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Tourism Strategy Workshop in Scarborough

Tourism businesses on the North Yorkshire Coast are taking part in a workshop today to help formulate a new tourism strategy for the county.

North Yorkshire Council is holding the event in Scarborough as part of it's consultation process for a new destination management plan

Council leader - Carl Les - says they want people from across the visitor economy to take part in the consultation.

Businesses from across the visitor economy have been invited to offer their input into North Yorkshire Council's draft destination management plan.

Councillor Carl Les - says they want to create a strategy that reflects local views.

Invitations have been sent out to tourism businesses for the workshops, which are free and will be staged both in person and online.

One of the workshops will be at Scarborough Rugby Club on Thursday May 18th between 11am and 1pm. Two online sessions will also be held from 5.30pm to 7pm on Tuesday, May 23, and then from noon until 1.30pm on Thursday, May 25.

A survey of North Yorkshire's visitor economy is also being conducted to allow a greater understanding of the views of industry.  

The questionnaire will focus on accommodation, attractions and experiences, food and drink, festivals and events, as well as heritage and culture, landscape and countryside, towns and villages, access and transportation and visitor services.

The questionnaire on North Yorkshire’s visitor economy is available at https://cvent.me/YB2V7D, and will take no longer than 10 minutes to complete.

The draft destination management plan is due to be finalised by the end of June, before being presented to councillors the following month.

A bid is then due to be submitted to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in September for North Yorkshire to be home to a Local Visitor Economy Partnership (LVEP), which will involve both the private and public sectors and will need to follow a new national process to be eligible for support and potential funding from the Government.

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