London was the top destination for overseas travellers last year, followed by Edinburgh, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow.
Middle East visitors pay the most for hotel rooms in the UK, according to the survey by Hotels.com. They forked out an average of £172 per room per night in 2012.
This was well ahead of second-placed Brazilian visitors who spent an average of £138 in 2012, and well above the average figure of £100 paid last year by international visitors for UK hotel rooms.
Japanese visitors paid an average of £132 last year, with visitors from Mexico and Argentina both paying £130.Of the 39 nations surveyed, 34 paid less for rooms last year than in 2011, four paid the same and only Japan paid more, with a small rise of one per cent.
Source: Manchester Evening News
