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registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to promote the UK as a tourist destination abroad.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	243398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>VisitBritain are responsible for marketing Britain to the international market and do so through a variety of campaigns. This is a statutory duty under the Development of Tourism Act 1969. For example in 2018, they launched their ‘I travel for…’ global marketing campaign using short films and story-telling to highlight less explored parts of the country.</p><p> </p><p>VisitEngland administer the£40m Discover England Fund which invests in innovate, bookable products aimed at specific international markets around the world.</p><p> </p><p>VisitEngland also use English Tourism Week to promote English tourism product through social media channels, working with Government to create impactful posts to a large audience.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/04/2019 11:24:51 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1109747

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to support tourism action zones.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Trudy Harrison
uin	241078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>We are working closely with the tourism industry on the proposed Sector Deal for tourism. One of the proposals put forward by the industry is the creation of Tourism Action Zones in order to take a targeted and focused approach to tackle issues, such as improving productivity and extending the tourism season. We are looking at this proposal and considering it as part of our work.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 11/04/2019 11:33:11 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison

1089434

registered interest
date	15/03/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to increase tourism in (a) coastal areas and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	233033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>VisitBritain and VisitEngland are responsible for promoting the UK as a tourist destination, which it does through a range of different initiatives and campaigns. VisitBritain sit on the Coastal Tourism Leadership Forum (run by the National Coastal Tourism Academy), helping to shape the Coastal Visitor Economy Vision and Action Plan. DCMS are observers at the forum.</p><p> </p><p>My colleagues in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government also provide support and funding to coastal areas through the Coastal Communities Fund and the Coastal Revival Fund, much of which has a tourism focus. They have also set up Coastal Community Teams around the country to support the development of the coastal economy.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 25/03/2019 15:37:11 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1083605

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the total net economic effect of foreign tourists visiting (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	229612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics only holds data on the Gross Value Added (GVA) to the UK’s economy in 2013 at a regional level. They also document the UK’s GVA every year at a national level (shown in the table below). They do not hold GVA information at a city level. In 2013, the GVA for tourism in the West Midlands was 3.76bn.</p><p> </p><p>Direct Tourism GVA in the UK:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>£44.6bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>£49bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£53bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£57.3bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£59bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£60.4bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£64.6bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£68.3bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>£67.7bn (Provisional)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>Not available yet</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table outlines the international visitor spend in the locations requested:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>£594.5m</p></td><td><p>£16.5bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>£549.2m</p></td><td><p>£16.8bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£570.6m</p></td><td><p>£17.9bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£577.9m</p></td><td><p>£18.5bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£843.2m</p></td><td><p>£21.1bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£761.3m</p></td><td><p>£21.7bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£816.2m</p></td><td><p>£21.9bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£854.7m</p></td><td><p>£22.4bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>£806.9m</p></td><td><p>£24.4bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>Not available yet</p></td><td><p>Not available yet</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 18/03/2019 16:53:43 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1024821

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to encourage tourists to visit both Northern Ireland and the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	202147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain (VB) is responsible for marketing the UK as a whole to the rest of the world and have a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tourism Northern Ireland (TNI) to work together on a variety of promotional activities. As part of this MOU, Northern Ireland products are used in marketing campaigns such as GREAT, images of Northern Ireland are used in VBImages and they participate in various business events. In particular, this year saw the Social Tourism Summit hosted by VB and TNI which brought together over 40 social media bloggers from 14 countries as well as travel delegates from the rest of the world to discuss innovations in digital travel marketing.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/12/2018 11:27:20 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1016229

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps he has taken to progress a tourism sector deal to support tourist resorts hosting major events.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	196711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>As announced on 27 November, Government is undertaking formal negotiations for the proposed Tourism Sector Deal. Industry and Government must now work together to finalise the details of the proposed Sector Deal.</p><p> </p><p>Attracting - and taking advantage of hosting - major events will form an important part of the proposal. I would urge those in the events sector to engage with Steve Ridgway, the Chair of the British Tourism Authority, and their trade associations as we take forward these discussions.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 03/12/2018 15:33:31 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

945564

registered interest
date	20/07/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of local festivals on the growth of local tourism.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	166490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain research shows that in 2016, over one million of the UK’s inbound visitors come here with attending a festival in mind, spending nearly £1.2bn during their visit.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Arts Council has carried out research into the benefits of local events on the community and economy. For example, the SO Festival in East Lindsey is estimated to have increased footfall from 30,000 to 83,000. The Grinagog Festival in Torquay submitted a report for their 2018 festival estimating that there was £150,000 direct economic impact based on 2,400 paying customers.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 27/07/2018 10:30:28 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

942970

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the economic value of the events industry to tourism in (a) London and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	164941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>Business visits and events are extremely important aspects of the visitor economy. In 2016, the UK welcomed 9.12million inbound visitors for business visits who spent £5.46bn while here. 3.62m of these visits were to London with £3.25bn being spent in the capital.</p><p> </p><p>A report by VisitBritain shows that delegates attending an event in the UK who extended their trip for leisure purposes would spend double the amount of money they would spend than if they went home directly after the event (£1,942 compared to £991).</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/07/2018 10:27:28 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

938616

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much money was spent on advertising the activity of touring in England to the UK market in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	163017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain and VisitEngland are responsible for promoting the UK as a tourist destination, through a range of different initiatives and campaigns. The following table shows the funding that has been spent on promoting England and developing English tourism product since 2010. It includes activity focused on both domestic and international visitors:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Expenditure (£k)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>10,807</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>9,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>11,049</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>10,214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>10,142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>7,935</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>18,684</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>16,298</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>18,444</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>113,473</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 17/07/2018 10:02:04 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

909431

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the economic value of tourism to the (a) UK and (b) South East in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	146820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain’s data for economic value of tourism in UK and South East are as follows-</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Inbound Tourism</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>South East</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£18.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.9 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£21.3 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£21.8 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2.2 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£22.1 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2.2 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£22.5 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2.2 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£24.3 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.68 billion (January-September)</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Domestic Tourism</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong> <strong>(day) </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong> <strong>(overnight visits)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>South East</strong> <strong>(day)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>South East</strong> <strong>(overnight visits)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£65.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£23.9 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£8.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.6 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£62 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£23.2 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£8.1 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.4 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£61.8 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£22.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£8.7 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.6 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£61.9 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£24.8 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£7.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.6 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£63.9 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£23 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£8.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.5 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£62.4 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£23.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£7 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2.7 billion</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/06/2018 13:39:55 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti