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Title: Tourism Worth Nearly ^400 Million A Year To Bath Post by: Lee on April 28, 2008, 20:23:13 Tourism is worth nearly ^400 million a year to Bath, new figures show. Research by South West Tourism shows visitors who stayed at least a night in Bath and north east Somerset spent a total of ^221.5 million in 2006 (link below.)
http://thisisbath.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=180730&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232315&home=yes&more_nodeId1=163047&contentPK=20496474 The income is split between ^148 million from the pockets of British tourists and ^73.5 million from international visitors. Another ^161.5 million was spent by daytrippers, and there was another ^14.7 million of other tourism-related expenditure - mainly made up of spending on food and entertainment by residents playing host to friends and families. The total tourism income added up to ^397.8 million and supported 8,578 jobs. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |