Southampton is bidding to become UK City of Culture 2025, it’s been announced.
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Southampton City Council stressed possible benefits of winning, such as increases in tourism investment and “economic impacts” throughout the city.
“When Hull was UK City of Culture in 2017 it added £300 million to their tourism market and up to £17 million gross value added to their local economy. Southampton’s UK City of Culture 2025 bid, if successful, will be forward thinking and look to deliver similarly substantial economic impacts,” said the council in a statement.
A website about the bid is here, and you can take a survey – “the start of a conversation about what we all do, value and hope for in Southampton” – from this link.