Useful Links
Below are useful links direct to various organisations including Government Departments, Regional and National tourism organisations, Regional Development Agencies and many others.
Tourism Together
Tourism Together is a strategic partnership of five key UK Tourism organisations to enable them to work closer together, and to undertake specific joint activities.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The Central Government department responsible for tourism is D.C.M.S. It aims to increase the size and productivity of the tourism sector.
VisitBritain
This is the official website for the UK tourism industry from Britain's tourism marketing body. The website is packed full of market intelligence & research, advice and opportunities for promoting your destination in the UK and overseas. You can also sign-up online to receive their free e-updates in order to keep abreast of the latest industry news.
VisitEngland
VisitEngland is the national tourist board representing the public and private sector stakeholders of English Tourism. It works in partnership creating national tourism strategy, optimising marketing investment, and developing the visitor experience across England. VisitEngland uses its Enjoy England consumer brand in the domestic market and markets England under the VisitEngland brand in international markets. For corporate information see www.visitengland.org, for consumer information see www.enjoyengland.com.
VocMat
TMI is proud to be a partner in the Vocational Management Training for Tourism in Europe (VocMat) project. Funded by the EU Leonardo da Vinci programme, VocMat is developing and piloting an innovative vocational training programme, at the equivalent of Masters level, for public and private sector tourism managers across Europe.
Tourism Society
The Tourism Society is the forum for professionals working across the whole spectrum of the visitor economy, providing through its meetings and events a platform for debate, a voice for the sector, a conduit for exporting expertise and a stimulus for increasing professionalism.
Local Government Association
The LGA exists to promote better local government. It works with and for its member authorities to realise a shared vision of local government that enables local people to shape a distinctive and better future for their locality and its communities.
British Destinations
British Destinations undertakes a wide range of activities including lobbying
for and promoting the interests of the visitor, the tourism industry and the
host community. They act as an advisory body to other national organisations
and to their membership. Their annual research exercise ‘Destination
Intelligence’ captures data about resources and performance at a local
level and enables their members to benchmark this against their peers. They
encourage adoption of best practice through the periodic distribution of advice
sheets on topical issues. British Destinations' other services vary from access
to cost effective national joint advertising campaigns, through to reactive and
proactive PR and press initiatives.
Tourism Alliance
The Tourism Alliance was established in 2001 as the "voice of the tourism industry". Comprising over 45 key tourism industry organisations, it works with and lobbies government on issues relevant to the growth and development of tourism and its contribution to the UK economy.
Institute of Leisure and Amenity Managers
The Institute of Leisure and Amenity Managers (ILAM) is the professional body for the leisure industry and represents the interests of leisure managers across all sectors and specialisms of leisure.
Intute
Intute is a free online service providing you with a database of hand selected Web resources for education and research.
