Buttermere Sunset. Credit Cumbria Tourism
Tourism is recovering slowly from the impact of Covid-19 according to the VisitBritain agency.
The UK tourism sector will be worth £51.4 billion in 2021, according to forecasts by the agency, a drop from £91.6 billion two years earlier.
VisitBritain predicts that spending by foreign tourists in the UK will be £6.2 billion, lower than the £28.4 billion seen in 2019.
UK tourism chiefs held a summit yesterday to discuss the state of the industry.
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