium, which covers the period from March to October 2020, includes research on: Levels of infection and preventative measures Deaths Natural...
Deloitte’s Consumer Tracker research shows opening of hospitality improves UK consumer confidence in Q3, but concerns remain for pandemic ‘second wave’. Deloitte research sees UK consumer confidence climb one percentage point in Q3, to -16% Restaurants see highest quarterly climb in leisure sector net spending, boosted by Eat Out to Help Out scheme Education and...
Consumer tracker report from VisitBritain (Week 14) The latest UK COVID-19 Consumer Tracker Report, also available on VisitBritain.org, for Week 14, based on fieldwork from 31 August – 4 September (please note this wave took place before the ‘rule of six’ announcement). The tracker will run fortnightly until February 2021. Some highlights from the report:...
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is undertaking a second wave of their Coronavirus Impact Survey. This is to better understand the effect of the Coronavirus outbreak on organisations in its sectors – including tourism – and what needs to be done to support businesses. The survey should take around 10-20 minutes and the...
The UK manufacturing sector has been profoundly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to research by Made and Santander. Among the findings it quotes in the report are that the UK manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index dipped to 32.6, the lowest value since records began almost 30 years ago. The automotive and other transport sectors have...
How consumer attitudes are changing towards UK holidays and short breaks and how this impacts on leisure vehicles, through the crisis and beyond. The NCC has commissioned a quantitative tracking study, assessing a national representative sample of UK adults to understand how consumer attitudes are changing towards UK holidays and short breaks as a result...