UK enjoys record tourism as fall in pound boosts visitor numbers

ONS says weaker sterling since Brexit vote led to 37.3m visits to UK in 2016, with big rise in North American tourists

Sterling's slide since the EU referendum has lured bargain-hunting tourists to the UK, with overseas visitors hitting a record high last year.

Official figures showed there were 37.3m visits to the UK in 2016, up 3% on the previous year and the highest since records began in 1961.

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