Sir, I was dismayed to read that Gordon Brown wants us all to aspire to holidays abroad (report, Jan 16). Tourism is one of Britain’s biggest industries; it employs more than two million people and contributes 4 per cent of GDP. Yet every year Britain runs up a tourism deficit of £17 billion, largely because of our love of overseas holidays.
Surely the Prime Minister should be doing everything he can to encourage people to have wonderful holidays in Britain, rather than shovel them on to cramped charter flights to enrich other nations and impoverish our own?
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Richard Carrick
CEO, Hoseasons