Visitbritain News
VisitBritain launches The Countryside Collection
VisitBritain, the national tourist board for England, Scotland and Wales, has unveiled a new GREAT Britain campaign initiative, The Countryside Collection, with an unforgettable celebration in New York City
VisitBritain points to success of UK regions
New analysis from VisitBritain has revealed that more international tourists are starting to travel across the country than ever before, with spending hitting new record levels in the majority of nations and regions for the first nine months of 2014. According to new figures from the Office for National Statistics, in the first nine months of 2014 overseas tourist spending reached new records in Wales (£303 million), Scotland (£1.5 billion), London (£8.9 billion), East of England (£693 million), North West (£849 million) and the South East (£1.7 billion).
VisitBritain expects record year for UK travel
New figures released, for the first eleven months of last year, suggest that 2014 will be another record year for inbound tourism for the UK - beating VisitBritain’s original growth forecast. During January to November 2014 there were 32.4 million visits to the UK, seven per cent more visits recorded than at the same juncture in 2013.
VisitBritain points to sustained tourism growth in UK
The tourism sector is expected to show strong growth in 2015, as it continues to support Britain’s economic resurgence, as part of the government’s long term economic plan, culture secretary Sajid Javid said earlier. Forecasts from tourism body VisitBritain predict that inbound tourism spend will rise by 4.5 per cent in 2015 with visitors from overseas expected to spend £22.2 billion – an increase of almost £1 billion on 2014.
Chinese travellers turn their eyes toward British tourism
As new research paper has revealed aspirations to visit Britain in China are stronger than ever before. The news comes as VisitBritain holds its biggest Destination China tourism mission to date in Guangzhou and Hong Kong this week. In the 2014 Anholt GfK Nations Brand Index study, China ranked Britain second out of fifty nations for ‘Tourism’ - its highest ranking to date for this attribute and one place higher than in 2013.
VisitBritain announces flagship international trade event
VisitBritain has today announced it will debut its largest annual international industry event, ExploreGB, in late February 2015. The flagship event will replace Hosted Buyers Marketplace (HBM) which VisitBritain held in partnership for the last three years.
Katherine Jenkins to lead new countryside and cultural drive
Katherine Jenkins will lead a renewed drive to attract international visitors to Britain and will be at the heart of VisitBritain’s upcoming Countryside is GREAT campaign, as part of the GREAT Britain Campaign.
VisitBritain to launch ExploreGB in 2015
VisitBritain has today announced it will debut its largest annual international industry event, ExploreGB, in late February 2015. The flagship event will replace Hosted Buyers Marketplace which VisitBritain held in partnership for the last three years.
Tourism Ireland and VisitBritain sign new cooperation deal
Tourism Ireland and VisitBritain today announced a new agreement to boost tourist numbers from long-haul markets such as China and India. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Niall Gibbons, chief executive of Tourism Ireland, and Sandie Dawe, chief executive, VisitBritain.
VisitBritain launches ‘Great China welcome’ chartermark
‘GREAT China Welcome’ is VisitBritain’s initiative to make Britain the most welcoming destination in Europe for Chinese visitors. Supported by government ministers, it aims to encourage UK tourism and hospitality businesses to sign up to a Charter which proves that their products and services are right for Chinese visitors.
Best inbound tourism year for Great Britian in history
VisitBritain has announced new figures showing the UK saw record annual inbound spend and record numbers of visits in 2013. Overseas visitors spent a record £21 billion in 2013, some 13 per cent more than the previous record from 2012.
Gulf visitors travelling to Britain in record numbers
As VisitBritain hosts its annual GCC travel trade mission in Saudi Arabia for the first time this week, figures show that during the first three quarters of 2013, total visits from GCC countries to the UK were up by ten per cent on the same period in 2012, whilst spend increased by 11 per cent. This level of growth resulted in visits and spend hitting new records for the January to September period, with just over £1 billion spent during 452,000 total visits from the six GCC countries - Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar.