Massive Brexit boost to tourism in UK sees 3 MILLION new tourists on way
Thu 8:03 pm +00:00, 11 Aug 2016 1TOURISTS from across the world are flocking to Britain in unprecedented numbers the wake of the Brexit vote.
The decreased value of the pound has encouraged tourism in the UK
Not fabulous news for British tourists heading abroad but a bargain for millions of tourists, who are now flocking into the UK in order to make the most of the advantageous exchange rates.
The number of Europeans planning to visit the UK is up by more than five per cent – meaning another 1.5 million will be spending money here.
But, post-Brexit, it is the rise in bookings from outside the EU that is the most astonishing: an increase of 8.6 per cent – equating to about 3 MILLION more tourists. Foreign tourists coming from outside the eurozone tend to visit the UK in the autumn, as it can take several months for them to get a visa.
GETTY: The number of Europeans planning to visit the UK is up by more than five per cent
Tourism in France has slumped 10 per cent year on year.
Source: http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/698141/massive-brexit-boost-tourism-uk-million-new-tourists
The extra visitors are indeed good news, although it is not hard to see why given the huge variety and quality this country has to offer.
However, for every tourist priced in to a holiday in the UK because of the collapse in the pound, there is probably a British person priced out of a holiday they were hoping for in the EU or USA, not to mention the inevitable rise in the price of imported goods (and most of our food is imported).
The Leave campaign was supposed to be about taking back our country not imprisoning us in our country.
Extra tourists do not change the fact that British people are already effectively poorer because some people voted to leave the EU – and the Leave campaign told us we would be richer not poorer. Perhaps Farage and Johnson would care to explain what is happening.