VISITOR numbers are ‘trending in the right direction’, with overall summer figures up on last year but still below pre-pandemic levels, according to the chief executive of Visit Jersey.
While this June’s total holiday visits were 139% up on the same month last year, Amanda Burns said that the level of French visitors had fallen by two thirds since 2019.
Reflecting on the industry’s contribution to the economy, she said that more than a quarter of a billion pounds had been spent locally by visitors over the past year.
Referencing the positive June figures, Ms Burns said: ‘It will take time to fully recover the tourism economy to pre-Covid levels, but figures for Jersey are trending in the right direction and are on par with…
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