Tourism boost for 2015

VisitBritain predict record spending levels by overseas visitors this year.

In 2015, spending by tourists visiting the UK is expected to exceed £22bn and the number of visits by people from overseas is expected to increase by 2.5% on last year.

Stratford-upon-Avon continues to be one of the UK’s top tourist destinations outside London and tourism contributes to more than one in ten jobs in south Warwickshire.

Overall, tourism accounts for 40,000 jobs in Coventry and Warwickshire which is 8.5 per cent of total employment.

The Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (CWLEP) has recently launched a new culture and tourism group to help grow the tourism economy, bringing additional jobs and visitors to the area.

The new Culture and Tourism Business Group will be chaired by Catherine Mallyon, Executive Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and a CWLEP board director, with other members made-up from leisure, culture and tourism sectors across Coventry and Warwickshire.