Durham Cathedral © David Gill
HLF has published a report that demonstrates that overseas visitors to heritage attractions in the UK spent £7.4 billion (“UK PLC: New figures reveal overseas visitors to heritage are driving the UK’s tourism economy“, 24 October 2016). UK domestic overnight visitors spent £4.7 billion, and UK day trips were worth £5.3 billion. Heritage tourism is now worth £2.1 billion to the economy of Scotland.
The information is published in Economic impact of UK heritage tourism economy (2016).
An increase in tourism is likely to be one of the impacts of Brexit making heritage an even greater contributor to the UK economy.
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hmmmm maybe?
To be honest, most folks outside of the EU don’t really consider Brexit and issue or not. People from Asia come to the UK for its culture, architecture and shopping. Especially with the sterling much lower and now affordable. Its just how the maddening crowds will impact local life!
However the UK is likely to be a much cheaper destination due to the fall in the value of the pound.
Exactly. And we consider that more so than other factors. Fact is, politicians say a lot. Let’s see if they do anything.