Perhaps it's down to the increasing number of international students at Leeds and Leeds Met Unis. The places to visit if you're an international student from outside the city seem to be the historic towns, Manchester ("so much to answer for"), Liverpool and London
If I'm honest, I don't think there's anything particularly outstanding in Leeds that could get international tourists falling over themselves to visit. Leeds Bridge is a site of real world significance and interest, but in world terms it's pretty underwhelming.
I read an interesting piece about Liverpool a year or two ago, in which the writer thought they should have turned themselves into a tourist town after the war, keeping its historic architecture and gradually scaling down industry. Because it was unaffected by ww2 bombing, I often wonder whether Leeds should have gone the same route, promoting places like Gott's Mill adjacent to what could have been the quintessential Victorian/Edwardian city centre.
Oh well, didn't happen. Maybe Bradford should have gone for tourism while Leeds remained the regional capital. Blah.
If I'm honest, I don't think there's anything particularly outstanding in Leeds that could get international tourists falling over themselves to visit. Leeds Bridge is a site of real world significance and interest, but in world terms it's pretty underwhelming.
I read an interesting piece about Liverpool a year or two ago, in which the writer thought they should have turned themselves into a tourist town after the war, keeping its historic architecture and gradually scaling down industry. Because it was unaffected by ww2 bombing, I often wonder whether Leeds should have gone the same route, promoting places like Gott's Mill adjacent to what could have been the quintessential Victorian/Edwardian city centre.
Oh well, didn't happen. Maybe Bradford should have gone for tourism while Leeds remained the regional capital. Blah.