Football and fashion prove UK’s tourism drawcards
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Football and fashion have been drawing record numbers of Gulf tourists to the UK with visitor numbers from the region up 9% in 2009 compared to 2008.VisitBritain said some 494,000 Gulf tourists made trips to the UK in 2009 and visitors from Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE said they were attracted by fashion shopping opportunities as well as the chance to watch Britain’s increasingly world-famous Premier League football clubs.Gulf tourism makes an important contribution to the UK economy. The average amount that visitors from the region spent in 2009 while in this country was
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