Visitor economy accelerates economic impact and jobs growth
The importance of the visitor economy to Birmingham's momentum has been underlined by new data which shows an additional £1.6bn is being spent in the city than five years ago.
Revenue from tourism hit an all-time high of £6.5bn in 2016, up 5% on 2015 and 33% higher than 2011.
Over the past five years, the rate of growth in economic impact has been twice as fast as the increase in visitor numbers.
The visitor economy now supports 70,365 full-time equivalent jobs - more than 10,000 than in 2011.
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