Changes to the tourism landscape
Following the publication of the Prime Minister’s Five Point Plan for Tourism, we have announced a number of changes to strengthen co-ordination and collaboration across the tourism landscape.
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The Government has made the following changes:
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Establishing an Inter-Ministerial Group on Tourism to co-ordinate and oversee action across Government, in addition to holding regular meetings with Tourism Ministers in the devolved administrations to join up action to grow tourism throughout the UK
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Re-vamping the Tourism Industry Council, bringing Government and industry together to deliver on tourism policy
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Establishing a new Events Industry Board to co-ordinate and enhance the UK offer on events and exhibitions, with the aim of holding more world class events in the UK by 2020
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Changing the governance arrangements of VisitBritain and VisitEngland, ensuring they work collaboratively to enhance and grow tourism in Britain and England
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Announcing a new Discover England fund to incentivise England’s c. 206 destination organisations to join up to build world class tourism experiences and products across England