HC Deb 01 March 1988 vol 128 c530W
22. Sir Marcus Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on his Department's proposals to encourage tourism in the inner cities.

Mr. Lee

Inner city tourism will continue to benefit from the English tourist board's section 4 financial assistance, its tourism development action programmes, and other strategic development initiatives. The ETB is participating in the "Great English City Breaks" campaign to promote weekend breaks to the 14 cities currently involved. The British Tourist Authority is also involved in a number of joint marketing schemes to attract foreign tourism to inner cities.