Businesses gain £20bn from England's most iconic landscapes

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Report claims that Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and National Parks are a 'hidden economic powerhouse'

A joint report from National Parks England and the National Association for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty claims that 85,000 businesses and thousands of jobs rely upon visitors to England's countryside....

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