Tanzer continued: “We know the next parliament will make critical decisions that will shape the future of our industry – including on investments in the development of domestic sustainable aviation fuels industry, setting the rules for aviation and cruise around emissions, reforming education provision, and addressing our future relationship with the European Union.
“While Abta will be directly engaging and contacting all candidates across the country to share our own data and evidence on the importance of travel, the voice of local businesses is especially important to local candidates and I would urge everyone in the industry to speak up and have their voices heard.”
Julia Lo Bue-Said, chief executive of the Advantage Travel Partnership, said: “We look forward to reading the manifestos put forward by all political parties and hope they recognise the strong contribution the UK outbound travel sector delivers to the UK economy, and the crucial role played by small and medium-sized businesses.”