Tours Of London Proving Popular As An Alternative Holiday
The amout of domestic, UK based, tourists visiting London appears to be on the rise as many budget conscious holiday makers deccide to stay at home rather than go abroad as the current economic climate eats into savings.
Whilst the terrible world recession has affected all kinds of holiday and travel related sales including both domestic and foreign vacations, London seems to have profited in terms of a marked increase in UK citizens visiting its attractions.
Graham Powell of London tours company, Country Travel Tours, says: “We’ve definitely noticed an increase in demand for our London tour guide service and more than ever our customers are UK residents, many even local to London.
In addition to growing demand for Tours of London, the capitals museums and galleries are seeingh an increase in visitor numberts. This trend can be seen throughout the rest of the UK and believed to be a side effect of a decrease in people’s disposable income and a view that a cheap or sometimes even free visit to the local art gallery museum is a good alternative to an expensive night out on the tiles.
One interesting twist on this apparent good news is that most London hotels are reporting declining occupancy levels which would seem to contradict any apparent influx in domestic visitors to London. However it can be argued that this is simply a sign of the nature of the visits to London. Graham Powell explains: “What we have been seeing is more day trippers coming to London rather than say week long holiday makers using our London tour service. We also get many people tell us they are staying with family or friends in or close to London instead of booking hotels in the city.”
London tour guides guides and museums aside, for many suffering business reliant on tourism in London the 2012 Olympics cant come soon enough.
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