Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly – the tourist sector (aGVA)

One source of data is that of approximate Gross Value Added (aGVA) derived from the Annual Business Survey (ABS).  As the name suggests these figures are approximate and not the same total GVA data. The figures relate to the ABS for 2017.

  

What do the figures tell us?

The data gave a total tourist sector of £904.6 million.  The majority of output was derived from Food and beverage service activities - £456.2 million (50.4%) and Accommodation £255.1 million (28.2%).

 

	Sector	£m	% share
56	Food and beverage service activities	456.2	50.4
55	Accommodation	255.1	28.2
49	Land transport	51.3	5.7
92	Gambling and betting activities	41.6	4.6
93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	22.8	2.5
91	Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities	21.0	2.3
77	Rental and leasing activities	17.7	2.0
90	Creative, arts and entertainment activities	14.3	1.6
50	Water transport	13.3	1.5
79	Travel agency, tour operator and related activities	9.8	1.1
82	Office administrative, office support and other business support activities	1.5	0.2
	Total	904.6	100.0

 

A further breakdown shows that five groups constituted nearly two-thirds of that total.  These were: Public houses and bars – 16.5%, Hotels etc – 16%, Licensed restaurants – 13.8%, Unlicensed restaurants and cafes – 10.7%, and Camping grounds etc – 7.5%. 

 

Sector	£m	% share
Public houses and bars	149.6	16.5
Hotels and similar accommodation	144.6	16.0
Licensed restaurants	124.6	13.8
Unlicensed restaurants and cafes	97.0	10.7
Camping grounds recreational vehicle parks and trailer parks	68.0	7.5
Sub-total	583.9	64.5
Total	904.6	100

 

 

Notes

The Annual Business Survey (ABS) is the main structural business survey conducted by Office for National Statistics (ONS). Prior to 2009, the ABS was known as the Annual Business Inquiry – part 2 (ABI/2) with data going back to 1995.

The ABS publishes financial information from businesses representing the UK non-financial business economy (about two-thirds of the UK economy). The financial variables covered include turnover, purchases, employment costs, capital expenditure and stocks. We are then able to calculate approximate gross value added (aGVA), which is a measure of the income generated by the surveyed businesses (and the industry or sector they represent) less their intermediate consumption of goods and services used up in order to produce their output. This is an input into the measurement of the UK's gross domestic product (GDP). [ONS, 2024]. 

  

Source

Office for National Statistics, (June 2024), Annual Business Survey (ABS)

https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/businessservices/methodologies/annualbusinesssurveyabs

 

Office for National Statistics, (July 2018), Annual Business Survey 2017, NUTS3 and LAU1 aGVA data for Tourism in England.