With a large number of Brits expected to plan staycations this year, Portsmouth City Council has reopened its visitor information point at the Hard and will have customer advisors along the seafront across the summer, according to Visit Portsmouth s tourism and marketing manager, Jane Singh.
Attractions need all the help they can get to bounce back from the previous ‘terrible’ 12 months, she said: ‘When I speak to hoteliers across the city, they say bookings increased when events like Goodwood and Victorious were announced.
‘But places are looking at trade at 30 per cent to 50 per cent compared to a normal year.’