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  1. Website availability and performance statistics for 2024. Unique Visitors: This figure represents the number of unique visitors during the relevant period. This means that any visitor who has...

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    A world city, leading travel publications placed Manchester on their ‘must-see’ lists for 2023 (Lonely Planet, Conde Nast, National Geographic, Time Out)
    One of Europe’s fastest growing cities and the 3rd most visited destination in the UK for domestic and international visitors
    Named ‘the UK’s most liveable city’ by The Economist’s Liveability Index (2022)
    The UK’s 2nd largest creative, digital and tech hub, with companies that IPO above £1 billion (including AO.com, The Hut Group, Boohoo), and global players such as BBC, Google, IBM, and Cisco
    In 2020, tourism was worth £9 billion to Greater Manchester, up from £4.9 billion in 2006, supporting 100,000+ jobs
    Pre-pandemic saw 10 million ‘staying visitors’ and 120 million ‘day visitors’
    The hotel market is growing rapidly and is the largest outside London by room count
    Between 2021 and 2024, 4,000+ extra hotel rooms are opening, a 37% increase. By 2024, the city centre will have 15,000+ rooms
    The population of the city of Manchester is 600,000 (+200,000 over the past 20 years). Greater Manchester’s population is 2.8 million
    20,000 people have moved into the city centre in the past decade, and in that time, Manchester’s population has increased by twice the average UK growth rate
    The city centre population is forecast to grow by a further 10% by 2025
    7.2 million people live within an hour’s drive of the city centre, the largest ‘travel to work radius’ in the UK outside of London
    Alongside the city’s existing events calendar, sporting and cultural assets, 2023-2024 will see Manchester landmarks develop
    A0 Arena’s owners ASM Group have started a £50 million redevelopment programme to re-imagine the venue
    A new second arena, the £365 million Co-Op Live, owned by OVG Group and City Football Group, opens spring 2024. With a capacity of 23,500, it will be the largest indoor arena in the UK
    Factory International, the new £200 million arts centre is opening from June 2023, as the home of Manchester International Festival (MIF). It is a 7,000 capacity venue
    In May 2022, Colliers ranked the city centre as the top UK retail and leisure destination for the 3rd year running
    One of the UK’s biggest retail economies after London, with annual sales over £900 million
    Annual footfall in the BID central retail district was c.40 million people, pre-pandemic
    From the depths of Covid lockdowns at -85% vs 2019, overall footfall trends during 2022 and into 2023 have recovered in line with other major cities (especially at weekends)
    £1.8 billion worth of deals were recorded after the market rebound in 2021, from the UK’s ‘Big 6’ cities. 39% was transacted in Manchester alone
    A further 1.3 million sq. ft. of new office space is under construction from 2022
    Central property developments like Circle Square and St John’s continue to add hundreds of thousands of sq. ft. commercial space, attracting major players
    Manchester is home to the UK’s largest university and one of Europe’s largest student populations
    100,000 students live and study within Manchester, including a high proportion of international students (up to 20%)
    50% graduation retention rate, second only to London, provides a continuous supply of skilled labour
    Economic forecasts indicate the next decade will see continued growth, with 65,000 extra jobs. Increasing total city centre employment to 315,000 by 2040
    30% growth is predicted across Science, R&D, Cultural, Creative and Digital sectors
    In Manchester and Salford city centres, 20,000 new homes have been built over the past 6 years. In 2023, 7,000 dwellings are under construction, with a similar number granted planning
    500 current Manchester businesses are accredited ‘Real Living Wage’ employers
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  3. Jan 6, 2023 · the average value of a ‘day’ delegate (per trip) was £93, considering that a day delegate can be attending multiple days, whilst the average value of a staying delegate was £321 (per trip).

  4. 1. INTRODUCTION . With 4.8million staying visits and 59million day visits, tourism is worth £4.5billion to Manchester’s economy, securing 50,440 jobs across the city.1.

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  5. Mar 19, 2024 · Ahead of the development of a new Our Manchester Strategy, a period of engagement has launched where people can take part in a survey, informing Manchester City Council on how their...

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  7. Manchester City Council is the local authority for the city of Manchester in Greater Manchester, England. Manchester has had an elected local authority since 1838, which has been reformed several times.