HC Deb 05 February 1988 vol 126 c790W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what initiatives have been taken by his Department to attract overseas visitors from Japan to visit the countries of Britain.

Mr. Lee

Japan is an increasingly important market and determined efforts are directed by the British tourist authiority towards encouraging Japanese people to undertake longer stays in Britain to enable them to visit as much of the country as possible. The 267,000 visitors to the United Kingdom from Japan in 1987 showed a 30 per cent. increase on 1986.