Britain as a customer vacation spot shall be within the international media highlight with the G7 Summit in Cornwall quick approaching and VisitBritain is taking the chance to encourage future journey.
The G7 nations and people invited as friends embody a number of the largest and most dear inbound customer markets, giving the nationwide tourism company a helpful likelihood to advertise ‘vacation spot Britain.’
VisitBritain director, Patricia Yates, mentioned: “The G7 Summit and the accompanying worldwide media publicity provides us a incredible alternative to focus on our excellent tourism provide and the wonderful experiences that guests – together with world-leaders – can solely have in Britain.
“With the ambition to be the ‘world’s assembly place’ the summit additionally demonstrates Britain’s skill to host enterprise occasions of the very best calibre.
“The G7 nations are extremely essential inbound customer markets, and the summit is a helpful likelihood to advertise our tradition and heritage, our fabulous tourism merchandise and new experiences which can be distinctive to Britain, and prepared and ready for when guests can return.”
The G7 Summit comes as VisitBritain’s newest forecasts present a gradual restoration for inbound tourism with abroad customer spending this yr within the UK of £6.2 billion, lower than 1 / 4 of the £28.four billion in 2019.
Final yr alone noticed a greater than £24 billion loss to the UK economic system in abroad customer spending.
VisitBritain has been monitoring shopper sentiment all through the pandemic with its newest analysis indicating sturdy pent-up demand for worldwide journey within the subsequent 12 months, and Britain excessive on the want record of potential guests.
Virtually three quarters, 73 per cent, of these surveyed throughout 20 nations mentioned they had been more likely to take a world leisure journey within the subsequent 12 months, and 42 per cent mentioned they undoubtedly would.
Sixty-one per cent of those that had been eager to journey had not but booked or determined the place to go, giving VisitBritain a possibility to affect decision-making, destination-choice and bookings.
VisitBritain can even be utilizing the summit to advertise main occasions subsequent yr that are set to be vital international tourism attracts together with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Video games, the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and Competition UK 2022 – to advertise the nation.
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