International visitor spend soars to almost £100m in first quarter
Yorkshire tourism has got off to a flying start in 2017 as new figures reveal international visitors have spent nearly £100m in the year’s first quarter.
267,000 overseas visitors spent £99m from January to March 2017, up 30% on the same period last year, according to figures from Visit Britain.
International spend in Yorkshire is also nearly double the national average which is up 16% year on year.
Sir Gary Verity, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire said: “This is fantastic news for the county and one of the main ... 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...
