Yorkshire Tourist Board – Back to basics

In the highly competitive tourism market, Yorkshire faced very obvious opposition from what were perceived as more "glamorous" foreign destinations for consumers to take a break.
Agency: Smarter CommunicationsAuthors: Mark Ellis, Graham Hawkey-Smith, Jeremy Aspinall, Justine Kwaan, Chris Robinson and Joanna Royle

Yorkshire Tourist Board – Back to basics

1.1 AN INTRODUCTION TO YORKSHIRE TOURIST BOARD

YTB has a remit to grow tourism revenue from outside the region. It is funded by Yorkshire Forward, one of England's nine Regional Development Agencies, which in turn is sponsored by the DTI.

1.2 MEASURES OF SUCCESS

A key factor in measuring ROMI lies in calculating contribution margin. The tourism revenue calculated in our model includes everything from camping and caravanning to museum tickets and hotel nights,...

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