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Government reveals plan to drive rapid recovery of tourism sector

11 June 2021 by

A new rail pass and vouchers for popular tourist attractions are at the heart of a plan to return domestic tourism to pre-pandemic levels by 2022 and international tourism by 2023.

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Mayor to invest £6m to get people back into central London

22 March 2021 by

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced that £6m will be invested in directly supporting the reopening of London’s economy once Covid restrictions are lifted.

Government announces £56m for high streets and seaside resorts News

Government announces £56m for high streets and seaside resorts

22 March 2021 by
Switzerland, Jamaica and the Czech Republic removed from travel corridors list News

Switzerland, Jamaica and the Czech Republic removed from travel corridors list

27 August 2020 by
Tourism campaign looks to boost fortunes of the north-east post-Covid News

Tourism campaign looks to boost fortunes of the north-east post-Covid

07 August 2020 by
Quarantine restrictions extended to Belgium, Andorra and the Bahamas News

Quarantine restrictions extended to Belgium, Andorra and the Bahamas

07 August 2020 by

London operators need support after being hit by 'triple whammy' warns UKHospitality News

London operators need support after being hit by 'triple whammy' warns UKHospitality

03 August 2020 by

UKHospitality has described the loss of inbound tourism, leisure and business travel in London as a[...]

Could temporary VAT reduction boost campaign for permanent change? News

Could temporary VAT reduction boost campaign for permanent change?

16 July 2020 by

The tourism industry has long campaigned for reduction in VAT to boost its competitiveness with destinations[...]

Premier Inn reports 'good demand' in regional tourist destinations News

Premier Inn reports 'good demand' in regional tourist destinations

07 July 2020 by

Premier Inn has said it is seeing “good demand” in regional tourist destinations as it plans[...]

Government confirms introduction of ‘Covid travel list’ of countries with details expected this week News

Government confirms introduction of ‘Covid travel list’ of countries with details expected this week

29 June 2020 by

The government has confirmed the relaxation of quarantine restrictions to a “Covid travel list” of countries[...]

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Confirmation of ‘air bridge’ countries imminent

Government confirmation on the first countries to be connected via ‘air bridges’ to avoid UK quarantine rules could come as early as today."

26 June 2020 by
Air bridges expected to unlock tourism from European countries News

Air bridges expected to unlock tourism from European countries

25 June 2020
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The announcement of air bridges is expected to unlock much of Western Europe from next month, kickstarting the tourism and hospitality industries.

Calls for home secretary to quit if government loses quarantine case News

Calls for home secretary to quit if government loses quarantine case

15 June 2020
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Home secretary Priti Patel has been urged to resign if she loses a court case over the government’s “devastating” quarantine rules.

Domestic bookings on the rise as holidaymakers choose staycations News

Domestic bookings on the rise as holidaymakers choose staycations

10 June 2020 by

After months spent confined within their homes, but with no guarantees of how or when travel[...]

Legal action against 'unfair' 14-day quarantine launched as measures come into effect News

Legal action against 'unfair' 14-day quarantine launched as measures come into effect

08 June 2020 by

British Airways’ parent company has commenced legal action against the implementation of a 14-day quarantine on[...]

Nigel Huddleston named as fifth tourism minister since 2017 News

Nigel Huddleston named as fifth tourism minister since 2017

17 February 2020 by

Nigel Huddleston has been announced as the fifth minister to take up the tourism brief in[...]

Overseas visitors to UK set to reach £26.6b record spending in 2020 News

Overseas visitors to UK set to reach £26.6b record spending in 2020

21 January 2020 by

Overseas visitors to Britain are predicted to spend a record £26.6b in 2020, a 6.6% increase[...]

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Inbound visitor numbers bounced back in June

18 August 2017 by
Fall in value of pound drives record breaking year for UK tourism Archive

Fall in value of pound drives record breaking year for UK tourism

19 May 2017
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