If Britain can be as successful as its European neighbours at attracting tourists from emerging economies, it could boost the economy by £12billion a year by 2025, according to a new report.
A new report into tourism figures shows that Britain will have a tourism industry worth over £257billion by 2025 – which would support more than 3.7million jobs and equal almost 10 per cent of UK GDP.
If bids to increase the number of visitors to the UK from countries like China succeeds, then that forecast could be increased by £69billion by 2025.
The study, conducted by Deloitte for VisitBritain, shows the value of the tourism industry to the UK. It is currently worth £127billion and is set to grow faster than the manufacturing, construction and retail industries.
London in particular will see a boom in visitor numbers and visitor spend, with tourists expecting to contribute £77.4billion to the capital's economy by 2025, which would be 12.8 per cent of the city's GDP.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2511801/British-tourism-contribute-257bn-UK-economy-2025.html#ixzz2mQNDVPwq
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