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18 May 2010
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Merseytravel’s U-Boat Story has been highly commended as a tourism and leisure attraction at a top awards ceremony.
The commendation comes as visitor numbers to the Woodside based attraction reached 50,000 in the first year – more than 40 per cent above the forecast.
The U-Boat Story was highly commended in the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors North West Awards.
Neil Scales, chief executive of Merseytravel, said:“The U-Boat Story has been a tremendous success and is playing a vital part in Merseytravel’s tourism business.
“It is appealing to a wide cross section of people from youngsters wanting to know more about the history of World War 11 to former sailors who served in the conflict.”
Last year Merseytravel tourism attractions, which include Spaceport, the Mersey Ferries, the Beatles Story, and The Beatles Story Pier Head contributed more than £34 million and the equivalent of 742 full-time jobs to the region’s economy.
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