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Shark in London
A two metre long Zebra shark originating from Australia has arrived at the London Aquarium. The attraction is hoping that her arrival will educate and inform visitors about the plight of sharks. About 100 million sharks are now killed worldwide each year, mainly because of the demand for shark fin soup.
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Industry welcomes proposals for radical licensing reform
The hospitality industry has welcomed today's Home Office announcement for radical changes in the antiquated licensing laws, enabling operators to potentially stay open around the clock. Jack Straw will today deliver the Time For Reform white paper following a year-long consultation on relaxing what the industry perceives as archaic licensing laws. Key elements of the new system would include scrapping the traditional fixed
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BTA welcomes £12m tourism rescue package
The BTA has welcomed the government's decision to grant an additional £12m to counter the foot and mouth crisis. Culture Secretary, Chris Smith, announced today that the government is granting the £12m, in addition to last month's £6m rescue package, to help restore confidence in the industry worth more than £12.5bn annually to the economy. After repeated calls for further cash, the tourism industry welcomes the move enabling
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Prescott delivers lifeline to market towns
Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, has unveiled a multi-million pound rescue package today for English market towns suffering from tourism losses due to the foot and mouth crisis. Prescott revealed a rescue package of up to £43m for nearly 50 towns across England reliant on rural tourism and devastated by foot and mouth. Most of the resources will go to towns facing restricted access in the South-West, North-East and the
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V&A and Science Museum set dates for scrapping entry fees
On the first day of his new job as director of the V&A, Mark Jones has set a date for scrapping the £5 entry fee. Coinciding with the launch of Museums and Galleries Month today, Jones has announced the end of entry fees from 22 November, following the Chancellor Gordon Brown's budget speech last month, changing the law to allow museums and galleries to allow free entry. The Science Museum has followed suit announcing the end
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'Space tourist' heads into orbit for holiday
The universe's first space tourist blasted into orbit at the weekend, making the £14m price-tag the world's most expensive holiday. Californian Dennis Tito paid the £14m to the Russian space agency for his place on the Soyuz spaceship, due to arrive at the International Space Station today. The 60-year-old multi-millionaire will spend six days at the Space Station before returning to ground control in Kazakhstan on Sunday.
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Further Spanish authorities consider green tourism tax
Following the introduction of a 'green' tourism tax by the authorities on the Spanish islands of Majorca, Menorca and Ibiza, additional local councils on the Spanish mainland are also considering the levy. Authorities in Barcelona and several resorts on Spain's Costa Brava are studying the feasibility of introducing the tax of one euro (62p) per person per night, an estimated cost of £35 on the cost of a typical family package
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Help must be quick to save bookings, warn tourism gurus
The Giants Consortium, representing 2,000 travel agents in America and Canada, are warning the British government that they need to act immediately if bookings for visitors to the UK are to be maintained. In a report in The Independent newspaper this week, Jenni Ross, chief operating officer of the consortium said the booking window for European travel is 45 to 60 days ahead and bookings are very sharply down. Forty senior
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Art Fund rescues £1m knight in shining armour for British Museum
The National Art Collections Fund (The Art Fund) has given £178,808 to the British Museum to help purchase a Celtic La T'ne Gold Warrior fibula (brooch) dated 300-200 BC. The brooch, depicting a young warrior with his hunting dog, was bought at Christie's this week for £1,103,750; further funding came from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Although the identity of the jeweller is unknown, the fibula was once owned by the Portuguese
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ETC heads 'tourism cabinet'
The English Tourism Council has established a 12-strong 'Tourism Cabinet' to implement the organisation's domestic and international recovery plan in light of the foot and mouth crisis. The aims of the cabinet include; co-ordinating international, national and regional tourism recovery plans; communicating best practice and advice in reacting to the crisis; and maintaining communications with relevant government departments.
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SEETB launches Spoilt for Choice
guide, Spoilt for Choice, has been published and is now available from SEETB and Tourist Information Centres. The guide is targeted at local people looking for a day out as well and national and international visitors to the area, and provides a map of the region with grid references to all the attractions, a regional tourism website director, public transport information, information on more than 300 places to visit in Kent,
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John Constable attraction mooted
Plans for a £15m-£20m visitors' attraction based on John Constable have been submitted to Colchester Borough Council. Set to revitalise the Essex and Suffolk countryside it would be set in 80 acres five miles from Colchester and would include an eco-friendly visitor centre with an education centre, a gardening centre, saddlery, displays and exhibitions. Stephen Bunting, a partner in Bunting & Sons, which submitted the plans,
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Attractions fare well over Easter
Although many tourism businesses suffered over Easter due to the foot and mouth crisis, the fact that parts of the countryside were closed seems to have encouraged visitors to spend their time and money at visitor attractions. Cumbria Tourist Board, which had stepped up its marketing to persuade visitors to come despite the concerns about foot and mouth, claims that figures for visitor attractions were actually up on last
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Museum visits show decline
Although museums and galleries are among the most popular attractions, attendance levels are declining slightly, according to a MORI poll. Commissioned by Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries, the research showed that 28 per cent of the UK public had visited a museum or gallery in the 12 months prior to the survey, which was undertaken in 1999. Although this is a healthy figure, it does show a slight
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