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Britain's major tourism trade event set for next month in Brighton

Xinhua, February 22, 2017 Adjust font size:

Britain's largest ever global tourism trade event is to be staged next month at the English seaside resort of Brighton.

VisitBritain said Tuesday more than 400 international buyers from 40 countries and regions would head to the two-day event on March 2.

There they will meet with travel industry suppliers from across England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Buyers from Britain's largest and most valuable inbound visitor markets are expected to attend, said a spokeswoman for VisitBritain.

The latest figures from VisitBritain show there were 37.3 million visits to Britain last year, up 3.0 percent on 2015 with visitors spending 22.2 billion pounds (28 billion U.S. dollars), matching 2015's record spend.

The figures showed growth in 2016 from North America with 4.3 million visits, up 7.0 percent on 2015. There were a record 25.3 million visits from people from the European Union (EU) in 2016, up 4.0 percent on 2015. Endit