§ 17. Mr. DykesTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if she will commission a study of the different cross-channel transport modes as means of promoting tourism to the United Kingdom. [7611]
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe British Tourist Authority continues to research opportunities in Europe and to work closely with the airlines, ferry companies and channel tunnel operators to promote Britain as a tourist destination.
The growth in tourism from western Europe has been spectacular: it increased by 15 per cent. in 1995, and by 17 per cent. in the year to September 1996.