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Yorkshire faced competition from foreign destinations in the very competitive tourism market. In addition, Yorkshire was perceived as 'old fashioned' by those seeking to take short breaks. The 'Make Yorkshire Yours' campaign was launched to try and change these perceptions and resulted in in an increase of £37.7 million from January 2005 to March 2006