8.1e What are the drivers of spatial differences in the UK visitor economy?
Background
We have a vision to put the UK among the world’s most dynamic, inclusive, and regenerative visitor economies - one that delivers regional growth, opportunity, and community pride across the country. To achieve this, DCMS needs to better understand drivers and influences of tourism, ‘what works’ in growing and improving the visitor offer, and therefore visitor number and spend across the whole of the UK, whilst considering the social and environmental impact of tourism. Gaining a more detailed understanding of the sector workforce and businesses, as well as making more intelligent use of data are also important research priorities. DCMS is keen to ground this understanding in place-based approaches, for example those focused on coastal and rural locations, and how issues of seasonality impact the sector. Place-based approaches cover a range of perspectives, for example visitor economy assets and services and experiences as part of wider local social, cultural and economic infrastructure.
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Related UKRI funded projects
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Climate change and the tourism sector: impacts and adaptations at visitor attractions
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Why might this be relevant?
This project specifically focuses on the relationship between weather/climate and visitation to attractions, which directly addresses the drivers of spatial differences in the UK visitor economy.
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Safe Access Booking for Recreation (SABRe)
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Why might this be relevant?
While this project aims to reinvigorate the rural tourism economy and encourage visitors to return to outdoor recreational pursuits, it does not directly address the drivers of spatial differences in the UK visitor economy.
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The sectoral economic impacts of COVID-19 on the tourism economy: a regional analysis focussed on Scotland
The broad patterns of changes in tourism induced by Covid-19 and the resulting containment measures - a sharp and sudden fall in international arrivals and lower international travel to the UK, plus reduced intra-UK dome...
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Why might this be relevant?
This project focuses on the economic impacts of COVID-19 on the tourism industry in Scotland, which provides insights into the broader impacts on the UK visitor economy but does not directly address the drivers of spatial differences.