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VISITENGLAND ANNOUNCES DOMESTIC TOURISM FIGURES FOR 2011 Overnight trips in England up by 9% compared to 2010 4 April 2012. VisitEngland, the national tourist board, today released figures revealing that over 104 million domestic overnight trips were taken in England last year – an increase of 9 per cent compared to 2010 and the highest […]

A young chef from Grill on the Hill at Stanley House in Mellor is celebrating after being awarded Lancashire Young Chef of the Year for the second year in a row.  Lewis Gallagher secured this title by winning the Essential Cuisine Sponsored Lancashire Heat of the North West Young Chef Competition on 29th March 2012 […]

Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board (LBTB) has achieved a major landmark today (27.3.12), with the tourist board’s visitor website visitlancashire.com recording 1 million unique users in the last twelve months (exceeding it by 4,000 by 9.30am on 27.3.12).  LBTB uses ‘unique visitors’ for evaluating and benchmarking online activity, but those 1 million unique users have […]

VisitEngland, the country’s national tourist board has launched a nationwide campaign to find England’s biggest fan for an all-expenses paid 70-day trip around the country.  The organisation is looking for a budding travel writer / broadcaster / social networker who is passionate about England, and likes nothing more than exploring the country and passing on […]

NEW GB-WIDE SURVEY ANNOUNCED DURING ENGLISH TOURISM WEEK As English Tourism Week begins, VisitEngland, the national tourist board announces findings from the first survey of its kind on the importance of day visits to the domestic tourism industry.  The survey, conducted in 2011, in partnership with the national tourist boards of Wales and Scotland, shows […]

The London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay route through Lancashire has been officially announced. People in Lancashire can now find out exactly which streets and landmarks the Torch Relay will visit in their local area by visiting www.lancashire.gov.uk/2012 and www.london2012.com/olympic-torch-relay-map. And the names of the inspirational torchbearers, who will carry the iconic torch, have also been […]

Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board (LBTB) will be delighted to welcome diners at the tourist board’s next Taste Lancashire Produce evening which takes place at The Three Fishes, Mitton, on Tuesday 20 March 2012. The tourist board’s new dining events, in partnership with some of the county’s finest restaurants, help demonstrate the abundance of superb […]

part of English Tourism Week 10-18 March Last month Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board (LBTB) announced that the tourist board had been awarded funding of £120,000 to help promote rural Lancashire produce and producers up to March 2013, from the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE), for which Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural […]

Following its launch today (7 March 2012) at one of the most iconic tourist attractions in the country, the EDF Energy London Eye, the UK’s largest ever domestic tourism marketing campaign, Holidays at Home are GREAT, kicks off tomorrow with the airing of its celebrity-led advertisement hitting TV screens across the country. The campaign, led by […]

• Four communities in the North West are set to host Flame Celebrations as part of the London 2012 Paralympic Relay • Each community to host part of their nations Flame • Over 3500 people nominated to be Torchbearers in campaigns run by BT, Lloyds TSB and Sainsbury’s To mark six months to go until the start of […]

Results from the Visit England Great British Tourism Survey from November 2011 are available online here. Summary of Results In November 2011, the number of overnight trips taken in England was 14% higher than in November 2010, the sixth consecutive monthly increase. Considering the period from January to November 2011, 7% more trips were taken […]

From 8 March Global Rainbow is being projected from Preston across the region and beyond for four nights to open the year’s London 2012 cultural celebrations in the North West. Global Rainbow will launch WE PLAY Challenge at Preston‟s Harris Museum and Art Gallery on 8 March where Olympians including Team GB‟s Triple Jump gold […]