Editing Stratford-upon-Avon (section)

===Tourism===
The regular large influx of tourists is the major source of the town's prosperity,<ref name="Council_Tourism" /> receiving between 2.5 million and 3 million visitors annually.<ref name="OCR_TouristInformation">{{cite web|title=Case Study – Stratford-upon-Avon|url=http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/174862-question-paper-unit-g720-01-introducing-travel-and-tourism-pre-release.pdf|website=ocr.org.uk|access-date=18 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Controlling the location, scale and mix of development|url=http://www.stratford.gov.uk/localplan/ELECTRONIC/Section7.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104020507/http://www.stratford.gov.uk/localplan/ELECTRONIC/Section7.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2013|date=4 November 2013|access-date=28 February 2019}}</ref> Stratford is a major English tourist town due to it being the birthplace of [[William Shakespeare]], who many consider the greatest [[playwright]] of all time.<ref name="Council_Tourism" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=William Shakespeare|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/people/william_shakespeare|publisher=BBC|access-date=21 May 2015}}</ref> In 2010 the District Council spent £298,000 on [[tourism]] promotion<ref>''[http://www.stratford.gov.uk/news/news.cfm/archive/1/item/758 Stratford District Council still committed to tourism]'' Media release, 31 March 2010</ref> and supports an official open-top tour bus service. In 2010 [[Stratford-on-Avon District Council]] launched a re-branded official tourism website for the Stratford area called Discover Stratford<ref>''[http://www.stratford.gov.uk/news/news.cfm/archive/11/item/878 Stratford District Council launches new initiatives to promote tourism]'' Media release, 8 November 2010</ref> after opening a new [[tourist information centre]] on [[Henley-in-Arden|Henley]] Street in May 2010,<ref>''[http://www.stratford.gov.uk/news/news.cfm/archive/22/item/772 Tourist Office Opens]'' Media release, 12 May 2010</ref> which has since moved back to the original location on Bridgefoot.<ref>[http://stratford.gov.uk/news/news.cfm/archive/1/item/1061 Stratford Tourist Information Centre moving back to Bridgefoot] Media release 19 October 2011</ref>