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Brexit ban on EU ID cards ‘disastrous act of economic self-harm’, says tourism boss
(www.independent.co.uk)
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
With visitor numbers to leading UK tourist attractions struggling since the pandemic, a tourism leader has put part of the blame on Britain’s ban on Europeans travelling on ID cards.
After Brexit, the UK banned EU citizens from making business or leisure trips with their national identity cards.
The government’s central forecast in its impact assessment is that the UK would lose 890,000 visits by European citizens each year, with a financial loss of £590m.
The main beneficiaries of the UK imposing extra red tape on prospective language students are Ireland, Malta and the United States.
In 2022, Patricia Yates, chief executive of VisitBritain, told MPs: “You will find destinations like Hastings absolutely decimated by a lack of school visits.”
Talks are understood to have taken place between senior UK tourism figures and opposition politicians on the prospect of widening exemptions swiftly were a Labour government to be elected.
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