Tourism is worth nearly ^400 million a year to Bath, new figures show. Research by South West Tourism shows visitors who stayed at least a night in Bath and north east Somerset spent a total of ^221.5 million in 2006 (link below.)
http://thisisbath.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=180730&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232315&home=yes&more_nodeId1=163047&contentPK=20496474The income is split between ^148 million from the pockets of British tourists and ^73.5 million from international visitors.
Another ^161.5 million was spent by daytrippers, and there was another ^14.7 million of other tourism-related expenditure - mainly made up of spending on food and entertainment by residents playing host to friends and families.
The total tourism income added up to ^397.8 million and supported 8,578 jobs.
