The impact of tourism on the Buckinghamshire economy can be seen in the numbers of visitors to our great county and the amount of money they spend here, which bolster the 22,000+ jobs that the sector provides.

Business community

• Buckinghamshire has approximately 2,600 tourism-related businesses
• There are 435 restaurants and 345 pubs and bars in Buckinghamshire
• There are 460 cultural businesses in Buckinghamshire (artistic creation, museums, historical sites)

Employment

• Buckinghamshire’s tourism sector provides 22,100 jobs in the county

Visitors

• There were 317,000 visits to Buckinghamshire in 2018, up from 306,000 in 2017
• Visitors to Buckinghamshire spent £156m in 2018, up from £115m in 2017

Economic impact (2016-2018)

• 18.3 million day trips with a combined spend of £769 million
• 2.3m overnight visitors with a combined spend of £160m
• Total visitor spend: £929 million

Top visitor attractions (2018)

Attraction	Type	Visitors
Cliveden	Historic Properties	495,464
Waddesdon Manor	Historic Properties	471,890
Stowe Landscape Gardens	Gardens	220,545
Stowe	Historic Properties	208,644
Hughenden Manor	Historic Properties	148,264
Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre	Museums & Art Galleries	60,000
Chiltern Open Air Museum	Museums & Art Galleries	53,833
Milton Keynes Museum	Museums & Art Galleries	52,955
Claydon House	Historic Properties	24,423
West Wycombe Park	Historic Properties	20,863
The Trenchard Museum	Museums & Art Galleries	10,250