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Tourists at Buckingham Palace A tourist stall selling various London and United Kingdom related souvenirs on the edge of Trafalgar Square on the Strand. Tourism in the United Kingdom is a major industry and contributor to the U.K. economy, which is the world's 10th biggest tourist destination, with over 40.1 million visiting in 2019, contributing a total of £234 billion to the GDP.
Cassandra De Pecol (born June 23, 1989 [citation needed]) is an American author, traveler, activist, and speaker. [1] [2] In 2017, she set Guinness World Records in two categories: "Fastest time to visit all sovereign countries" and "Fastest time to visit all sovereign countries—Female". [3]
The British Library is a research library in London that is the national library of the United Kingdom. [3] It is one of the largest libraries in the world.It is estimated to contain between 170 and 200 million items from many countries.
The estimated nominal GDP of the UK for 2024 is £2.765 trillion. [268] This value is 23% higher than the 2019 figure of £2.255 trillion [269] before leaving the EU (at similar US and EU exchange rates to 2019). [270] [u] Inflation in the UK rose by 2% in the year to May 2024 which was the government's target. [272] [273]
Britain and the World (BATW) is a scholarly society focusing on Britain's role in the world from the sixteenth century to the present. It publishes a biannual academic journal published by Edinburgh University Press entitled Britain and the World: Historical Journal of The British Scholar Society, as well as a "Britain and the World" book series with Palgrave Macmillan.
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By 2018, twenty-four members had visited every place on the list. John Clouse, from Evansville, Indiana, was the first to travel to all of the organization's listed countries and was recognized by the 1995 Guinness World Records as "the world's most traveled man" taking the title from another TCC Club member Parke G. Thompson. [1] [8] [9]
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