DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/1e2a53/united_kingdom_tou) has announced the addition of the "United Kingdom Tourism Report Q1 2012" report to their offering.
A great number of visitors will be travelling to the UK to attend or be a part of the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics in London. While tourism in 2012 will increase due to the amount of people from around the world attending the games - BMI forecasts 35.08mn tourist arrivals in 2012 - arrivals are also forecast to increase following the events. The legacy effect' of the games, thanks to the media exposure and publicity associated with the Olympics (3.9bn people watched the games in Sydney in 2000) can last for up to a decade following the event. According to research by the national tourism agency VisitBritain, VisitLondon and Oxford Economics, in the post-games period of 2013-2017, a legacy effect of GBP1.27bn is forecast for the UK and of GBP0.88bn for London.
UK transport group Stobart is working on expanding Southend Airport, which is a 50-minute train ride from London, into another feeder for the capital. The group is hoping to capitalise on the increase in air traffic associated with the Olympic Games in 2012. Stobart has completed the construction of a new railway station and control tower, while the runway extension and airport hotel construction are ongoing. Stobart expects Air Arann to carry 300,000 passengers a year to Southend. In April 2012, easyJet plans to begin flights from the airport.
After dropping in 2009 to less than US$27.14mn, tourist expenditure started to climb back up in 2010, reaching US$29.41mn by the end of the year. BMI forecasts expenditure by tourists in the UK to continue to increase to US$32.02mn in 2011 and US$34.16 in 2012, before reaching almost US$40mn by 2015.
Companies Mentioned:
- BAA
- British Airways
- Thomas Cook
- Whitbread
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