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Tourists discouraged from entering the UK – exchange rate evaluation
4th May 2011
Economic theory suggests that when a country has a relatively weak currency like our own, tourism should take a boost as foreigners will be attracted by cheaper prices.
The first 2 minutes of this video are great for an evaluation point as despite having a weaker currency than Europe, we are attracting a lot less tourists from China and India than Germany and France. The cause seems to be too much red tape and high visa costs.
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