Tourism Research and Visitor Numbers

We part commission STEAM (Scarborough Tourism Economic Activity Monitor) research to show the value and volume of tourism in Eden. 

2023 STEAM research:

• 4.92 million tourism visits to Eden
• Between them, these visitors brought in £665.5 million to Eden’s economy
• Tourism provided employment for 6,487 full time equivalent (FTE) posts
   

2022 STEAM research:

• 4.61 million tourism visits to Eden
• Between them, these visitors brought in £660.36 million to Eden’s economy
• Tourism provided employment for 6,108 full time equivalent (FTE) posts
  
  

2021 STEAM research:

• 4.21 million tourism visits to Eden
• Between them, these visitors brought in £352.4 million to Eden’s economy
• Tourism provided employment for 4,178 full time equivalent (FTE) posts
  
  

2020 STEAM research:

• 2.52 million tourism visits to Eden
• Between them, these visitors brought in £199.4 million to Eden’s economy
• Tourism provided employment for 2,592 full time equivalent (FTE) posts

This was a fall of 51% in tourist numbers and a decrease of 49% in direct expenditure and economic impact.

2019 STEAM research:

• 5.14 million tourism visits to Eden (an increase of 1.6% on 2018)
• A massive £390.7 million (up 6.9% on 2018) being generated within the local economy through visitor and tourism business expenditure
• Tourism accounted for 4,722 full time equivalent (FTE) posts (an increase of 1.8% on 2018).
  
  

2018 STEAM research:

• 5.06 million tourism visits (an increase of 1.3% on 2017)
• A massive £365.4 million (up 8.6% on 2017) being generated within the local economy through visitor and tourism business expenditure
• Tourism accounted for 4,639 full time equivalent (FTE) posts (an increase of 3.7% on 2017).

Cumbria Tourism can provide further research figures for Cumbria, for more information please visit the research section of their website.

For more information contact the Visit Eden Team:

Email: tourism@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk