Summer sunshine boosts East's multi-billion tourism sector as Suffolk and Norfolk see record growth.
With economic modelling data supplied by Destination Research.
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Summer sunshine boosts East's multi-billion tourism sector as Suffolk and Norfolk see record growth.
With economic modelling data supplied by Destination Research.
www.itv.com/news/anglia/...
VisitEnglandβs August bank holiday trip tracker survey shows that 11.2 million Brits are definitely planning an overnight holiday trip in the UK this bank holiday weekend, bringing an estimated Β£4.1 billion boost to the economy.
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UK Domestic Travel Sentiment Tracker | VisitBritain.org
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The Social Value of Tourism
This report reveals the positive cultural and social impacts that tourism has on local communities across the UK. www.visitbritain.org/social-value...
The primary reasons Brits whose next holiday is going to be domestic rather than overseas cite for their decision are that it's easier to plan a domestic trip, it will be cheaper than going abroad, and the amount of travel involved will be shorter and less time consuming.
13.05.2025 07:00 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0ALVA announces visitor numbers in 2024 to the UKβs most popular attractions saw a rise of 3.4%.
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British Museum most visited UK attraction in 2024 
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VisitBritain/VisitEngland released the 2024 Great Britain domestic day visits survey report. The 2024 data shows a decrease in tourism day visit volume vs 2023 for England (-12%). When taking inflation into account, spend was up by 3%.
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UK short-term rentals
January 2025 Summary:  Supply continues to grow, whilst nights reserved are flat; ADR has increased well above inflation
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A useful, single source of the latest major UK national business, consumer confidence surveys, presented in a simple easily digestible form.
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VisitBritain publishes its inbound tourism forecast for 2024 and 2025, showing that international visits overall and visitor spending to the UK are set to increase on 2023 levels, although with varying rates of growth from across its major inbound markets.
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The UK's art, heritage and culture offer is an exceptionally important part of what attracts tourists to the UK. 
The announcement of a major funding package for arts and culture is absolutely to be welcomed.
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Almost one-in-four of those taking an overnight domestic holiday in 2023 had, or were accompanied by someone in their travel group that had, a physical or mental health condition or illness.
21.02.2025 08:00 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Domestic Sentiment Tracker Report - February 2025.
Domestic overnight trip intentions back up to February 2024 levels, whilst overseas intentions increased as well. Cost of living perceptions have been lower since the summer, but stabilised this month.
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 Norman castle receives Β£1.3m for urgent repairs 
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"There are so many vacancies across our hospitality and tourism sectors and a youth mobility scheme could be instrumental in helping us to fill them."
Lib Dem MP Sarah Olney in Westminster Hall on why UK businesses struggling to recruit NEED a UK-EU youth mobility scheme. #Brexit
Tourist taxes: policy and debates.
A briefing about transient visitor levies or 'tourist taxes', including information on plans for the introduction of tourist taxes in Scotland and Wales.
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New travel permit scheme for some overseas visitors could 'damage' NI's tourism
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Insights Update: Screen Tourism Research
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Tourism Facts and Figures 2024 from the Tourism Alliance. tourismalliance.com/2024-tourism...
10.02.2025 10:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0An industry toolkit for businesses and destinations to get involved in English Tourism Week 2025 is now available to download.
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Transport indicators in the week to 2 February 2025 show:
π’ the number of ship visits to major UK ports increased 5% compared to the previous week
βοΈ the number of UK flights increased 5% compared to the previous week.
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Cardiff tourism tax could help host events - leader www.bbc.com/news/article...
10.02.2025 10:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Local democracy shake-up: The biggest reorganisation of local government in 50 years is underway. 
Norfolk, Suffolk & Essex will soon have Mayors and fewer councils. But will it bring savingsβor more central control?
π From our 2024 State of the #dataviz Industry survey: The overall share of respondents who identify data visualization as their primary focus has continued to increase year-on-year starting at 30% back in 2020 and now at 42% this year. 
Full report here: https://buff.ly/4g7RYiv
If you are going on an overnight domestic trip you have to get to where you are going, so today lets take a look at the mode of transport used by Brits taking such trips back in 2023.
07.02.2025 08:00 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Have a read of the unlikely similarities between Norfolkβs Blickling Hall and Cairoβs Bayt al Razzaz, as well as the lessons to be shared on conservation, heritage and future-proofing design π
09.02.2025 10:30 β π 60 π 14 π¬ 1 π 0My latest PS column makes the evergreen case for public investment in Stoke-on-Trentβs two largest theatres and highlights the cultural dividend this investment delivers.
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