This question was answered on 23rd July 2019
With both Government and industry working together, the recently published Tourism Sector Deal has a focus on increasing the sectors productivity through several means, including:
- Ensuring that the UK will become the most accessible tourism destination in Europe by 2025 and increasing the number of international disabled visitors by 33%.
- Creating a new independent Tourism Data Hub with support from some of our biggest travel companies. This will allow organisations, including SMEs, to make the most of big data revolution to understand activity and product preferences in their area - and better tailor their services as a result.
- The sector committing to deliver 30,000 apprenticeships per year, in England, by 2025 as well as leading a mentoring programme aimed at supporting 10,000 employees so that they are more likely to remain in the sector.
- Continuing to be Europe’s leading hub for hotel investment for the next decade with over 130,000 additional bedrooms added to accommodation stock by 2025, with 75% of these outside of London.
- Introducing Tourism Zones, bringing businesses and local organisations together to establish a coordinated strategy for growth in their local visitor economy and a reduction in the impact of seasonality.
- Publishing the Business Events Action Plan which aims to improve our attractiveness as a destination for international business events.