domestic tourism news

New research by Barclays Corporate Banking reveals that the leisure, fitness, spa and hospitality industries are bouncing back and look likely to contribute £3.5b (€4bn, ... More

Discount rail and bus travel and £10m in vouchers to key attractions – funded by the National Lottery – are among the measures announced in ... More

Hotels in Israel with ground floor rooms have been given permission to reopen for business – but only for domestic tourism. Seen as the first ... More

OPINION TOURISM IN A POST-CORONAVIRUS WORLD By Ken Robinson CBE, tourism expert. Coronavirus is devastating for the tourism and leisure sectors globally. For now, the ... More

Cottonmill, a new private members' spa, is set to open at Sopwell House in St Albans, Hertfordshire, this summer, following a £14m investment. Nicknamed 'The ... More

VisitEngland is looking to provide domestic tourism a boost through a campaign inspiring young Brits to take short breaks at home in England. At the ... More

London mayor Sadiq Khan has unveiled a drive to promote London to visitors from other parts of the UK in response to a decline in ... More

More than one in four (26 per cent) Brits – a total of 13 million – are planning an overnight trip in the UK during the ... More

The government has signalled its intention to agree on an Industrial Strategy for the UK tourism industry – as long as the sector delivers on ... More

An estimated seven million Brits holidayed at home during the August bank holiday weekend, providing the UK economy with a £1.75bn boost. The figures come ... More

VisitEngland has named 11 regional tourism projects which will each receive up to £250,000 of funding from the Discover England Fund. The initiatives to receive ... More

Last week, almost 250 spa professionals gathered in the Caucasus thermal springs region of Russia for the 4th annual Spa & Wellness International Congress, or ... More

The Tourism Alliance has called on the government to introduce a policy it says could generate up to £2.2bn in expenditure, create 40,000 new jobs ... More

Overseas visits to the UK hit a record 23 million in the first seven months of the year, according to new figures from VisitBritain. Announced ... More

Development of a London/Bristol tourism route, a tour of Britain’s world famous horse-racing courses, travel packages for 18-35 year olds, and an urban food and ... More

Waterparks worldwide enjoyed a fruitful 2016, with combined attendance among the top 20 increasing to nearly 30 million, according to the TEA/AECOM Theme Index A ... More

The importance of an investment programme planned for the Welsh tourism sector has been laid bare after recent figures revealed a dip in domestic visitors ... More

Britain continues to be a must-see destination, after more people visited the UK from overseas than ever before in 2016. Predictions of a tourism surge ... More

VisitEngland has awarded the National Coastal Tourism Academy (NCTA) funding from its Discovery England Fund to trial a new Coastal Pass across the east coast ... More

Handing tourism responsibility to local governments could help English tourism soar, according to new research. The devolution process – the statutory delegation of powers from ... More

Scotland’s coastline has become a major tourism revenue generator and its worth to the Scottish economy is now estimated at £323m (US$423.5m, €380m). The figure ... More

The UK government is capitalising on a weakened pound by unveiling a series of measures designed to boost the domestic tourism sector. Dubbed the Tourism ... More

London continued to dominate the landscape as the UK's leading tourist destination, while an increase in domestic tourism resulted in growth for all regions outside ... More

Despite Florida posting record visitor numbers for the year, Britain’s decision to leave the European Union (EU), Brazil’s recession, the Zika virus in Florida and ... More

UK tourism is experiencing a sharp rise in both inbound and domestic bookings as a direct result of the EU Referendum, according to a new ... More