NEWS | IN BRIEF
Britain’s big industrial towns are gaining ground on London as tourist destinations for overseas visitors, according to a survey by Visit Britain. While the capital tops the list of cities most visited by foreigners, with nearly 15m overnight-stay trips from overseas visitors a year, Edinburgh took second place and Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow all proved popular. Average annual figures for city visits from 2006 to last year show Edinburgh had 1.3m overnight-stay trips, Manchester just under 900,000, Birmingham 737,000 and Glasgow 687,000. London was top for holidays, with 6.65m overnight stays, and also for business trips, which accounted for 3.2m visits.