English Tourism Week is quick approaching with this yr’s week devoted to exhibiting help for tourism companies and locations throughout the sector as they reopen and begin to rebuild.
Coordinated by VisitEngland and going down from 22 to 31 Might, English Tourism Week is an annual celebration of the tourism trade, highlighting its financial significance to native economies and selling the innovation, high quality and vary of services on provide to encourage extra home breaks.
It comes because the tourism company’s newest forecasts present that home tourism spending is estimated this yr of £51.four billion, simply over half of the £91.6 billion in 2019.
Final yr alone noticed about two-thirds of the worth wiped off the home tourism trade, a £58 billion loss to the economic system.
Tourism minister, Nigel Huddleston, stated: “The tourism sector has undoubtedly confronted huge challenges over the previous yr.
“For this reason we’ve got supplied over £25 billion in help to this point, together with the unprecedented VAT lower.
“Tourism and hospitality companies throughout the nation have frequently impressed me with their skill to adapt over the previous yr and I do know they’re all able to welcome us again.
“English tourism has a lot to supply, from rural retreats to metropolis breaks.
“I can’t wait to get on the market exploring and I urge everybody to affix me in supporting our unbelievable tourism sector by taking a home vacation over the approaching months.”
Within the lead-up to English Tourism Week and all through VisitEngland is encouraging folks to share pictures and social media posts to indicate help for the sector utilizing #EnglishTourismWeek21.
VisitEngland has additionally produced toolkits and a collection of posters for tourism companies and locations to obtain and get entangled within the week, selling their native services, sights and experiences.
VisitEngland and native locations are additionally asking MPs, native authorities, the UK authorities and different stakeholders to get entangled and present their help by visiting native companies and sights throughout the week.
VisitEngland director, Andrew Stokes, stated: “Our annual occasion to have a good time and champion English tourism has by no means been extra vital, offering a well timed alternative to indicate the excellent provide right here on our doorstep as we head in to the crucial summer time season and to help native companies and customer sights, who’ve misplaced months of important buying and selling, as they reopen and rebuild.
“By highlighting the standard and sheer range of tourism merchandise, locations and experiences throughout England we additionally hope folks will contemplate an additional vacation at residence this yr, exploring someplace new, revisiting a favorite attraction or taking a city-break.
“With worldwide vacationers slower to return that is additionally the yr to rediscover the crown jewels of English tourism in our vibrant metropolis centres.
“Hundreds of thousands of jobs and native economies depend on tourism and companies and locations have been working flat-out, innovating and adapting to securely welcome guests again and ensuring they’ve an important expertise.
“They are going to be very happy to see you.”
