Voted as the 'European Capital of Culture', 2008, Liverpool Tourism is expected to reap great benefits from this cultural extravaganza, which would draw thousands of tourists to the city.
The Liverpool tourism sector is all set to welcome tourists from all over the world and is expected to witness a huge boom this year as it has been named as the 'European Capital of Culture' for the year 2008. The city is likely to welcome about 1.5 million visitors this year and special provisions are being made to provide all kinds of facilities to the visitors. The companies related to hospitality, leisure and tourism sector of the city are making all possible efforts to provide efficient quality customer services to the visitors in order to capitalize from the anticipated growth of visitors to the city.
Liverpool Tourism Industry
As per the latest surveys, the Liverpool tourism industry currently receives about 10 million visitors in a year accounting for nearly £1 billion of the region's economy. Liverpool has been declared as a World Heritage City and the city has many tourist attractions, which draw thousands of visitors each year. All these tourist attraction sites are refurbished and renovated so that more and more people are drawn towards them.
|
Accommodation in Liverpool
As per the current surveys, the total percentage of hotel occupancy in the city stood at 72% in the year 2002 but this percentage has grown in the last few years. Many new hotels have also opened up in the city in the past three years solving the accommodation problem of the tourists visiting the city.
Liverpool Transportation
Liverpool Airport is undoubtedly one of the fastest growing European airports and reportedly served about 2.8 million passengers in the year 2000. The city also boasts of an extremely well served international port, which makes it accessible from different parts of the world.
The city is expected to welcome more than 2 million visitors who would take part in the different entertainment and cultural festivals of the city to be held as part of the 'Capital of Culture' program. This event would bring the cosmopolitan nature of the city to the limelight and artists and spectators from various parts of the globe will visit the city. The tourism industry of Liverpool is supposedly going to benefit the maximum from this international event.
|
