The phrase "attracted a flow of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing the act of drawing in or generating a significant amount of something, such as people, resources, or attention.
Example: "The new marketing campaign attracted a flow of customers to the store."
Alternatives: "drew in a surge of" or "generated an influx of".
Under his reign Harrods grew and attracted a flow of celebrity clients.
By the late 20th century, the remnant Ainu, indigenous people of northern Japan, had largely been gathered into "cultural villages," where their traditional wood carving and bear dances attracted a flow of tourists from other parts of Japan.
Largely done in shades of red, the strange picture induced a writer, a certain Joseph Jean Pichot, to ask after seeing it: "Does this phantasmagoria belong to the lawful resources of art?" But works of that ilk, which attracted a flow of commentary, effectively made him famous.
Russia's energy sector has only begun to attract a flow of foreign investment after years of unstable economics and bureaucratic hurdles, and there are few signs that major commercial deals will be struck at the conference.
She claimed in later years that she had clamped down on Islamic militants, established a strong basis for democracy by paring away many of the restrictions on civil liberties imposed by the generals, and provided a boost to the economy, especially in her second term, by attracting a flow of foreign investment.
"Although blue chips are currently caught in a 'bear pocket,' the Nasdaq seems to have a nonstop ability to attract a flow of funds," says Ackerman.
The 1980's amnesty also attracted a large flow of illegal relatives of those workers who became newly legal.
As the photos circulated on the Internet, the church attracted a fresh flow of camera-toting residents and out-of-towners.
The wage differential between Argentina and some European countries attracted a colossal flow of overseas immigrants, who came to constitute the majority of Argentina's labor force.
The dam's gaping hole attracted a steady flow of gawkers.
It has attracted a huge flow of direct foreign investment -- over $65 billion from 1989 to 2002, much more than its peers.
