Next six months 'critical' to inbound tourism recovery

Furthermore, the organisation claimed a new five-year visitor visa would ensure the UK’s visa and entry systems are globally competitive, and boosting VisitBritain’s budget so it can increase marketing efforts will help drive additional revenue.
 
Its final request was to freeze Air Passenger Duty (APD) for the remainder of the parliamentary term.
  
"The upcoming Budget presents a fantastic opportunity to implement policies that will not only enable government and the industry to reach these targets but surpass them," Croft said.

"The next six months are critical to our industry’s recovery and its ability to bring significant new export revenue into the country, and taxation to the Treasury, which will directly aid the UK’s balance sheet, and crucially support the Government’s Global Britain ambitions."