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1110152

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	date	08/04/2019
	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: Coastal Areas
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase levels of tourism in UK coastal communities after Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL15120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>We have invested in product development through the Coastal Communities and Revival Funds which recently announced a further £63m of funding, and the £40m Discover England Fund. We are also negotiating the proposed Tourism Sector Deal with the industry which aims to improve productivity. The House of Lords Select Committee recently reported on Regenerating Seaside Towns and we will be responding to any tourism related recommendations in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Our arms-length body VisitBritain (VB) also markets the UK internationally, using campaigns such as “I travel for…” and #MyMicroGap. Additionally VB work with coastal Destination Management Organisations around the country, including sitting on the Coastal Tourism Leadership Forum to identify challenges and opportunities as they arise.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 24/04/2019 16:23:16 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

793952

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	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: Coastal Areas
	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 she has made of the (a) level and (b) economic contribution of tourism to seaside towns across the UK in each of the last seven years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	115041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>Coastal tourism is an important part of the UK visitor economy, with domestic overnight and day trip tourism alone offering £8bn to the coastal economy in 2015 according to the GB Tourism Survey. Between 2010 and 2016, annual visitor numbers have also risen by over 5m and now stand at just under 29m. Additionally, 10% of visits (just under 3.8m) to the UK from international visitors included a trip to the coast in 2016.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 27/11/2017 17:15:57 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham