Kirklees Tourism and Visitor Strategy 2004-2008

This Tourism and Visitor Strategy for 2004-2008 provides a framework for increasing tourism visits and spend in Kirklees and builds upon the success of our previous strategy. This strategy represents the continued commitment of Kirklees Council in developing and improving the visitor economy of Kirklees, recognising the importance that visitor facilities play for tourists, local residents and local businesses.

• The overall value of visitors to Kirklees is £285.6 million each year
• Visitors staying in the area made 649,000 trips in the district, generated £88.6 million in local income, and stayed for a total of 1.98 million nights
• People take 6.4 million day trips in the Kirklees district every year, generating £199.3 million of local income
• Tourism supports the equivalent of 7023 full-time jobs.

Based on these figures, the tourism sector now represents 6-7% of the total value of all goods and services produced locally.

In developing this strategy there has been a wide range of consultation. Within the available time scale workshop sessions have been conducted with local tourism businesses and organisations, Councillors and Local Authority Officers. A questionnaire was also circulated to local businesses and organisations involved in tourism.

A copy of the strategy is available to download below. You can view the full strategy, executive summary or download individual sections.