Borough of Scarborough in UK top five most visited destinations

The Borough of Scarborough has finished in the top five of England’s most visited destinations.

Figures released by Visit England based on a three year average for trips made by British visitors between 2013 and 2015, show the Borough of Scarborough finishing second overall for holiday trips and holiday spend, only missing out on the top spot to London.

For total trips and total spend, which includes business, holiday and other types of trips, the borough still secured fourth place, with only the commercial heartlands of London, Birmingham and Manchester finishing above it.

The Borough of Scarborough includes the Yorkshire coast towns of Filey, Scarborough and Whitby and parts of the North York Moors National Park.

The total value of visitor trips to these areas during the three year period was worth a staggering £361 million. Despite being weighted towards the leisure visitor market, the figure includes £35 million spend on business related trips, which puts Scarborough joint tenth, with Sheffield, for total business trip spend.