O/T Britain, Football and Tourism

[TundraWolf]

I already posted this on Wolves mad, but thought that some here may find it interesting:

"You may have already been aware of this news tidbit, but it just popped up in a local paper over here and I thought I would share it.

- Last year, 800,000 visitors to Britain attended a football match spending more than one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) during there time there;

- 40% of visitors who attended a match said that watching sport was the main reason for visiting the country."

[Artist]

If they visited Wolverhampton that'll put them off visiting the uk again.

[Acido]

Very cheeky comments there from Art the Brummie, to a Wolf (well, he lives in the Canadian part of Wolverhampton )

[TundraWolf]

"Very cheeky comments there from Art the Brummie, to a Wolf (well, he lives in the Canadian part of Wolverhampton." - Acido

True, Acido, I can see the Rockie Mountains from my back-porch chair in Tettenhall, West Midlands!!

[griff]

Have you met Piglet yet? He's moved to your part of Canadia.

[TundraWolf]

Sorry, griff, unaware of anyoned "piglet"...do you know exactly where he is?
Don't be deflected by my Rocky Mountain reference, I am actually about 500 miles west of there.

[bwfcforever]

we have a beautiful country !

loads of great places to visit , i am surprised 40% take in a footie game tbh guess it reflects the fact we have the best league structure in the world ( however most of the 40% i would have thought visited a premier league ground though :-(

[griff]

TW - he's in Vancouver by the looks of things.

[TundraWolf]

Thanks for the follow-up, griff. If he contacts me through this board it would be helpful, I am living on an island of 4,000 just off the coast of Vancouver, but go into work there every day via ferry and bus. He should be fairly at home here, there are 400,000 first or second generation Brits living in the city!