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Sir Nick Varney has been revealed as the headline speaker at this year's VAC. Taking place on 5 October at the QEII Centre in London, ... More

VisitEngland has published its Annual Survey of Visits to Visitor Attractions for 2022, showing that while visitation numbers across England continued to recover through 2022, ... More

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

Chester Zoo, Nothe Fort and Black Country Living Museum are among the 19 winners of this year's Visit England Awards for Excellence. Picking up the ... 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

For those who missed VAC 2020 – the annual UK Conference for Visitor Attractions – there’s still the chance, until 12th November, to catch it ... 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

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

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

VisitScotland is looking to tap into one of the fastest growing outbound tourism markets by launching a new app targeting millions of Chinese social media ... 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 number of tourist arrivals from Japan to the UK is expected to reach record levels this year, following the introduction of measures to make ... 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

Lady Cobham CBE has called for increased focus on work-based training opportunities, in order to tackle the challenges presented by a rapidly changing business environments. ... More

Tourism body VisitBritain says its generated more than £1bn for Britain last – equivalent to £25 for every £1 invested in the agency by the ... More

UKinbound has named Joss Croft as its CEO, replacing Deirdre Wells, who stepped down from the role last month. Croft brings with him more than ... More

VisitBritain has announced that its flagship annual travel trade event, ExploreGB, is to be held in Harrogate, Yorkshire in 2019. ExploreGB is VisitBritain’s largest travel ... 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

Historic properties and attractions across England experienced significant growth in visitor numbers in 2017. VisitEngland’s Visitor Attraction Trends in England 2017 report shows that, of ... More

Britain’s visitor attractions are set to get a major boost, with investment into the sector topping £50m (US$70.2m, €57m) this year. In addition to significant ... More

VisitBritain has agreed commercial deals with destination management companies for the first time, in order to better promote England’s tourism products overseas. The partnerships will ... More

Three of the UK’s three most populated cities – London, Birmingham and Manchester – have formed an alliance to jointly promote tourism in China, India ... More

“I Travel For” is the new message from VisitBritain, which this week launched its tourism campaign for 2018 in a bid to reach record inbound ... More

Former House of Commons deputy leader Michael Ellis has been named parliamentary undersecretary for arts, heritage and tourism. Ellis – who was deputy leader of ... More