Travel Industry – Nominate Your Young Stars

As the year draws to an end it gives us a great opportunity to celebrate the success of visitlancashire.com and take a look at the top 10 most viewed places to stay/eat/visit on the website.

Over the last 12 months visitlancashire.com has received just under 1 million unique visitors, which is a record that we are very proud of.

The busiest day EVER on visitlancashire.com came on 5 November 2011, when the site saw over 16,000 visitors looking for Bonfire Night events.

On the site you will find nearly 3000 listings for accommodation, things to do, places to eat and more across Lancashire.

So let’s see which listings where viewed the most in 2011…

Top 10 most viewed places to stay:

1. Best Western Mytton Fold Hotel and Golf Complex
2. The Midland Hotel
3. Mercure Dunkenhalgh Hotel & Spa
4. Lancaster House Hotel
5. The Gibbon Bridge Hotel & The Old Post House Hotel
6. Martin Lane Farmhouse Holiday Cottages
7. The Ashton
8. The Priory Inn
9. The Chadwick Hotel
10. Ribby Hall Village

Top 10 most viewed places to visit:

1. Brockholes
2. Sandcastle Waterpark
3. The Blackpool Tower
4. Beacon Fell Country Park
5. Pleasure Beach Resort
6. Nickelodeon Land
7. Samlesbury Hall
8. Clitheroe Castle Museum
9. Farmer Parrs Animal World
10. WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre

Top 10 most viewed events:

1. World Fireworks Championships
2. Blackpool Airshow
3. Lancaster Fireworks Spectacular
4. Scare Kingdom Scream Park
5. Clitheroe Fireworks & Bonfire Night
6. Tractor Pulling Championships
7. Santa Steam Specials on the East Lancashire Railway
8. Annual Bonfire and Fireworks Display
9. Witton Park Bonfire 2011
10. Blackpool Illuminations Celebrity Switch On

Top 10 most viewed places to eat in:

1. The Inn at Whitewell
2. Northcote
3. The Three Fishes
4. Freemasons Country Inn
5. The Highwayman
6. The Gibbon Bridge Hotel
7. The Millstone at Mellor
8. The Red Pump Inn
9. Ye Old Sparrowhawk
10. Frederick's Ice Cream Parlour

Top 10 most viewed editorial pages:

1. What's On
2. Things to do
3. Family days out in Lancashire
4. Bonfire Night in Lancashire
5. Walking
6. August Events
7. Historic Houses
8. Animal Attractions
9. Accommodation
10. Food and drink

Well done to all businesses listed above! Is your business one of them? Let us know how your year was?

If your business wasn’t in the list you’re welcome to contact us for suggestions on how to improve your profile. Perhaps next year it could be you!