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The National Visitor Attractions Conference (VAC 2022), has been held for the 19th time. Taking place at the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Birmingham on ... More

VAC 2022 has announced the final line-up of 25 top attractions sector speakers set to appear at the conference on Thursday 13 October. Speakers at ... More

The English Premier League (EPL) is a major driver of inbound tourism into Britain – especially when it comes to sports fans from long-haul destinations. ... More

The UK tourism sector is set to see a boost in the number of Chinese visitors this winter. The increase in arrivals has partly been ... More

The UK is benefitting from a sharp rise in overseas visitors during Christmas – which is expected to extend into the New Year. According to figures ... 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

Strong growth from a mix of overseas visitor markets made 2017 a "record year" for inbound tourism in the UK. New figures from VisitBritain show ... More

The current heatwave in Britain has resulted in an economic upturn for the country’s tourism sector. The Belfast Telegraph recently reported that hoteliers in Northern ... More

Record levels for Britain's inbound tourism are set to continue into 2018, after VisitBritain forecast further growth in the year ahead. According to the tourism ... More

As the global spotlight falls on the soon-to-be married Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Britain’s tourism industry is predicting a boost from the upcoming Royal ... More

The UK attracted a record number of overseas visitors during June – thanks largely to the collapse in the value of the pound since the ... More

New figures released by VisitBritain have shown strong growth in overseas visits from markets including China, Australia, France and the US. Based on figures from ... More

While Britain's decision to leave the European Union has created a general landscape of uncertainty, the nation's tourism industry continues to break records. According to ... More

Tourism agency VisitBritain has signed new partnership deals with two China-based travel sector giants as part of a strategy to attract more Chinese visitors to ... More

The relationship between music and the UK's tourism economy will be explored at a conference in Liverpool next year. Taking place at the Titanic Hotel ... More

VisitBritain has said it is anticipating a “strong summer” based on the latest numbers released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS), which has announced ... More

The value of football tourism to the UK’s visitor economy could be in line for a boost following Leicester City’s historic Premier League title win, ... More

David Cameron’s dream of driving more international visitors to England’s regional tourism destinations is starting to become a reality, according to the latest figures from ... More

The number of jobs in the UK’s tourism sector grew by more than twice as much as other sections of the economy in the five ... More

Visits from Chinese tourists to the UK were up 37 per cent in the first nine months of 2015, as a number of pro-China tourism ... More

British inbound tourism maintained its momentum in the first half of 2015, setting a new record for overseas visitor numbers, according to new figures from ... More

VisitBritain has welcomed chancellor George Osborne’s plan to refund the cost of up to 25,000 visas for Chinese tourists, describing it as the ‘perfect catalyst’ ... More

Visitors from the Middle East are Britain’s most zealous international shoppers, with clothes or shoes at the top of their shopping list, according to a ... More

Despite 2013 being a record year for UK inbound tourism, breaking new ground in terms of nominal spend and visitor numbers, the sector has a ... More

More than half of Chinese visitors to Britain would head to a ‘historic city’ outside of London for a UK-based vacation, while 48 per cent ... More