Tourism

Tourism is an established part of the economic prosperity of the District and is recognised as such by businesses and residents. It creates and sustains commercial activity and jobs from bar staff to senior management posts. These include ‘starter jobs’ that can support people through education courses or provide a valuable first step into the working world. Tourism employment also provides opportunities for those who need to fit work around other life choices and commitments, and for those with practical talents as well as those with academic or management skills.

Tourism also stimulates interest in rural diversification, regeneration and environmental projects. It also attracts the interest of entrepreneurs from other industries, like the many craftspeople and high technology businesses who have chosen the District as their home.

A Tourism Strategy has been developed for Winchester District, which contributes to the Community Strategy and sets out what will be done to increase the benefit  we all gain from tourism's contribution.

Read about what the District's tourism partnerships have achieved in Tourism Times.