THE London terror attacks have failed to dent foreign visitors' enthusiasm for the North, tourist chiefs have said.

Lesley Wragge, a spokeswoman for the Yorkshire Tourist Board, said it had noticed no impact on visitor figures as a result of the bombings.

She said numbers were at the levels the board would expect them to be, last year having been a record year.

She said: "We are not getting any feedback from our members to say that people are cancelling in droves because of what has happened in London.

"Indeed, within days of the bombings, many people were receiving e-mails from abroad, saying this will not put us off and we are on our way."

Mrs Wragge said there was no evidence to suggest that some visitors to the UK were cancelling trips to the capital, in favour of holidays further North.

She said: "People don't really make snap decisions to change their destinations like that.

"There is no evidence that people are being displaced from London to our region."

Val Lowther, of One NorthEast's tourism team, said it was carrying out a three-month quarterly survey of businesses, accommodation providers and attractions, which could give an indication of the impact on visitor numbers.

Visit Britain, the body which promotes the UK as a tourist destination has said the bombings on July 7 and the attempted attacks on July 21 will have "serious implications" for tourism in London and potentially the rest of the country.