Comment

Representation ID: 23149

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Black Country UNESCO Global Geopark Partnership

Agent: Black Country UNESCO Global Geopark Partnership

A glaring omission to our mind in this section of the plan is the lack of recognition of the visitor economy and the accomodation and hospitality sectors – which are strongly associated with heritage clusters and strategic centres. We feel that these important and growing areas of the economy should at least be cross referenced to the policies in other sections which indicate the strategic importance of these sectors of the economy and their strategic sites and centres. It would be preferable though to explicitly cite these within the EMP3 bullet points for local employment areas.