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11 million Brits plan a UK holiday trip for the Easter weekend, bringing a £3.2 billion economic boost.

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A girl standing in a field of daffodil flowers in Hexham, Northumberland.

VisitEngland has today, 25 March, announced Pete Chambers from the Coventry Music Museum is the winner of its Tourism Superstar 2024 competition.

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Pete Chambers Tourism Superstar 2024 winner grapics.

Week-long celebration of England’s tourism industry fast approaching

VisitEngland

Promotion artwork for English Tourism Week 2024

VisitEngland has today, Tuesday 5 March, announced that this year’s VisitEngland Awards for Excellence will be held at Rum Warehouse at The Titanic Hotel Liverpool on 5 June.

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Group shot of Gold Award winners at VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2023.

Get involved in English Tourism Week with the new toolkit

VisitEngland

Promotion artwork for English Tourism Week 2024

VisitEngland’s Tourism Superstar 2024 competition has launched today, Monday 19 February, with the public urged to get involved and cast their vote.

A collage of the finalists for Tourism Superstar 2024

VisitBritain, in partnership with MeetEngland, Meet in Wales, VisitScotland Business Events, and ABPCO (Association of British Professional Congress Organisers) explored the importance of ‘impact beyond the plenary’ at its first Association Conference at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC).

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BTA Chairman Nick de Bois CBE stands behind a podium onstage and speaks to a room of 80 delegates at the VisitBritain Business Events Association Conference

The VisitBritain Gift Card is now available to purchase on the VisitBritain Shop.

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Speech by our CEO Patricia Yates at our flagship 'Showcase Britain' event, held at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, welcoming 120 travel buyers and media from 18 countries to promote Britain's outstanding tourism offer.

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VisitBritain CEO Patricia Yates giving speech at Showcase Britain 2024

VisitEngland has today 18 January revealed the 10 superstars to make the shortlist of its annual search to find the unsung hero of England’s tourism industry.

A collage of the finalists for Tourism Superstar 2024

National tourism agency VisitBritain is gearing up to welcome more than 120 international travel buyers for a series of educational visits across Britain, as part of its flagship ‘Showcase Britain 2024’ trade event.

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VisitBritain publishes inbound tourism forecast for 2024

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VisitBritain 2024 inbound tourism forecast