Making tourism work for York
After listening to your views as a vital part of the Our City Centre York project (previously named the My City Centre York project), the Our City Centre York vision was approved.
Tourism is a core part of the York’s economy, supporting many businesses and jobs, particularly for those who are more deprived, and those who rely on the flexibility of part time employment.
Without visitors to the city we would also struggle to sustain the wide variety of shops and facilities which we benefit from. Tourism does create impacts too though - the sector tends to be less well paid, and there is a sentiment in feedback that more facilities and amenities are directed to visitors than to residents.
We want to:
- rebalance our relationship with tourism
- bring greater benefits from tourism
- reduce some of the negative impacts of tourism, caused by a minority who don’t respect our city
The vision ideas for making tourism work for York
Explore and encourage:
- adopting and implementing the York Tourism Strategy
- a mechanism for visitors to make voluntary financial contributions which offset their impact and support our communities
- improving the quality of jobs in the tourism sector
- providing targeted priority measures for residents
Also see
Our City Centre York
Delivering a new vision for York’s city centre