The report, Outbound travel: a catalyst for jobs, growth and wellbeing, said the outbound industry could be worth £62 billion a year to the UK economy and bring an additional 146,000 direct and supply chain jobs in the next five years.
Published on Wednesday (11 June) to coincide with the government’s Spending Review and Abta’s Travel Matters conference in London, the report said: “As the government focuses on the delivery of growth, the role of outbound as a catalyst for other parts of tourism must be recognised.”
