Committee details
Night Time Economy (Improving Evening Cultural Offer) Scrutiny Review Task Group
Purpose of committee
The Task Group is made up of the following committee members:
Cllr Barnes
Cllr Reid
Cllr Taylor
Review Aim:
To identify an improved cultural offer up to 8pm in order to extend the tourist day and encourage more to stay for longer or overnight, with a particular emphasis on families.
Objectives:
i) Identify best practice internationally and nationally
ii) Investigate barriers to increasing the availability of York’s existing family based cultural and entertainment offer
iii) Identify other new cultural and entertainment activities suitable for York and investigate the possibility of their introduction
iv) Investigate how best to signpost tourist activities, and encourage those providers to work with accommodation providers to jointly promote their offer.