Tourism (Far East and Japan) (Hansard, 6 December 1988)

HC Deb 06 December 1988 vol 143 c139W 139W

§ 37. Mr. Harry Greenway
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the Government's proposals to encourage visitors to the United Kingdom from the far east and Japan.

§ Mr. Lee
The far east and Japan are increasingly important tourism markets, and the British Tourist Authority has developed a number of marketing initiatives specifically to increase visitor numbers from these areas. There were some 320,000 visitors to the United Kingdom from the region in the first six months of 1988, an increase of 24 per cent. over the same period in 1987.