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Tourism boost for the North East

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Travel experts have been predicting a big increase in people holidaying in the UK rather than abroad due to the recession.

Now figures from Visit Britain show that apart from London, north eastern parts of England seem to be benefiting the most from the phenomenon.

Laura Bicker reports.

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