Theatres and galleries key to ‘24-hour vision for London’
Mayor Sadiq Khan hopes to make the capital’s nightlife about more than just pubs and clubs.
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On the tourist map
Cultural organisations are missing a trick by not tapping into the tourist trade, but a successful strategy involves more than a n…
Seaside arts
Tourism has been in decline in England’s seaside towns for years, but now a network bringing world-class circus and str…
Keeping the tourists busy
Millions of tourists flock to see Shakespeare’s England, but they don’t all have time to catch a play. Geraldine Colli…
Scotland’s perfect stage
Scotland’s year-round programme of cultural events attracts huge numbers of international visitors, but it takes careful str…
Visits to UK attractions up 5.5 million on 2015
The top ten most popular attractions remain in London, although visits are down at most attractions in this group.
Edinburgh’s festivals generate £313m for Scotland
A large-scale study has found that the growth of the festivals is benefiting the tourism and hospitality sectors.
Street art and circus to address coastal deprivation
A national project will put a street arts and circus touring network at the heart of plans to revitalise the economies of England&…
Deeper commitment to festivals and events in Scotland
A new tourism-based strategy aims to grow Scotland’s domestic and international reputation by investing in the development o…
Scottish economy benefits from increase in museum and gallery attendance
A new report finds that growing numbers of museum and gallery attenders are contributing nearly £900m to the Scottish econom…
Is cultural tourism for you?
Recognising the potential growth of cultural tourism four years ago, Ireland’s audience agency published a guide for arts or…
Discovering the cultural reality
Karl Greenwood on ways to help tourists discover a city from the inside out, tapping into local knowledge through technology and u…
Capitalising on culture
Two capital cities, London and Cardiff, are working collaboratively and over the long term to attract cultural tourists, Hele…
Lakes, mountains and the arts
Is there a need for ‘Cultural Destinations’ funding in the Lake District, a region already full of tourists? Definitel…
Tourism fund to showcase the North
£10m of DCMS funding will be used to attract more international visitors to the north of England.
Mayor to help promote London’s off-beat attractions to tourists
As a new report reveals cultural tourism generated £3.2bn for the economy in 2013, City Hall plans to help spread the wealth…
Culture budget pays for tourism agenda
Free admission at DCMS-funded museums and galleries has helped boost visits by foreign tourists by almost 40% since 2008/9, while…
Culture Diary aims to raise UK’s international profile
A UK-wide event-planning and anti-clash website will help government bodies and agencies to support a drive for tourism and cultur…
Carnival arts to get boost from new consortium
A new consortium is preparing to support the development of carnival artforms spanning music, movement and costume making. Aiming…
Join the conversation now!
Sarah Stannage warns that many arts organisations may be missing out on European and Government funding available through Local En…
Arts organisations to develop ‘Cultural Destinations’
Ten successful bidders will be part of a £3m programme which aims to develop partnerships between arts, culture and tourism…
Festivals in the frame
Why do we need festivals? In the first of two articles about festivals, Holly Payton-Lombardo asks if we simply enjoy coming toget…
Touring public spaces
A new wave of artists’ tours encourages us to look differently at the public spaces (like car parks) we see around us. Bill…
A new partner
Global Travel Industry News offers some tips to tourist destinations on how they can work in partnership with arts organisations.
