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The tourism industry is worth more than £15bn to London’s economy, more than any other region in the United Kingdom, new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have shown, City A.M. can report.
Foreign visitors in the British capital on holidays and business, along with day-trippers from the rest of the UK spent more than £36bn in London in 2013 out of a total of £130bn around the country during 2013.
The ONS said this spend created a total contribution to the UK economy, measured in gross value added of £59bn, and expects it to have been worth more than £60bn in 2015.
Read the full story here: http://www.cityam.com/240778/london-tops-the-uk-as-tourism-hotspot-with-tourists-spending-36bn-a-year-in-the-capital
News source: www.cityam.com
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