UK

Britain is a key short-break destination

nemendur.khi.is

Britain has been described as a "key short-break destination" by a leading tourism body this week.

VisitBritain made the claim, highlighting Edinburgh, in particular, as a favourite with holidaymakers in the UK, especially those from the US.

Elliot Frisby, corporate PR manager for VisitBritain, said: "Domestic tourism has changed so much in the last five or ten years, and people who have not visited [Britain] in the last five years will find it a very different experience now."

He added that many parents also indulge in what he described as "nostalgia tourism", where mums and dads share destinations they went to as a youth with their children.

Cumbria and the Lake District were named as popular destinations outside of London for holidaymakers in the UK.

However, VisitBritain also highlighted Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh as top city-break locations.

According to VisitBritain, tourism is Britain's fifth largest industry, worth £85 billion and employing 2.1 million people.

news.holidayhypermarket.co.uk

Comments

Post new comment

Your name: *

E-mail: *

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.

Homepage:

Subject:

Comment: *

• Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
• Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <h1><h2><cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd><img><span>
• Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
• Images can be added to this post.
• You may insert YouTube videos with [youtube:ID]

More information about formatting options

CAPTCHA

This question is to prevent automated spam submissions.

What code is in the image?: *

Enter the characters shown in the image without spaces, also respect upper and lower case.