The Ptarmigan visitors' centre being built at the top of Cairn Gorm is due to open in May 2002, with a restaurant and shop. .... More>>

The Maelstrom, an invention of Ride Trade of Liechtenstein, seats 32 riders facing outwards on a circular gondola. The gondola, at the end of a 17.4m pendulum, then swings to a height of 22.5m, while simultaneously whirling and revolving.

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TDI's independent research shows that the four-acre, six-storey visitor attraction, which centres around a huge pint glass atrium, will attract 570,000 overseas visitors in 2001. This is well ahead of other tourist attractions such as Bunratty Castle and the Book of .... More>>

As well as the introduction of two heritage buses to transports visitors between the dockyard's attractions, there are plans for a range of interactive exhibits for children and adults including radio-controlled ships and submarines in a model dockyard, a .... More>>

The 18,000sq ft London Hard Rock Casino will be located in the former Fashion Café premises and will include 15 traditional casino tables, electronic roulette, 25 fruit machines as well as the famous Hard Rock Café mix of music, bars and a diner. It will be a low stakes casino to appeal to .... More>>

The International Astronomy and Space Centre (IASC) will feature 12 zones including Voyager, a journey to the stars in a time machine simulator, a multi-sensory mechanical solar system and the Celestial Sphere Atrium, a suspended globe that visitors can walk through with a galaxy inside.

IASC will be built and run by specialist designer of visitor .... More>>

The BTA wants to give direct support to all the different organisations who have progressed to online bookings backed by genuine online availability, commented David Quarmby, BTA's chair.

An applicant wishing to register on the BTA site must .... More>>

Grants from organisations such as the Onyx Environmental Trust and the Rees Jeffreys Road Fund will kick start tree planting programmes in inner city areas such as London's Newham and Thamesmead and alongside motorways.

Trees have a vital role to play in the .... More>>

The TT Experience will give visitors a feel for what the races are about, using innovative interpretation techniques such as virtual reality, and interactive displays rather than museum-like exhibits. The attraction will be .... More>>

Winner of more than 20 awards, the attraction has exceeded all visitor projections, attracting more than seven million visitors despite the combined effects of foot and mouth and the September 11 events. Recent research has also shown overwhelming support for the Eye to become a permanent feature.

It has transformed .... More>>

Speaking to more than 30 politicians at the annual BACTA parliamentary lunch, Keith Smith said that pubs, clubs and seaside towns were at risk from Budd: These recommendations threaten to turn the gaming industry from .... More>>

Focusing on the four areas of arts and culture, community and Jubilee, education and sport, the Spirit of Friendship Festival will celebrate the 2002 Commonwealth Games and the Queen's Golden Jubilee.

Designed to portray the face of the modern Commonwealth, the multi-cultural festival will run .... More>>

Part-funded by the Arts Council, the theatre has been closed for four years and is part of wider regeneration project by the London Borough of Newham, which includes an art house cinema and Stratford Circus, a performing arts centre which opened next door earlier this year.

Architects Levitt Bernstein, have restored the theatre .... More>>

'The year 2002 will be a classic year for British holidays', predicts Alisdair Aird, editor of the 6th edition of the guide which this year features 139 new entries.

Highlighting a 2002 price survey, the guide features 36 attractions which have cut their .... More>>