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#EnglishTourismWeek25 kicks off today, celebrating our remarkable industry that makes England a vibrant and attractive destination to explore and visit. This year's theme, "Supporting people and places to drive growth," highlights the sector's crucial role in job creation, supporting 2.6 million jobs and thousands of businesses nationwide. Tourism drives regional development, contributing approximately £71.6 billion in domestic visitor spend annually to the UK economy. Watch: Our Director Andrew Stokes OBE discusses the significance of English Tourism in generating economic growth and why it matters for our nation. #EnglishTourism #VisitorEconomy #Businesses #Attractions #Destinations #LocalVisitorEconomyPartnerships #Tourism #ETW25

Our amazing Education Officer, Andy, has been shortlisted for the Visit England Tourism Superstar Awards! 🌟 Show your support for Andy and Dartmoor Zoo, and cast your vote today! https://lnkd.in/eqP3zSni 🙌 #DartmoorZoo #Devon #VisitEngland

With less than two weeks to go until #EnglishTourismWeek25 begins on Friday 14 March, get ready with our dedicated toolkit to join the campaign. English Tourism Week champions the English tourism sector to stakeholders including Government, MPs, media and more. This year the theme is 'Supporting people and places to drive growth’ highlighting English tourism's ability to bring jobs and growth to regions across the country. Tourism is one of England’s largest & most valuable industries, supporting thousands of businesses and 2.6 million jobs. Spread the word about English Tourism Week to highlight the tourism offer on your doorstep, kickstart the new season and help showcase the value, breadth and quality of tourism in England!  Download the toolkit from: https://brnw.ch/21wQHiy #EnglishTourismWeek #EnglishTourism #Attractions #Accommodation #Hospitality #Experiences #SMEs #Destinations #Tourism #ETW25

16.1 million people in the UK are disabled; we are working with our network of Local Visitor Economy Partnerships (LVEPs) to make England an accessible destination for all. We are excited to announce the launch of the LVEP Accessibility Support Programme, after accessibility was identified by LVEPs as an area that needed additional training and upskilling.     The programme, delivered by accessible tourism specialists Access & Inclusion UK, is supporting 37 LVEPs across England through a series of live webinars on the VisitEngland Academy e-learning platform and one-to-one support. Based around the ‘Kick-start’ programme within the Accessible & Inclusive Tourism Toolkit for LVEPs, the training focuses on a low-cost, high-impact approach to accessible destination development that works with existing products and focuses on providing accessibility information. A key part of this is to support LVEPs to maximise their partnership with AccessAble and to drive the uptake of businesses in their areas to complete Detailed Access Guides.   In leading on accessible and inclusive tourism, LVEPs are enabling local tourism businesses to attract more visitors and drive growth in the visitor economy by opening the door to a market worth £14.6 billion in England. https://lnkd.in/ewJTdTbz

#EnglishTourismWeek25 (14-23 March 2025) is on its way! Get ready to celebrate your sector with our new toolkit of assets to help you get involved and brand your activities as part of the campaign. Tourism is one of England’s largest & most valuable industries, supporting 200,000 businesses and 2.6 million jobs, and generating circa £71.6 billion annually in domestic visitor spend. Whether you run a small business or a large destination/LVEP, you can join the campaign to highlight the quality, range and value of your tourism offer to your partners, stakeholders, local MPs, media and customers. Everyone is invited to get involved! How do you plan to celebrate? Find out more and download the toolkit: https://lnkd.in/e2VgffeK #EnglishTourismWeek #ETW25 #EnglishTourism #SMEs #Attractions #Accommodation #Experiences #Hospitality #DomesticTourism #BusinessToolkit #TourismCampaign #LVEP #DMO

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Delighted to have hosted the #Japanese group of buyers as part #ShowcaseBritain programme to #Devon. Despite the weather throwing every conceivable condition at us, we braved the elements and were able to showcase the wonders of the county with its diverse and spectacular coast and countryside, excellent food and drink and not to mention a few iconic film and TV locations along the way! A lively and interactive networking evening with a selection of area tourism partners and attractions enjoying drinks and canapés International markets holds so much potential for inbound tourism to our region thus growing the overall visitor economy to the county. Thank you to all our partners who assisted and worked in making this familiarisation trip a success Passing the baton onto Cotswold Tourism now for the last leg! VisitBritain VisitEngland Destination Plymouth Visit Exeter Visit South Devon Bovey Castle Dartmoor National Park Authority #bearslakeinn Mark Lakeman

Looking forward to welcoming and hosting the #japanese group of buyers to our beautiful region as part of the #ShowcaseBritain programme. A chance for us to give just a snapshot of what #devon has to offer our international visitors 365 days a year VisitBritain VisitEngland Devon and Partners LVEP Tomoko Hisaki Mark Lakeman Sally Everton 萨莉·埃弗顿

An excellent article in the latest issue of Family First's Travel and Tourism Magazine, featuring why #devon is the perfect destination for family holidays with so much to see, do and experience for families with children of all ages; as well as for parents and grand parents to make memories to last a lifetime Family First is a free print and digital publication, dedicated to helping families build the perfect holiday. 📖 Read the full article in the latest digital issue here:👇 https://lnkd.in/eJsZBKRW English Riviera BID Company Ltd Visit Exeter Visit South Devon Visit Plymouth Dartmoor National Park Authority East Devon Tourism Network #visitnorthdevon

Throughout 2024 we continued rolling out our Local Visitor Economy Partnerships (#LVEPs) programme accrediting an additional 9 LVEPs, creating a streamlined and effective destination management landscape for England’s tourism industry. Supported by VisitEngland, LVEPs work in collaboration with us to drive forward national growth priorities. In 2025, we’ll continue to grow the LVEP network and our work with them to build a resilient and sustainable visitor economy, deliver economic growth and support local communities.