Caravan Club members contributed £400 million to rural tourism economies across Britain last year.
The figures were based on shopping, eating out, buying local produce and visiting local attractions.
Around £322 million was spent in England, £40 million in Wales, £36.5 million and Scotland and £1.5 million in Northern Ireland.
Nick Lomas, director of marketing for the Caravan Club, said: “With over 1.5 million caravanners, motor caravanners and trailer tenters in the UK, in 2009 all the talk was of the resurgence of the Great British holiday with value for money playing a major role in the family decision-making process.
“The 2009 local economy figures prove exactly how popular and cool caravanning and the great outdoors really is. All the signs are that rural economies are set to benefit even further in 2010,” he added.
Membership figures for the club in 2009 exceeded all previous records and were a 24 per cent increase on 2008’s figures.
