This is the Birmingham thread not the tourist spots of Northern England thread.
er hang matey this was the press release that BHX put out ......
Caissa, one of China’s leading travel specialists, will sell a range of organised package tours to Chinese visitors seeking to explore the world class tourism attractions in the Midlands, the North of England and London ...
Put simply its suggesting there is not enough mileage in what we have here so we do indeed, need to pull in the attractions of The North of England and indeed London to make it work !
That is exactly what the BHX CEO said is it not ?
I do not understand why that cannot be robustly challenged with both sides putting forward good sensible argument and a point of view as long as its based on facts OR informed opinion ?
ATN you make a superb point re our London centric civil service BUT then contradict yourself
As for this utter nonsense and willy waving over which (non London) city could / should get a direct Chinese connection, and which region gets the most tourists this is drivel!
What will drive any decision, apart from legalities, is where the best yield is going to come from, in terms both of passengers and the Cinderella revenue stream - cargo.
Clearly it is not drivel !
What has spooked those of a Mancunian persuasion is the undeniable fact that BHX has stole a march on MAN, I totally applaud there audacity but as Evan Davies suggested in the excellent Mind The Gap on BBC2, there is really only one City to challenge the dominance of London and that is Manchester.
Throwing money or dare I say it amending bilaterals in a scatter gun approach will fail !
Evan Davies has NO agenda , it "may" irk but he based his analysis on hard facts !
Again some of the Brummie fanboys are grasping at these charters like the last drops of water in a desert, I saw one comment indicating this is great for the Midlands "manufacturing industry" ! Really ?
If the idiots in Whitehall are swayed into amending bilaterals BHXs way by 3 charters into BHX, Midlanders would, with damn good reason rejoice, but the fact is it would be based on the flimsiest of evidence.
The incredible reality is, that despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary....... it "could" actually happen !
If I was the CEO of BHX I would certainly be banging on the door suggesting we have demand "now give us the flights " !
Last edited by Bagso; 19th Mar 2014 at 00:02.