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A History of the County of Chester
… in the public and financial sectors, and by the rise of tourism. Economic growth was accompanied by a pioneering and …
A History of the County of Chester
… a summer music festival was staged every year. 9 'Cultural tourism', one of few growth areas in the 1990s, was seen as …
A History of the County of Chester
… the Chester mystery plays. 12 By then provision for tourism had become an acknowledged public service. Annual …
A History of the County of Chester
… in the recession of the mid 1970s. 7 The importance of tourism to the city's prosperity was more fully appreciated … lived outside Chester. In 1964 the city's attitude to tourism could still be condemned as 'passive and uncertain': … past failings and was budgeting £10,000 a year to promote tourism. 8 The notion that a university might be an economic …
A History of the County of Chester
… dependent on a wide range of employment in retailing, tourism, the professions, and the public sector. The city … in relation to the new competitors. The significance of tourism to Chester's economy grew enormously between the mid … and £150 million annually in the city centre. Even in 1983 tourism was reckoned to support 4,000 jobs. British visitors …
A History of the County of Sussex
… the conference and management training markets as well as tourism and had two squash courts, a swimming pool, and a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in the village. The great increase in motoring and tourism during the 20th century had brought two garages and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… feast. An annual Arts week was launched in 1988. 466 Tourism in and around Witney was being promoted by the 1930s, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… town by providing direct employment and the benefits of tourism. The town's elite was drawn from a wider range of … shops and 4 cafes, 87 and by the 1980s the dependence on tourism was even more marked. Long lived businesses, besides …
A History of the County of Oxford
… depended directly or indirectly on the palace and estate. Tourism became central to the town's economy, stimulating the … fashionable boarding schools. Woodstock's fame through tourism was reflected in the large number of places in the … left Woodstock unable to compete with larger market towns. Tourism, however, continued to supplement the town's function …