UKinbound urges members 'to not give up and continue lobbying'
Will PayneUKinbound has urged its 300 members to contact their MP and ask them to hold the UK government to account regarding the need for sector specific support and the "crippling effect" the day two PCR test is having on the industry.
Members were issued with a template letter which explained that businesses in the inbound tourism industry "face an unprecedented cliff edge when furlough ends on 1 October, due to a colossal lack of understanding about the industry and its recovery".
The letter highlighted that the government will "miss its own 2021 tourism recovery plan target", it will "fail to deliver a successful schedule of global events" in 2022 and the UK’s fifth largest export industry, inbound tour operators, will be "unable to generate meaningful demand".
The letter also claimed that the day two PCR test arrivals are required to take is the "single biggest barrier stopping the industry from beginning a meaningful recovery".
Joss Croft, chief executive of UKinbound, said the inbound tourism sector "can’t afford to accept the responses given to date from government regarding their lack of support for the industry".
"It’s clear that many departments, specifically the Treasury, don’t truly understand the gravity of removing furlough and the short and long term consequences of not providing sector specific support to the UK’s fifth largest export industry," he added.
"Many parliamentarians across the UK have stood up for inbound, which has been absolutely invaluable, but we urgently need more to do so."
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