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Coronavirus to cost UK tourism industry £37billion this year alone
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The British tourist industry is set to lose and astonishing £37billion this year alone thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. Losses are being felt from the sharp decline in visitors both from outside the UK and the domestic market - with concerns high more companies will go to the wall in autumn, a parliamentary committee heard.
Patricia Yates, acting chief executive at Visit Britain, said 2020 has to be the "year of domestic tourism" but there will be a serious challenge in convincing people it is safe to travel.
She told the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee: "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 £26.6 billion coming from
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