NISRA Tourism Satellite Account

Key Points

• The total value of NI Gross Value Added (GVA) for NI for 2019 equated to £43.7 bn. Tourism direct gross value added (TDGVA) was £920 million in 2019, equating to 2.1% of the GVA for the total NI economy
• The number of full-time equivalent employees working in tourism industries was around 75,000. There were 27,000 tourism direct employees which equated to 22,000 tourism direct full-time equivalent jobs
• Expenditure by inbound visitors to NI was £804 million in 2019 in current prices, with overnight visitors accounting for 91% of this total
• Domestic tourism expenditure by NI residents was £1.8 billion, with overnight visitors spending 53%
• Outbound tourism expenditure by NI residents was £1.9 billion, with overnight trips accounting for 96%