TOURISM agency VisitBritain this week forecast strong growth for UK tourism in 2024, predicting spending of £34.1billion by international visitors (up seven per cent on 2023; which is up 20 per cent on 2019). Furthermore, 39.5 million visits are forecast (up 5 per cent on the 37.8 million in 2023) – which is only 3 per cent down on pre- Covid levels. The message is that Britain is bouncing back after the global pandemic, and its American visitors who have largely driven the recovery, with separate figures revealing how a record 1.3 million US tourists came in spring. Americans have always had a love affair with the capital. In…
