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Energy costs and staffing remain ‘key barriers’ to inbound tourism growth

Destinations
Will Payne
13 January 2023

Despite confidence levels for inbound tourism returning to pre-pandemic levels, supply-side capacity issues and difficulty with staffing across the sector will continue to hamper the industry’s recovery in 2023, according to UKInbound.

UKinbound chief executive Joss Croft

The message comes after the association undertook its latest business barometer member survey in December 2022.
 
Conducted by Qa Research, the survey shows expected or confirmed bookings for Q1 of 2023 are at the same level or higher than they were before the pandemic for more than half of businesses.