Tate has seen a decline in UK visitors while international visitor numbers have grown
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Culture budget pays for tourism agenda
Free admission at DCMS-funded museums and galleries has helped boost visits by foreign tourists by almost 40% since 2008/9, while visits from within the UK have increased by just 3% during this same period.
New figures published this week reveal that almost half the benefit of subsidised free admission to England’s DCMS direct-funded museums and galleries1 is now being enjoyed by visitors from abro...
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