Great article ⁦The Economist⁩. Inbound visitors spend billions in the #UK every year with that money going into local economies, supporting businesses & jobs “What the war on tourism gets wrong” economist.com/finance-and-ec…

As Maria Sykes flagged earlier this year, 2023 saw record breaking results with 1.17m #Aussies visiting #Britain, spending an all-time high of £1.6bn. The Australian market is the 4th most valuable market to our visitor economy 🇦🇺✈️🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #LoveGreatBritain.

Huge thanks to The Tourism Alliance Executive Director, Richard Toomer, for providing a post-election update & outlook for the tourism sector at our recent zoom discussion.... delighted that Richard will be speaking at this year's #TMI Annual Convention... bit.ly/3WUc4GC

Love #screentourism and the whole #setjetting trend. In the USA, 1 in 3 Americans visit a location that they have seen on screen. #film #tv #streaming #travel #tourism #location #vacation

Latest DfT stats shine a light on the number of international cruise passenger arrivals and departures at UK ports in 2023, with the tally exceeding 3 million for the first time, and being 39% up on 2019.

Thrilled that Nick Brooks-Sykes, Director of Tourism Marketing Manchester will be speaking @ this year's TMI Annual Convention about Manchester’s Accommodation BID as we at the process for introducing a tourist levy.. Early bird bookings still available.. bit.ly/4eNknuX

This is right. A statutory registration scheme is something industry and Government both want. Let's get that done ASAP so that everyone has insight into the STL market, so that consumers are protected, and to raise standards.

Research commissioned by STAA member Airbnb, finds no significant link between short-term lets & rising house prices or rents. Entire home listings on Airbnb make up less than 0.7% of UK dwellings. news.airbnb.com/wp-content/upl…

Proud to be elected as a Vice Chair of the APPG for Hospitality & Tourism today. The third largest employer in the country and a vital sector in South Devon. Looking forward to supporting all our hospitality businesses, large and small.

Glad to have joined the APPG for Hospitality & Tourism Working to inform the government’s decision-making process and ensuring that the concerns and needs of the hospitality and tourism industry are heard.

The beer and pub sector contributes over £34 billion to the UK economy. Pubs still only make 12p on each pint they sell. In October’s budget the Government must support our industry so we can continue supporting the UK’s public purse. Have a read via the link in our bio ⬆️

Our upcoming international ‘Starring GREAT Britain and Northern Ireland Campaign’ campaign will be harnessing the powerful pull of film & tv, screen tourism, to boost inbound visits & visitor spending across our nations & regions, boosting local economies 🎬#setjetting Peaky Blinders patricia yates Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Congratulations to Chris Webb MP on being elected chair of this important APPG. Looking forward to working with you and the other APPG members.

Congratulations to a great team Newcastle Brown Ale Destination North East England. Thank you to the amazing cathedral team Newcastle Cathedral VisitEnglandBiz

Congratulations to Caroline Dinenage MP on being elected unopposed to once again Chair Culture, Media and Sport Committee. Looking forward to working with her and the committee on what we hope will be a focus on tourism and the visitor economy in this Parliament.

We support UK Music on this. A reset UK-EU relationship should be about finding ways to make travel, tourism, and trade between the two jurisdictions easier for everyone.