Tourism Statistics
- Southwark welcomes 10 million visitors a year and over 4.6 million visitors a year visit Tate Modern. (Tate Modern 2002).
- Tourism in Southwark generated well over £500m in 2002 an increase of 20% from the previous year.
- Local Authority supports tourism in a number of ways via Tourism strategy: Visitor management, public realm improvement, information services and marketing/promotion
- Award winning venues — Winners of Visit London Tourism Awards include: Bellenden Renewal Area, Borough Market, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Tate Modern and South London Gallery.
- There are 32 accommodation providers in Southwark, including hotels, B&Bs, youth hostels and college accommodation. 14 of these accommodation providers are either a brand eg Novotel, Mercure or have a quality rating for example, ETC, RAC or AA ratings.
- There are 3,956 beds in Southwark during off peak time and 5389 during peak.
- There are 58 attractions in Southwark
- Southwark opened its Tourism Information Centre in March 2004 and in its first 3 months it saw 14,500 people
