Gulf visitors travelling to Britain in record numbers

This level of growth resulted in visits and spending hitting new records for the January to September period, with just over £1 billion spent and 452,000 total visits accumlated from the six GCC countries - Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar.

VisitBritain’s GCC trade mission aims to build on this growth, providing UK suppliers with the opportunity to meet more than sixty travel agents from across Saudi Arabia to promote holiday destinations, tour packages and attractions from all over Britain, highlighting attractive deals available to GCC holidaymakers in the lead up to the long summer break and school holidays.

The mission will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Riyadh and Le Meridian in Jeddah.