Tourism
(asked on 6th July 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate he has made of the contribution made by tourism to the economy.
This question was answered on 9th July 2015
The Office for National Statistics has estimated that tourism was worth £59.6 billion Gross Value Added to the UK economy in 2014. Taking account of indirect benefits, Deloitte forecast that tourism would be worth an estimated £133.6 billion last year, supporting 3.16 million jobs.