Quarter of people want to visit region after Tour de France
The success of the Tour de France in Yorkshire is expected to create a tourism boom in the region.
The success of the Tour de France in Yorkshire is expected to create a tourism boom in the region.
Karen Halliwell-Smart, who owns a gift shop in the town of Hawes, in North Yorkshire, says plenty of people will come back to the county.
"I would personally like to thank the local community for their amazing donations of food, toiletries and clothing. "
Owners John and Irene Hays say there is ''light at the end of the tunnel'', after the pandemic forced them to close 650 UK stores.
There has been resistance to calls to dismantle memorials to the explorer.