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06 Feb 2013
Arts Council and VisitEngland join forces to boost cultural tourism
Arts Council England and VisitEngland have joined forces in order to boost cultural tourism across the country. As part of the new partnership, the two bodies have earmarked £3m worth of Arts Council Lottery funding, to be invested in supporting destinations that have "real potential to grow" and improve
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05 Feb 2013
Development grant awarded for Northern Ireland maritime museum
A proposed Maritime Museum and Archive Centre for Erbrington in Derry-Londonderry has been awarded a development grant of £278,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The grant will be used to create more detailed plans to secure a further £3m for the proposed visitor attraction, which would see two listed buildings
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05 Feb 2013
Construction starts on Resort World Birmingham
Construction has officially started on Birmingham's £150m Resort World, with a groundbreaking ceremony attended by the trade and investment minister and representatives from owner and operator Genting Casinos. The leisure and entertainment attraction, due for completion in 2015, is projected to contribute £58m to
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04 Feb 2013
Scottish galleries experience 25 per cent surge in visitor numbers
National Galleries of Scotland (NGS) has seen a 25 per cent increase of visitors in 2012 with three sites in Edinburgh attracting over 1.6m people. The highest previous figure for all three sites was recorded in 2006 with 1.56m. The results are, in part, due to the success of the opening of the refurbished Scottish National Portrait Gallery in December 2011. Both of NGS’s other sites in Edinburgh, the Scottish National Gallery and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art also saw a rise of 3.9 percent and 4.5 per cent respectively on the previous year. The Scottish National Portrait
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04 Feb 2013
Lincoln Castle to get £20m revamp
Lincoln Castle is to undergo a multi-million pound redevelopment to "bring the castle to life," which includes opening the Victorian male prison for the first time in years. Both prison buildings will be refurbished and the project will see the
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01 Feb 2013
New tourism body promotes Stratford and Warwickshire
A new tourism body for Stratford and Warwickshire, Shakespeare's England, will launch a campaign to promote the region as a rural escape destination in late February. The campaign will see it join forces with VisitEngland for a second time this year, following the Romantic Heritage Cities campaign, which ran for
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31 Jan 2013
Scotland to take lead on accessible tourism
The inaugural Accessible Tourism Conference will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland next month as part of efforts to attract more disabled visitors to the country. Organised by VisitScotland, the conference will look to inspire the Scottish tourism industry to think about the numerous innovative ways in which they can make their businesses more accessible. The conference will feature a number of demonstrations, including teams
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31 Jan 2013
London hotels see profit grow in 2012 thanks to Olympics
London hotels have had their third successive year of profit growth thanks to the Olympics, however, regional hotels had their fifth successive year of profit decline, according to the HotStats UK Chain Hotels Market Review. The survey of 560 full-service hotels across the UK revealed August saw a 90 per cent
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31 Jan 2013
International tourism numbers reach 1bn in 2012
The number of annual international tourist arrivals worldwide reached one billion for the first time last year, with Asia and the Pacific showing the strongest growth in foreign visitor numbers. The UNWTO World Tourism Barometer figures reveal an additional 39m tourists travelled internationally last year,
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31 Jan 2013
Britain's image as tourist destination improves post-London 2012
A new survey of international respondents reveals Britain's image as a tourist destination has improved following last year's Olympics and Paralympics. The Nations Brands Index (NBI) research rated 50 of the world's leading nations around six core categories, and was carried out in July 2012, before London 2012,
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31 Jan 2013
Art exhibition opens at Scotland's Mining Museum
A new art exhibition has opened at Scotland's National Mining Museum in Dalkeith, Midlothian. Seams in the Dark was created by Scottish Bafta-nominated artist-in-residence Claire Lamond, in collaboration with young people from around the Museum's home community of Newtongrange, Europe's biggest purpose-built 19th century pit village. The exhibition portrays local life and is built around the exhibition's centrepiece - an
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31 Jan 2013
DCMS to continue support of two non-national museums
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will continue to fund two non-national museums - the Horniman Museum and Gardens and the Geffrye Museum in London. In October 2010, the DCMS said that it was looking to relinquish responsibility for the two museums and pursuing alternative sponsors. Following
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31 Jan 2013
Abu Dhabi’s Yas Waterworld opens to public
Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island has opened its latest attraction, US$245m (180m euro, £155m) waterpark Yas Waterworld, to the public on 20 January – four days earlier than its planned official opening. Spread across 15 hectares (37 acres), the waterpark features 43 rides, slides and attractions and is expected to attract
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31 Jan 2013
March opening for Legoland Discovery Center Westchester, New York
New York landmarks made entirely out of Lego will be among the family-friendly attractions on display when Legoland Discovery Center opens in Winchester, New York state, US, on 27 March. The 32,300sq ft indoor attraction, 30 minutes drive from New York city, features more than three million Lego bricks and caters
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