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Interesting drop in domestic visitors to London. Wonder if that's down to the Dome in 2000?

SELondoner | 12.01.11 - 7:08 a.m. | #

*Cough* Figure and word speak with forked tongue on bus: A third as far again as in 2000, and two-thirds more passengers use them...? [me among the increase].

Gordon | 12.01.11 - 8:58 a.m. | #

Indeed Gordon, this misrepresentation needs correcting.

david | 12.01.11 - 9:08 a.m. | #

Hmmm, all fascinating, especially the "Visitors to London" bit.

Domestic tourism-wise, 2000 seems to have been a peak, and presumably there was a "Millennium effect", with some people coming for the dome/ eye/ other projects which opened?

Presumably, we'll expect a 2012 peak as well?

Tom | Homepage | 12.01.11 - 9:26 a.m. | #

I'm amazed to see that the difference between average number of passengers per tube vs per DLR train isn't much bigger than that. Given the relative size of the two, I'm guessing that must mean DLR trains run at a higher % of capacity on average?

Geoff | Homepage | 12.01.11 - 9:44 a.m. | #

Maybe 2000 wasn't a peak in domestic visitors - maybe 2009 was a recession-related trough? Impossible to tell without further data points.

Dave | 12.01.11 - 1:20 p.m. | #

Bus misrepresentation now corrected, thanks.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 12.01.11 - 5:33 p.m. | #

Domestic visitor numbers are on page 139.

Domestic visitors (millions)
2000 18.5
2001 16.9
2002 16.1
2003 14.3
2004 12.8
2005 10.7
2006 11.0
2007 10.1
2008 11.3
2009 10.8

But the figures come with this caveat: "Although substantial changes are apparent, these are thought largely to reflect methodological changes with the survey and comparisons between survey years should be treated as indicative."

diamond geezer | Homepage | 12.01.11 - 5:41 p.m. | #

I suppose some of the bus passenger increase could be due to children getting free travel now.

John | 12.01.11 - 7:27 p.m. | #

"Although be warned, most of them aren't especially interesting."

You can say that again. Understatement of the month award, methinks.

Debster | Homepage | 13.01.11 - 12:02 a.m. | #











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