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The UK's major visitor attractions recorded just 45.4 million visits during 2020 – a 70 per cent fall from the 151.3 million visits they received ... More

Ten creative teams from across the UK have been selected to develop a series of events, public engagement programmes and virtual projects for the Festival ... More

The UK's travel, tourism and visitor attractions markets have been "decimated" by COVID-19 – and remain under immense pressure. Analysis published by the Office for ... More

The UK government has announced an independent review to assess the way destination management organisations (DMO) operate across England. The review, led by Nick de ... More

The 16th World Leisure Hybrid Congress, taking place in April 2021, has been given the title “Leisure Makes Life Better”. Organised by the World Leisure ... More

UK tourism and heritage minister, Nigel Huddleston, delivered the keynote speech during this year's Annual National Conference of Visitor Attractions (VAC) which was held on ... More

Baroness Martha Lane-Fox, Sir Nicholas Serota and former BBC and ITV chief Lord Grade are among a new post-COVID-19 taskforce, aimed at getting the country’s ... More

The European Union has begun setting out measures to help member nations revive their tourism sectors, as national governments begin easing COVID-19 lockdown measures. The ... More

Nearly a hundred members of parliament (MP) have written a letter to chancellor Rishi Sunak, asking the government to "do more" to protect the UK ... More

The Tourism Society scheduled an emergency meeting on 15 April to discuss breaking news relating to lockdown timings. The move comes following statements by president ... 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

With certain turbulent times for the global tourism and visitor attractions sectors, governments around the world are implementing new emergency policies to support these crucial ... More

The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has sent an open letter to the world's governments, with the organisation revealing that more than one million ... More

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered all UK gyms, health clubs, leisure centres and restaurants to close at the end of business on 20 March. ... More

Business rates in England will be abolished for one year for firms in the leisure and hospitality sectors with a rateable value below £51,000. This ... More

Flight shaming, an emerging consumer trend, is expected to have a major impact on the UK's tourism and travel industries over the next two years, ... More

Prince Harry, HRH Duke of Sussex has returned to the UK for his first public appearance, one of his final as a 'senior royal', since ... More

Radisson has added the Edwardian Manchester to its luxury Radisson Collection hotels portfolio following a £12m (US$16m, €14m) renovation of its Grade II-listed Free Trade ... More

Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) and Cox Architecture have won an international competition to design the new Western Sydney Airport in Australia, proposing both a passenger-focused ... More

Native has opened the UK's largest aparthotel, designed by Archer Humphryes Architects, in Manchester's former Ducie Street railway goods warehouse. Covering 20,000sq ft (1,900sq m), ... More

Airport hotel chain Aerotel has opened the first and only hotel inside Heathrow Airport's Terminal 3, which is located and designed for the convenience and ... More

The UK government has provided a 10-point checklist for tourism and hospitality businesses in preparation for a no-deal Brexit on 31 October. The guidance, designed ... More

A new regional tourism strategy outlines plans to grow the West Midlands’ visitor economy by more than £1bn. The West Midlands Regional Tourism Strategy, published ... More

The Global Destination Index – an annual study looking at the world’s most visited tourist destinations – has ranked Bangkok, Thailand, as the world's most ... More

UK spending on leisure remained steady during the second quarter of 2019, with net spending up one percentage year-on-year. Figures from Deloitte’s latest Leisure Consumer ... More