WATCH NOW: OxLEP digital Q&A: 'How can Oxfordshire’s world-class visitor economy recover from the Coronavirus pandemic?’

The second in our series of digital Q&As – created to support our business community through the COVID-19 pandemic – saw a panel come together yesterday afternoon (6 May)made-up of some of the county’s leading vistor economy figures. 

‘How can Oxfordshire’s world-class visitor economy recover from the Coronavirus pandemic?’ covered a variety of key tourism-focused topics. The visitor economy is worth around £2.3bn to the county – that’s 10% of our yearly GVA – and supports around 40000 jobs across many different attractions.

The Q&A – introduced by OxLEP’s Rob Panting – was chaired by Howard Bentham with the following panel members taking part:

• Hayley Beer-Gamage: Chief Executive – Experience Oxfordshire
• Tagore Ramoutar: Managing Director and Co-Founder – The Oxford Artisan Distillery (TOAD)the current #1 of ‘things to do’ in Oxford on Trip Advisor
• Hedley Swain: Area Director South East – Arts Council England

Our next Q&A will see a panel discuss: ‘What impact has Coronavirus had on Oxfordshire’s workforce?’. Send us your questions via Twitterusing the hashtag: #OxLEPQandA. Full details to follow.

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