June also saw notable proportions of overnight trippers from Germany , France , Benelux countries , Spain and Portugal , and Canada .
Foreign overnight visitors who left the country in June spent a total of 4,518,200 nights in the country. Residents of other European countries spent the most nights in the country of any group, accounting for 34.3 per cent of overnight stays. The majority of overnight foreign visitors chose hotels as their main accommodation type. More than a third chose to stay in their own property, or with friends and relatives, while just 5.6 per cent of overnight visitors used self-catering or rented properties as their main accommodation type.