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In 2011 it was estimated that 13,000 Northamptonshire jobs relate to the tourism industry and that tourism brought £850-million to the county. But is Northamptonshire doing enough to attract more visitors and support the tourism industry?

Does Northamptonshire even have a tourism strategy?

Rushton Hall, near Kettering, was recently been given a four red-star rating by the AA, but its owner believes Northamptonshire is failing to attract tourists.

Reporter Martin Borley meets the owner and general manager Valerie Hazleton, while reporter Martin Heath visits Canons Ashby House.

Stuart talks to Gareth Ireland, Manager of the Kettering Park Hotel, to David Henderson, Operations Manager at Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum, and to Councillor Jim Harker, Leader of Northamptonshire County Council.

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