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Survey finds mixed fortunes for industry
VISITBRITAIN have released the initial results of their UK Tourism Survey, revealing the full year domestic tourism data for 2007.
It has revealed that the number of overnight trips made in the UK fell by two per cent during the year, with revenue from these stays rising only one per cent to £21.2bn.
However, results were more positive from a tourism perspective, as holiday trips reversed their decline, growing by one per cent in volume and five per cent in value.
The report suggested that the overall decline was probably more related to economic factors rather than UK tourism performance and blamed falls in business and value for revenue.
VISITBRITAIN have released the initial results of their UK Tourism Survey, revealing the full year domestic tourism data for 2007.
It has revealed that the number of overnight trips made in the UK fell by two per cent during the year, with revenue from these stays rising only one per cent to £21.2bn.
However, results were more positive from a tourism perspective, as holiday trips reversed their decline, growing by one per cent in volume and five per cent in value.
The report suggested that the overall decline was probably more related to economic factors rather than UK tourism performance and blamed falls in business and value for revenue.
Timely grant boost for new attraction
FUNDING for a new tourist attraction in Greenwich has been given a boost with a grant of £1.9m from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Discover Greenwich - a new interpretation and education centre for the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site - will cost £5.7 million and is expected to open early 2009.
Chief executive of the Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College Duncan Wilson said: 'The Foundation is delighted that the HLF is backing this project which is an important landmark in the interpretation for the whole Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site and will inspire local people and visitors to Greenwich
'It gives us the opportunity to tell the history of these wonderful buildings through the stories of the people who made them, and whose lives are bound up in them.'
FUNDING for a new tourist attraction in Greenwich has been given a boost with a grant of £1.9m from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Discover Greenwich - a new interpretation and education centre for the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site - will cost £5.7 million and is expected to open early 2009.
Chief executive of the Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College Duncan Wilson said: 'The Foundation is delighted that the HLF is backing this project which is an important landmark in the interpretation for the whole Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site and will inspire local people and visitors to Greenwich
'It gives us the opportunity to tell the history of these wonderful buildings through the stories of the people who made them, and whose lives are bound up in them.'
