Tourism brings almost £432m boost to Bolton
Bolton’s tourism industry generated £431.8m for the town in 2016, according to new figures.
An additional £11.4m flowed into the local economy, a 2.7% increase on the previous year's figure of £420.4m.
The total number of visitors also increased in 2016, from £6.5m to £6.6m - a 1.3% rise.
The figures have been released by Bolton Council as part of an annual report which outlines tourism performance.
The four-day Bolton Food and Drink Festival which attracted more than 260,000 visitors in 2016, the gruelling Ironman ... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
