Published on : Sunday, February 16, 2014
Yorkshire tourism bosses consider that hosting the Tour de France this summer has already helped to increase tourist counts to the region. Welcome to Yorkshire witnessed a boost in visitors, the length of time people were staying and the amount of money they were spending in the months after it was declared that the world famous race’s Grand Départ will be coming to the region dis summer.
According to a spokesperson, this could have helped play a vital part in the recent announcement that record numbers of overseas visitors have been visiting UK. In 2013, overseas residents made 32.89m visits to the UK, a rise of six per cent on the 2012 total and higher than the previous record set in 2007. Moreover, tourism bosses in Yorkshire forecast that this year will be even more successful.
Chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, Gary Verity, said, “Since December 2012 when we announced our bid to bring the Tour de France to Yorkshire was successful, we’ve seen a major increase in Yorkshire’s global profile. Lonely Planet has named Yorkshire in the top three regions in the world to visit in 2014 and we are in AOL’s global top 10 holiday destinations for 2014, and there is more besides. This year promises to be Yorkshire’s year – the county will be beamed onto TV screens worldwide this July when the Grand Départ begins, which will help rise our global profile to new heights.”
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