London — Britain’s tourism boom since the Brexit vote faded in the September quarter as growth in the number of visitors slid to a one-year low, official figures showed last week. Tourism has been a winner from the 2016 Brexit vote, which pushed down the value of the pound. That, in turn, made Britain a more attractive holiday destination for foreign tourists and encouraged British holiday makers to stay at home. The number of overseas visitors to Britain rose 2.7% year on year in the third quarter of 2017, the weakest increase in a year and following an 8.9% rise in the second quarter, the Office for National Statistics said. Nonetheless, the continued growth in tourism was a factor in Britain’s faster economic growth in the third quarter, said economist Howard Archer from EY ITEM Club consultancy. The figures also showed the number of Britons travelling abroad fell 0.4% year on year during the third quarter, the first drop since early 2013. The world’s sixth-biggest economy largel...
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