ABTA 2004 Reports: Inbound tourism heads for record year

Travelmole Reports that:

:: "Regional cities in the UK have done particularly well, with overseas tourism to Birmingham up 60 per cent; Manchester up 35 per cent and Brighton up 12 per cent"

::"Inbound tourism is expected to hit record levels this year with an estimated 26.4m people visiting Britain"

::"Tourism was now worth 76bn pounds and predicted it would rise to 100bn pounds in 2010. However, spending by tourists had yet to reach 2000 levels"