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Tourism plays a significant part in the economic life of England. In 2018, the United Kingdom as a whole was the world's 10th most visited country for tourists, [2] and 17 of the United Kingdom's 25 UNESCO World Heritage Sites fall within England. [3] VisitEngland is the official tourist board for England.
Manchester is the second most visited city in England (after London) and the third most visited in the United Kingdom (behind Edinburgh). [81] Visit Manchester is the tourist board for the city-region and is a division of Marketing Manchester, which was established in 1996.
VisitBritain is the name used by the British Tourist Authority (formerly the British Travel & Holiday Association), [1] the tourist board of the United Kingdom incorporated under the Development of Tourism Act 1969.
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.
Before 1999 it was known as the English Tourist Board and between 1999 and 2009 as the English Tourism Council. In 2003, it was absorbed into the British Tourist Authority and was relaunched as a separate body again in 2009. In 2023, VisitEngland and VisitBritian started negotiations for office space in Birmingham.
Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Manchester.They are currently members of the English Premier League.. Originally formed in 1880 as St. Marks (West Gorton), they then became Ardwick A.F.C. in 1887 before changing their name to Manchester City F.C. in 1894.
Attraction Ranking Rank Museum Location Country Visitors (2023) [1] 1: British Museum: London: England: 5,820,860 2: Natural History Museum: London: England: 5,688,786
Manchester (/ ˈ m æ n tʃ ɪ s t ər,-tʃ ɛ s-/ ⓘ) [6] [7] is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had an estimated population of 568,996 in 2022. [4] Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92 million. [8]