North East backs caravanners in £10bn tourism vision

A spokesperson for the North East Combined Authority (North East CA) told Out & About Live:

"We have ambitious plans to double the size of our visitor economy and that includes attracting more people from the UK, as well as the rest of the world, to discover our spectacular living history, castles and dramatic coastline, as well as our wild moors, walks and wildlife.

"We will be investing in tourism as part of our ten-year local growth plan to build a £10 billion pound industry. Caravan and motorhome tourism will be an important contributor to this, and domestic touring is definitely part of the mix we want to attract given the open spaces and big skies we have to offer.

"We’re in the process of creating a new tourism agency for the North East which will then drive our promotional activity and work with grassroots providers like caravan parks and campsites. We’re at an early stage since the Combined Authority was created last year but we’ll involve the industry as we move forward.

"The 28 Years Later campaign was part of the wider VisitBritain’s #StarringGreatBritain campaign which promotes popular film and TV destinations. We hope the locations used in the film will be a powerful draw to bring both domestic and international tourists to our region."

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