Careers:: TOPICS

Abstract

Britain's tourist industry offers one of the most hopeful prospects for new job creation, but cannot be exploited until it is freed from the many restrictions and negative attitudes which are hampering its natural development says a major report New Jobs from Pleasure produced by Robert Banks MP, Vice Chairman of the All‐Party Tourism Group. It recommends that the Prime Minister should appoint the Minister without portfolio, Lord Young, to integrate the relevant responsibilities of the eleven government departments concerned with Britain's tourist industry, so as to take full advantage of its expansion potential to create new jobs. It also calls for a Development of Tourism Bill which would include changes to the Youth Training Scheme, the establishment of a College of Tourism, the introduction of flexible licensing hours, the abolition of restrictions on Sunday trading, changes to planning procedures, amendments to regional policy, and the possible merger of the English Tourist Board and British Tourist Authority.

Citation

(1985), "Careers:: TOPICS", Education + Training, Vol. 27 No. 4, pp. 120-120. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb017131