Tourism
The Bradford District contains some of the most visited ‘hotspots’ in the UK and the numbers descending on them are increasing every year.
Brontë Country is an area including Western parts of the City as well as the area to the west. The City of Bradford includes the town of Haworth and the village of Thornton, the birthplace of the Brontë sisters.
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, Ilkley’s Cow and Calf Rocks, Bradford’s National Media Museum, Bradford City Park, Cartwright Hall, Little Germany, Saltaire village (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) and Salts Mill are key attractions that draw visitors from across the globe.
The City of Bradford has also become the first UNESCO City of Film.
Annual events such as the Bradford Film Festival, Bradford Mela, Bingley Music Live, Ilkley Literature Festival, Haworth’s 1940s weekend, Saltaire Festival and special Christmas events take place across the district.
The value of tourism to the district’s economy stands at more than £500 million a year, with an estimated 8.6 million day trips within the district. The impact of this is more than 13,500 jobs supported by the tourism and retail sector.
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The National Media Museum in Bradford
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Salts Mill in Saltaire
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Cow and Calf Rocks
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Main Street in Haworth
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Famous quotes containing the word tourism:
“In the middle ages people were tourists because of their religion, whereas now they are tourists because tourism is their religion.”
—Robert Runcie (b. 1921)