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Foreign Tourists

Volume 228: debated on Monday 12 July 1993

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To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what initiatives the Government are taking to increase the number of tourists from abroad to this country.

The British Tourist Authority receives £32 million from my Department to promote Britain overseas. My hon. Friend will be pleased to know that the number of overseas visits to the United Kingdom over the three months to April is 12 per cent. up on the same period last year.I am also conducting an urgent and detailed inquiry into regulations affecting tourism to establish the scope for deregulation and so allow the industry to become more competitive.