Priti Patel backs English Tourism Week: 17-25 March 2018
Tourism is the third largest employer across the England, every day supporting 2.6 million jobs and is a major employer of school leavers, young people and entrepreneurs. Promoting tourism week with the Tourism Minister Michael Ellis MP, Priti said ‘ The visitor economy is worth £106 billion a year to England supporting thousands of businesses and impacting on the performance of supplier industries including farming, transport, retailing, sport, museums and galleries, the theatre and other performing arts. Across the beautiful county of Essex we have many fantastic attractions, stunning historic houses, rivers, waterways and places to visit all of which are well worth a visit all year round.