Blair attacked over comments

THE new chief executive of the British Incoming Tour Operators Association has attacked Tony Blair for harming tourism.

Stephen Dowd, BITOA chief executive-designate, criticised the prime minister for damaging the work his members do with inflammatory comments.

Blair has warned it was inevitable there would be a terrorism attack on the UK this year, but Dowd rounded on the statement.

He said: “This doesn’t make it any easier for our members to attract people to Britain. You can’t control what politicians say, but this is not good at a time when we are seeing a gradual recovery.”