In a bid to showcase the choices of the nation within the Center East, VisitBritain hosted its highway present in UAE, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. It’s targeted on inspiring guests to discover extra, journey additional and keep longer after they go to Britain, driving development past London and throughout extra of the yr.

Tricia Warwick, director of Asia Pacific, Center East and Africa mentioned: “We’re delighted to proceed internet hosting these coaching occasions throughout the GCC to construct on the expansion, and amplifying our digital advertising actions to showcase how accessible Britain is for guests from the GCC.”

The newest figures present that GCC rose 12% and 5% respectively evaluating visits and spend in January – September 2019 in comparison with the primary 9 months of 2018. General, there have been a complete of 723,000 visits, a brand new first nine-month document, with these guests spending as much as GBP 1.4 billion (USD 1.81 billion) within the UK throughout these months.