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Abta: ‘Big weeks ahead’ for travel as party conference season begins

Business
Harry Kemble
22 September 2023

Abta will attend the three main political party conferences this autumn to highlight the importance of the outbound travel industry to the UK economy and discuss how MPs can support the sector.

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The UK outbound travel industry contributes £49 billion to the UK economy, Abta says

Conference season kicks off this week with the Liberal Democrat conference in Bournemouth, followed by the Conservative Party conference in Manchester before Labour’s get-together in Liverpool.

Abta confirmed its proposals to extend the youth mobility scheme to EU countries to make up for the loss, post-Brexit, of the ability to post workers overseas would be a key focus for its lobby effort.

Luke Petherbridge, Abta’s director of public affairs, said: “It’s a big few weeks for UK politics as the major parties use their conferences to kick-start their election campaigns and make their cases for why they should be given the keys to Number 10 at the next election.