‘Visits and spending by international tourists in Glasgow rose to its highest level on record in 2017. The Travel Trends 2017 data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the number of international visitors travelling to Scotland’s largest city rose by nearly a fifth (19%) to 787,000, while expenditure increased by more than a third (36%) to £319m. Glasgow’s growth outperformed the Scottish average – at a national level visits were up 17% to 3.2 million while spend rose 23% to £2.3 billion.’