Tourism Industry

Part of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport – in the House of Commons at on 16 September 2021.

Alert me about debates like this

Photo of Sally-Ann Hart Sally-Ann Hart Conservative, Hastings and Rye

Tourism and hospitality has often been viewed as a Cinderella industry, but we know, particularly after covid-19, how vital it is not only to local economies such as mine in Hastings and Rye—of which it represents more than 30%—but to the UK economy, and also what a wide range of opportunities it offers globally. What steps is my hon. Friend taking to encourage people, particularly the young, to choose this industry as a fantastic career path?