Städtetourismus

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Selling

the

City:

Changes

in

Urban

Tourism

within

the

UK

2.

The

demand

for

urban

tourism

We

have

already

hinted

at

the

size

of

the

urban

tourism

market,

both

domestically

and

in

in-

ternational

terms.

Of

course,

London

dominates

the

market,

accounting

for

52%

of

all

over-

seas

visitors

to

the

UK

but,

as

table

1

shows,

a

number

of

other

cities

receive

significant

num-

bers

of

international

tourists.

The

overseas

market

is

complex

and

subject

to

sudden

down-

turns,

conditioned

by

crisis

events

(Glaesser

2003).

The

growing

fear

of

terrorism

after

Sep-

tember

11th

has

had

a

massive

impact

on

trans-Atlantic

visits,

whilst

the

outbreak

of

Foot

and

Mouth

further

compounded

a

short-term

dip

in

visits

to

the

UK.

Table

1:

Main

UK

cites

for

overseas

tourists

TOP

TEN

TOWNS

FOR