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Tourists at Buckingham Palace A tourist stall selling various London and United Kingdom related souvenirs on the edge of Trafalgar Square on the Strand. Tourism in the United Kingdom is a major industry and contributor to the U.K. economy, which is the world's 10th biggest tourist destination, with over 40.1 million visiting in 2019, contributing a total of £234 billion to the GDP.
VisitBritain was created in April 2003 to market Britain to the rest of the world and to promote and develop the visitor economy of England. It was formed out of a merger between the British Tourist Authority and the English Tourism Council , and is a non-departmental public body responsible to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport .
VisitEngland is the official tourist board for England. Its stated mission is to "build England's tourism product, raise Britain’s profile worldwide, increase the volume and value of tourism exports and develop England and Britain’s visitor economy".
The London Tourist Board was established in 1963 and became the official regional tourist board for London under the Development of Tourism Act in 1969. It was responsible for the marketing and promotion of the capital, providing tourist information services, and recommending improvements to the infrastructure and facilities for the growth of tourism.
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's foreign office on Monday launched three strategic reviews of its foreign policy, saying it wanted to strengthen the country's global impact and would deliver the ...
[34] [35] Subsequently, concern was expressed in the media that Britain's aid budget was being spent on defence and foreign policy objectives and to support the work of other departments. [36] [37] [38] In November 2015, the DFID released a new policy document titled "UK aid: tackling global challenges in the national interest". [39]
VisitEngland's stated mission is to build England's tourism product, raise Britain's profile worldwide, increase the volume and value of tourism exports and develop England and Britain's visitor economy. [4] In 2020, the Lonely Planet travel guide rated England as the second best country to visit that year, after Bhutan. [5]
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