After collating data from Government offices, countryside groups, the Land Registry, the Met Office and various independent organisations, the county scored 72 out of a possible 100, more than twice that of joint bottom Hertfordshire and Staffordshire.

Devon's two neighbours - Gloucestershire and Cornwall - came .... More>>

In Notes From a Small Island, which was picked from a shortlist of 10 titles, Bryson - born in Iowa but having spent many years living in England - refers to it as 'still the best place in the world for most things. To post a letter, go for a walk, watch television, buy a .... More>>

He warned that terrorism is a huge threat to tourism and that we must follow the leadership of the United States in dismantling rogue states so terrorists have nowhere to hide.

Back home, he called for Regional Development Agencies to upgrade facilities and services to create .... More>>

'We need to see how our product fits into that park of the world,' he said. 'If it does well there, there may be other locations in Asia we can look at.'

He also pointed out there are new challenges to operating in a .... More>>

The Dutch-themed attraction - modelled on a 17th century Netherlands town and including museums, hotels, holiday homes, shops and condominiums - originally enjoyed strong visitor figures when it opened in 1992 but since the late 1990s has seen falling attendance due to the recession in Japan.

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ETOA executive director, Tom Jenkins said: 'We are entering a period of volatility in demand and consumer confidence is extremely fragile.'

Jenkins added that pictures in the media of armoured personnel carriers at Heathrow recently 'projected an image of .... More>>

The scheme, jointly owned by RTB Enterprises, a company owned by the regional tourist boards and the new tourism formed by the merger of the ETC and the British Tourist Authority, aims to deliver an online tourism network for England.

It will link up to local .... More>>

Designed and built by Shepherd Construction, Alton Towers says the hotel is the first in Europe to incorporate an indoor and outdoor water park, which will be exclusively for hotel guests.

Total investment in the project, which includes a new conference centre, was £40m.

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Jowell says the government was looking to industry to take the lead in defining how the new national tourism body will promote England, by working with the public sector and government.

Speaking at the Hartwell Three Tourism Seminar in London, Jowell said: 'We want the industry to .... More>>

Under an agreement renewable after three years, the RA will lend 250 - 300 objects to the FHAM covering the period between the 11th and 19th centuries. Details on the displays have yet to be released.

The FHAM will meet all the expenses of .... More>>

The US$63m museum, the brainchild of the Jewsih Historical Institute Association, is to be sited on 13,000sq m of land donated by WarsawCity Council, oppsite the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Memorial.

Being designed by Frank O. Gehry - who designed the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain - the 15,810sq m .... More>>

Run by EMFEC, a regional association for further education, and co-funded by Nottinghamshire Learning and Skills Council, the project will initially be available to 100 people for post-beginner level French.

The course, available via the Internet, comprises three modules aimed at tourist information centre employees, .... More>>

The report was conducted by Locum Destination on behalf of Business Link Nottinghamshire, Nottinghamshire City Council, Nottinghamshire County Council and Profile Nottingham. It found that the legend .... More>>

The Stage One Pass earmarks £10 million towards the £15 million cost of the project. Further funding is coming from Wansbeck District Council and Northumberland County Council and applications to local bodies such the Single Regeneration Budget .... More>>