£750m boost as millions of tourists flock to Coventry

Coventry sees an influx of 11m people visit the city in 2022, beating its tourism record in 2019.

The City of Culture programme from 2021 to 2022 saw a range of events and workshops taking place across the cityMore than 11m people paid a visit to the city in 2022, an increase of 3m from the previous year.

The boost saw an extra £750m added to the city's economy and has beaten the previous tourism record in 2019. "The pandemic had a really decimating effect on our visitor economy, it wiped 60% off in terms of volume and value of visitors.

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