Category Archives: Political news

AN influential committee of MPs has launched an inquiry into the role of tourism in supporting rural growth in England. Rural tourism provides around £17 billion a year to the English economy. But rural communities face some particular challenges to tourism growth such as transport connections, restrictions to broadband access and seasonal employment. Now the Environment, […]

David Cameron has announced the Government’s new five-point plan to boost tourism right across the UK on the 17th July 2015. A new inter-ministerial group will be formed to co-ordinate and align action across Government to ensure that the right infrastructure is in place to make it easy for visitors to discover the best of what […]

The Heritage Alliance has made available an analysis of the political party manifestos in key areas affecting the independent heritage sector in the run up to the General Election in May 2015. One of the key areas is tourism which almost all the parties refer to specifically. So have a look and see what they […]