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UK tourism spending rises as Americans arrive while Britons head to the beach

Dennis Schaal

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London in winter? Despite a January freeze, American tourists warmed to the UK's allures.

Hardy and high-spending Americans braved harsh weather to boost British tourism in the first month of this year. Overall, the number of visits by overseas residents to the UK dipped 1pc to 2.2m in January – a month which saw significant snow throughout Britain. But visits by North Americans rose 7pc, compared with the same month last year, and they helped push up overall spending by foreign visitors to Britain by 11pc to £1.24bn in January, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. The boost by US tourists followed strong visitor numbers at the end of last year. Between November 2012 and Janua

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