TUI TRAVEL has submitted a manifesto to Britain’s
political parties outlining ways it can support the travel and tourism
industries.
The company has stressed
that areas such as competition, infrastructure, and sustainability are key.
It has outlined a need to
review potential barriers to tourism growth such as Air Passenger Duty and
training, while also asking for a level playing field between air traffic and
other transport modes when it comes to cross-border checks.
Mike Bowers, group legal
director at TUI Travel PLC said: ‘As the industry leader, it is important
that we take an active role in helping to shape the future of travel and
tourism. The UK is lagging behind in sustainable aviation and airport capacity.
Our manifesto is aimed at ensuring customer safety, a fairer playing field for
the industry to thrive, and a greater experience for all holidaymakers.’
The following extract from VisitBritain highlights the value of travel and tourism to the UK and more information can be found at - www.visitbritain.org/insightsandstatistics/latestinsights/stateofthenation.aspx
Top 5 short haul markets by visits and spend
France remains the market generating by far the most visits with a shade more than 4 million in the year to March 2014. Both Germany and Netherlands are firmly in positive territory over the past year and visits from Spain are starting to recover, with only Ireland among the top five in negative territory. When looking at the top five by spending Germany maintains top spot ahead of France. With improving prospects Spain has moved up to third place ahead of Italy.
Top 5 long haul markets by visits and spend
The USA remains by far the most sizeable long-haul market with more than 2.8 million visits, boosted by a 1% increase in volume over the past year. Visits from Australia are again growing strongly with a healthy performance from India too, but Canada has seen a slight dip in the past year. The top two markets by value are identical to those for volume, but thanks to very high spend per visit and recent strong growth, UAE is now up to third ahead of Canada. China has seen robust growth in spend and is now very close to the £0.5bn mark.
Data Credit: visitbritain.org/insightsandstatistics/latestinsights/stateofthenation.aspx
Travel and tourism is the
UK’s fifth largest industry. It supports 3.12 million jobs and accounts for
nine percent of Gross Domestic Product.
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