The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) [Alliance member] has just announced its members’ visitor figures, prior to English Tourism Week. Their findings show that there has overall been a UK-wide increase in visitor numbers, despite the 4% drop in the number of overseas visitors to the UK last year. Among the key findings: UK sites saw an overall […] The 1st International Congress of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimages “Following the Footsteps of the Saint Pope John Paul II” will take place in Krakow, from 8th to 12th November 2017. Krakow and Malopolska Region have a great potential as a religious tourism and pilgrimage destination. The Congress aims to be a meeting place between the tour […] 57% of British adults agree that the Government should provide financial support to churches in order to protect their heritage and history for future generations, according to a new ComRes opinion poll commissioned by the National Churches Trust, the UK’s church buildings support charity. This is now an annual survey undertaken by the NCT to […] The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, Museum Catharijne Convent, The Centre for Religious Art and Culture (Belgium) and the Future for Religious Heritage will be jointly organizing a conference on Religious Heritage and Tourism. The conference is called “How to increase religious heritage tourism in a changing society” will […] England’s gardens, farms and leisure and theme parks experienced the most significant growth in visitor numbers in VisitEngland’s Annual Attractions Survey published this week. Out of the 1,500 English attractions in the survey, outdoor attractions performed particularly well in 2015. Gardens, farms and leisure/theme parks reported the biggest increase in visitors, each up 7%, with wildlife attractions […] The theme of the fifth Future for Religious Heritage’s international conference is Tourists, Travellers and Pilgrims: Encountering Religious Heritage in Today’s Europe While increasing numbers of church buildings across Europe are being closed, deconsecrated and/or demolished, at the same time there is a growth of interest in religious and/or cultural pilgrimage and tourism along Europe’s […] The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) published on 7 March its members’ visitor figures for 2015. Overall 124.4 million visits were made to the top 230 ALVA sites. A staggering 65,218,272 people visited attractions in London and the top three most visited sites were the British Museum, the National Gallery and the Natural History Museum. Westminster Abbey […] On 7 March, MPs and stakeholders attended the Tourism Alliance’s Parliamentary Reception as part of English Tourism Week 2016 (5-13 March). The event provided a platform for the Tourism Alliance to launch its annual publication of UK Tourism Statistics: Tourism Statistics 2016, highlighting the role that the industry has played in the rebuilding of the UK economy. Bernard […] Can you help Future for Religious Heritage, by completing a short survey? As part of the European project Europetour, FRH has, in co-operation with its partners, set up a survey that aims at taking stock of rural cultural tourism management. Religious heritage is often a very important marker in rural areas, we are very interested […] The first World Heritage UK’s conference is taking place on 14th – 15th October 2015 at the Saltaire World Heritage site. This conference will be the first opportunity for many years for all parts of the World Heritage community to get together to explore a specific theme relevant to all of the UK’s existing and […]ALVA Publishes 2018 Visitor Figures
1st International Congress of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimages
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UK attractions receive 3.2% increase in visitor numbers in 2015
Tourism Statistics 2016
Taking stock of rural cultural tourism management
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