UK tourism: Good news?

[GPSS]

With the recent falls in the value of the pound, V's the Dollar and the Euro, would I be right in thinking that prospects look good for the UK tourist industry, for 2009.

[V8mate]

Definitely.

[Jasper Gilder]

Depends on the weather - Summers like the one we didn't have in 2008 are not good for trade!

[V8mate]

I disagree. People plan international holidays well in advance; not watch a weather forecast and then decide to travel overseas 'tomorrow'.

[Roo.]

Because 2006 wasn't bad we decided to go to the Channel Islands last year as opposed to the States. Weather was awful so this year we returned to the US.

However, due to money and other reasons, we've already decided that next year we're going to Yorkshire. Weather doesn't need to be brilliant if there are plenty of things to see and do.

[dcb]

GPSS said:

With the recent falls in the value of the pound, V's the Dollar and the Euro, would I be right in thinking that prospects look good for the UK tourist industry, for 2009.

Possibly.

In my experience, most foreign tourists visit London, Stonehenge,
Bath, York and maybe Edinburgh.

I rarely find them elsewhere, although the Germans on Lindisfarne
I found once, seemed to be coping well with the local accents.

It's certainly the case that few tourists come to the UK for the weather
or the food.

From a motoring perspective, they won't be coming here for the woeful
state of the motorways, the plethora of speed and SPECS cameras, lousy lane
discipline or the traffic jams.