Great Britain Day Visits Survey, 2002-2003

The main aim of the <i>United Kingdom Day Visits Survey</i>, the <i>Great Britain Day Visits Survey</i> (GBDVS), and latterly the <i>England Leisure Visits Survey</i> (ELVS), is to measure the extent of participation in day visits, and to estimate the scale and value of visits taken. In particular the principal investigators are interested in the extent of participation in different kinds of day trips, how frequently particular types of trip are undertaken, and associated expenditure.<br>
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The survey also seeks to provide information on a number of other trip details, such as activities undertaken, areas visited, time spent at the main destination, modes of transport, distance travelled, number of people involved and the trip party composition. Respondents to the survey are generally asked to recall trips taken within the past two weeks.<br>
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The 2002-2003 survey covered trips within Great Britain only, not Northern Ireland as had previously been the case, hence the change of name from <i>United Kingdom Day Visits Survey</i> to <i>Great Britain Day Visits Survey</i>.<br>
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The survey also sought to provide estimates of leisure day visits to three main types of destination, including towns and cities, the countryside, and the seaside or coast. Within these types, trips involving visits to any of three further subsidiary destinations (woods and forests, and both navigable and non-navigable inland waters) could also be recorded.