After all of the build-up to the events of 2012, it is perhaps no surprise that London hotel furniture was in the greatest demand, as the city recorded the highest number of international visitors for the year as a whole.
Figures from VisitBritain show that nearly 15.5 million international tourists arrived into London during 2012, eclipsing the other towns and cities on the list; however, there are plenty of other locations throughout the UK where hotel furniture saw respectable levels of demand.
North of the border in Scotland, Edinburgh was the only other UK city to receive over one million international visitors in 2012, with a total of 1.26 million tourists heading there in the course of the 12 months.
Manchester ranks as England's second city in terms of tourist appeal, with 932,000 people arriving into the city in 2012, ahead of Birmingham with 713,000 and Liverpool with 550,000.
In all, 29 British towns and cities received at least 100,000 international visitors each during 2012, while all of the top 50 received at least 70,000 during a busy year for British tourism.
However, although there may be no Olympics taking place in the UK in 2013, the national tourism agency is still hopeful that the next set of annual figures could be even stronger than in 2012.
Patricia Yates, director of strategy and communications at VisitBritain, says: "Last year we welcomed 31 million overseas visitors and hope to attract one million more in 2013. We're particularly encouraged by the continued strong growth from the influential BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) markets and their desire to visit locations across the UK."
These tourists in particular seem likely to increase demand on British hotel furniture outside of the cities, as Ms Yates says they are typically drawn to the beauty of the British countryside as well as the vibrancy of its towns.
By 2020, she predicts that the UK could see international visitation in excess of 40 million people per year, as long as the country as a whole is able to compete successfully with other destinations in the battle for greater tourism appeal.