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London, United Kingdom

By: Susanne Bauer
In: The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Travel and Tourism
Edited by: Linda L. Lowry
Subject:Hospitality, Travel & Tourism Management
Keywords:cultural tourism; holidays; holidays abroad; London; mayors; museums; tourism

Tourism is one of the United Kingdom’s biggest industries along with finance, chemicals, retail, manufacturing, and construction, and it has the potential to become an even more important part of the United Kingdom’s economy in coming years. According to the Tourism Alliance, in 2015, the United Kingdom was the eighth-largest international tourism destination in the world ranked by visitor numbers. This “underlines the tourism industry’s substantial contribution to UK economic prosperity” (para. 1).

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Within these statistics, London is the top tourist destination in the United Kingdom for overseas as well as for domestic tourists because of its strong cultural heritage, its vibrant nightlife, dining scene, and an almost unrivaled retail offering. London maintains its popularity among tourist destinations because of its extensive range of things ...

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  Bauer, S. (2017). London, united kingdom. In L. Lowry (Ed.), The sage international encyclopedia of travel and tourism (pp. 768-770). SAGE Publications, Inc, https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483368924.n282
  
  Bauer, Susanne. "London, United Kingdom." In The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Travel and Tourism, edited by Lowry, Linda L., 768-70. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2017. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483368924.n282.
  
  Bauer, S. 2017. London, United Kingdom. In: Linda L. Lowry Editor, 2017. The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Travel and Tourism, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 768-770 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483368924.n282> [Accessed 20 Jan 2022].
  
  Bauer, Susanne. "London, United Kingdom." The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Travel and Tourism. Edited by Linda L. Lowry. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2017, pp. 768-70. SAGE Knowledge. 20 Jan 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483368924.n282.
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