With the uncertainty of Brexit and whether people and families can holiday in Europe post-Brexit given the uncertainty of having to get visas, travel issues or increases in holiday prices, let alone the value of sterling against other currencies, there will be an increase in the number of people staying and taking their holidays in the UK.
This would be a welcome boost for the local tourism industry and associated industries including restaurants, cafes, tourist attractions and hotels. In particular, it would be an opportunity for social enterprises in these industries to benefit from increased trade too as more and more people are discerning about where their hard earned money is being spent. A definitive listing or database of social enterprises operating in the travel, tourism, catering and hospitality industries would be beneficial to allow them to benefit from an increase in domestic tourism. Having said this, an increase in staycations would require existing and new tourism and hospitality businesses to be able to increase staff in their establishments therefore, ways in which employers can attract people into the industries to deal with the current skills shortage will be essential; this is something where social enterprises who help train disadvantaged groups in hospitality, catering, food preparation and tourism skills can play their part as well as industry initiatives to raise awareness of hospitality, travel and tourism as being careers of choice rather than a short term job between education and other career options.
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