Will the coronation bring a UK tourism bonanza – or drive people away?

A store in the village of Corfe Castle, Dorset – but hard evidence of the royals drawing tourists to Britain is hard to come by. Photograph: Geoffrey Swaine/Shutterstock

As soon as the date of the coronation was announced last October, Kathryn Mooney booked a flight to London. “I jumped on it right away,” says Mooney, 54, an executive assistant from Toronto. “All I thought was, I’d better get a property, I’d better get a flight, because I knew there would be huge demand.”

Why did she want to come? “I know it sounds really hokey, but I want to go and send them some support and love from the sidelines. And honour the queen.”