Sports and Tourism Minister visits South West
Hugh Robertson heads to the South West for his first visit as Tourism Minister
Robertson yesterday visited聽, one of 鈥檚 strategic partners. Destination Bristol聽has recently been awarded 拢500,000 from the Regional Growth Fund as part of the 鈥樷�� programme. The funding will support its most ambitious marketing campaign ever in 2013 to encourage more UK residents to holiday at home.
During his visit he had a roundtable discussion with industry leaders from the area to discuss how Bristol can continue to grow its tourism sector. Bristol was the fourth most-visited English destination聽 last year with 1.83 million trips.聽 It is also聽the fifth most-visited English destination by overseas visitors, attracting 432,000 visitors who spend 2.6 million nights in the city each year.聽
Ahead of the trip to Bristol, Hugh Robertson visited Taunton to give a keynote speech at . The event was to help the region look at how they can take forward the success of the summer, including helping to . Robertson congratulated them on their success, saying聽that a legacy focused around sporting, economic and social benefits were a .