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Written question asked by Baroness Doocey (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 22 July 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 August 2019. It was answered by Baroness Barran (Conservative) on Monday, 5 August 2019 on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.


VisitBritain and VisitEngland: Finance

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the return amount from the grant-in-aid investments in (1) VisitBritian, and (2) VisitEngland, by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in each of the last two years.

Answer

British Tourist Authority analysis suggests they generated £1,055m in 2017-18, equating to a return on investment of 25:1. This is an increase on £867m in 2016-17, which equates to a return on investment of 20:1. They are unable to provide a return on investment estimate for VisitEngland or VisitBritain activity specifically.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL17343
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Finance VisitEngland VisitBritain
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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