Tourism is an important but often overlooked source of UK export earnings, with overseas visitors spending over £18bn annually in the UK. Increasing numbers of visitors from fast-growing emerging economies are helping to reduce the tourism industry’s reliance on European travellers, and so aiding the economy’s external rebalancing. But their propensity to visit London is exacerbating imbalances within the UK economy.
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