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The trade association stressed that inbound tourism is the UK’s second largest service export industry, exceeding the value of car and pharmaceutical exports, and a leading driver of economic growth across the UK.
UKinbound also acknowledged that the wider tourism industry, inbound, outbound and domestic has a symbiotic relationship and asked the new government to listen, engage and collaborate with all factions of the industry.
The organisation highlighted a number of policy measures and reforms that it says could be introduced relatively quickly.
Letters to the tourism minister, aviation minister and immigration minister have been drafted and will be sent as soon as they are appointed.
The government engagement is to be expanded over the summer with plans to liaise with the Department of Education and Department for Business and Trade regarding the long-term growth of the sector.
The association will also provide tools to allow members to engage with their local MPs and educate them about how the inbound visitor economy supports jobs and growth in their constituency.
UKinbound chief executive Joss Croft said: We would like to extend a warm welcome to prime minister Sir Keir Starmer, his cabinet members and wider ministerial team.
As the UK’s second largest service export industry, with potential to grow 20% by 2027, the inbound visitor economy is ideally placed to be a key driver of the government’s new growth mission.
The majority of our policy ideas and reforms require no additional economic intervention, which we hope will be viewed favourably by this new government.
With the right policy and regulatory frameworks in place, inbound tourism can have a sustainable long-term positive impact on regional economies up and down the country and sustain hundreds of thousands of jobs.
We are committed to working constructively with this new government and look forward to developing a long-term collaborative relationship.
