Paul Baumann, receiver general at Westminster Abbey, said the Queen\u2019s platinum jubilee in early June had \u201ccreated a buzz\u201d around the church, in which 39 coronations have taken place since 1066, providing a \u201cpriceless advertisement\u201d for visitors from around the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf they\u2019re going to go somewhere for their first trip after the pandemic, it strikes me that the place most Americans reach for first is the UK,\u201d said Baumann. He added that the UK had \u201cshaken off\u201d the bad publicity it received early on in the pandemic when it was derided as \u201cplague island\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cEuropeans\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009were first to return, and now we\u2019re seeing Americans returning to London in significant numbers, and that\u2019s particularly important because they prioritise going to visitor attractions and are big spenders,\u201d said Bernard Donoghue, chief executive of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions, adding that sterling falling by 13 per cent against the dollar since the start of the year had been a boon to tourism from the US.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n US tourists drive rebound in foreign visitors to London\u2019s top attractions https:\/\/t.co\/Y1KzAQrN63<\/a><\/p>\n — Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) July 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n