Glasgow City Council has announced plans to create 50,000 jobs over the next seven years.

The plans centre on boosting the city's tourism industry.

The authority is aiming to add an extra one million the visitors to the city.

Under the proposals, the council hopes to attract three million tourists each year.

It estimates this will increase revenues from the industry to almost £185m.

The council expects an additional 2500 hotel beds will be required to meet the demand.

Council leader Frank McAveety said: "We aim to make the next seven years the biggest jobs bonanza in Glasgow's history. We know that the 50,000 target is ambitious but we have done the sums and they add up.

"We plan to deliver 50,000 jobs across all of the city's employment sectors, from tourism to high tech, from renewables to health and life sciences.

"This strategy is the most ambitious on record, and rightly so because Glasgow is open for business."

The council also announced plans to build Scotland's first city innovation district centre close to the Technical Innovation Centre near George Square, which already has £150m capital investment as well as a £250m innovation programme.

The plans were announced at the the 19th annual State of the City Economy Conference on Friday.

Secretary of state for Scotland David Mundell also spoke at the event, where he called for more devolution from Holyrood to the country's 32 local authorities.

Mundell said "true devolution" "does not mean "sucking power down from Westminster only to hoard it at Holyrood".

The secretary of state said: "So the Glasgow region city deal was a huge step forward and it is the start of a bright period in Glasgow's history. But it could be the beginning of something greater.

"I urge the Scottish Government to embrace the principles of devolution with a whole heart, as the UK Government has done across England.

"Because otherwise - however much we try with the levers that remain to us - Scotland's towns and cities will fall behind those in the rest of the UK".

Glasgow Chamber of Commerce chief executive Stuart Patrick said: "We are pleased to be joint signatories to the city's fresh economic plan which has been produced after strong consultation with the business community. The plan builds on the excellent work already carried out by the Glasgow Economic Leadership to support the successful diversification of Glasgow's industrial and commercial base.

"We also welcome the strong local emphasis on tackling challenges such as productivity and ill health so that the city's growth benefits as many of its citizens as possible."