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VisitBritain/VisitEngland reports on year of tourism growth
21 Jan 2020Visitors spent £951 million in Britain in the last financial year as a result of activity by national tourism agency VisitBritain/VisitEngland latest figures show.
New Events Are GREAT creative promotes UK as top destination for business events
8 Jan 2020VisitBritain has refreshed its Events Are GREAT creative to highlight to global meeting and incentive planners why the UK is a leading destination for international business events.
Record numbers of Brits plan trip in UK during festive season, bringing £2.9 billion boost to economy
19 Dec 2019VisitEngland’s Christmas Trip Tracker survey released today shows that 14.5 million Brits are definitely planning an overnight trip in the UK during Christmas and New Year, bringing an estimated £2.9 billion boost to the economy.
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VisitBritain announces flagship business event ‘MeetGB’ to be held at ICC Wales in 2020
8 Oct 2019
VisitBritain has today announced that its flagship annual Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) event MeetGB is being held at the Celtic Manor Resort and the recently opened International Convention Centre (ICC) in Wales in April 2020.
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VisitEngland and VisitScotland launch Dementia-Friendly Tourism Guide
3 Oct 2019
VisitEngland and VisitScotland have today launched a new guide to help tourism businesses become more dementia-friendly.
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UK could expect a boost in visits from China as Golden Week gets underway
1 Oct 2019
The UK could look forward to a rise in visitors from China in the coming week as China National Day and the Golden Week holiday get underway.
Our News
Access new distributor channels on TXGB
18 Sep 2019
VisitBritain Shop and Marketing Manchester have both joined as distributors on Tourism Exchange GB (TXGB), a new platform for English suppliers to reach global distributors.
Tourism News
Helen Whately MP appointed as new Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism
11 Sep 2019
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced Helen Whately MP is the new Minister for Tourism, replacing Rebecca Pow MP as the new Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism.
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