Extra bank holiday for October being considered by government

'To get British tourism up and running this summer is hugely important', Visit Britain says

“Every time we do the modelling the figures get worse. So for inbound, I mean we were looking at the beginning of this year at about £26.6bn coming from inbound tourism, we reckon a £15bn drop on that," Ms Yates told the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, according to The BBC.

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