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International visitors spent an additional £562 million across Britain as a result of activity by national tourism agency VisitBritain/VisitEngland, latest figures show.

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Stephanie Peacock has been appointed Minister for Sport, Tourism, Civil Society and Youth

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VisitEngland has today Wednesday 10 September revealed this year’s winners of its Accommodation Quality Scheme 2025 ROSE Awards. 

VisitBritain, Britain’s national tourism agency, is promoting its international ‘Starring GREAT Britain’ campaign at the Toronto International Film Festival. The campaign is using the powerful draw of film and tv locations and places seen-on-screen to inspire visitors to discover more of Britain.

VisitBritain gears up to host its ‘Destination Britain Americas’ trade mission to grow inbound tourism and drive economic growth with British tourism suppliers set to show top buyers from across the USA, Canada and Brazil why Britain is the destination to visit now.

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VisitEngland’s August bank holiday trip tracker survey, published today, shows that 11.2 million Brits are definitely planning an overnight holiday trip in the UK this bank holiday weekend, bringing an estimated £4.1 billion boost to the economy.

MeetEngland (the business events brand of VisitEngland), alongside leading English convention bureaus, hosted its annual European trade mission in Geneva, Paris and Brussels from 1-4 July 2025 - highlighting the importance of associations congresses across key growth sectors in England.    

VisitEngland has today, 18 June, published its 2024 Annual Survey of Visits to Visitor Attractions showing that visits to attractions across England saw a small rise in 2024 compared to 2023, and remained significantly down on pre-pandemic levels.

To boost inbound tourism from Japan to Britain, national tourism agency, VisitBritain, hosted UK Tourism Day on 5 June at the UK Pavilion during Osaka Expo 2025.