There is going to be a "Restoration" type programme on ITV in the autumn.
The "winner" gets funding from the Big Lottery.
As well as the Eden Project ( which has already had 10's of millions of funding from the EU and other sources ) and others being shortlisted I'm afraid our pick is the Science Museum outpost at Swindon - big hangers - rockets , aircraft ( even a Dan-Air Comet ) , bicycles, computers, industrial robots, and much more.
Now thats we call Inspiring !
So make sure you give them a vote at the time.
Details at http://www.voteinspired.org.uk/
Sunday, 26 August 2007
£1 million for Rural Tourism - Part 2
So far - noted on this campaign
1. a newsletter that mentioned English Countryside once - most of the rest was just sales messages - is this what tourism promotion is about from Enjoy England ( Visit England - or whatever it is supposed to be these days ) ??
2. an advert in the Sunday Times in the main section - not the Travel Guide section for some reason.
Did that cost £1 miilion...
1. a newsletter that mentioned English Countryside once - most of the rest was just sales messages - is this what tourism promotion is about from Enjoy England ( Visit England - or whatever it is supposed to be these days ) ??
2. an advert in the Sunday Times in the main section - not the Travel Guide section for some reason.
Did that cost £1 miilion...
Wednesday, 15 August 2007
£1 million for Rural Tourism
Cultural Secretary James Purnell has announced a new £1 milllion campaign to rural tourism.
The goverment is giving £750,000 and Visit Britain is putting in £250,000 from its budget.
The campaign is to promote rural areas and attractions
We guess this is in response to the floods and foot and mouth scares. It will be interesting to see how they spend the extra funds - presumably a mail-shot to their customer database or maybe just a few pages on the Enjoy England or Viist Britain website.
£1 million doesn't go far and it will be interesting to see if its spent on attracting UK residents or overseas residents.
Given Visit Britains current track record and policy our guess is it will be spent overseas - but for a late summer campaign it would be better spent on getting UK residents to visit areas such as Gloucestershire and the Forest ofDean on the basis that overseas residents are less likely to make unplanned trips at short notice.
We shall see - or maybe not even find out - the devil is in the details !
The goverment is giving £750,000 and Visit Britain is putting in £250,000 from its budget.
The campaign is to promote rural areas and attractions
We guess this is in response to the floods and foot and mouth scares. It will be interesting to see how they spend the extra funds - presumably a mail-shot to their customer database or maybe just a few pages on the Enjoy England or Viist Britain website.
£1 million doesn't go far and it will be interesting to see if its spent on attracting UK residents or overseas residents.
Given Visit Britains current track record and policy our guess is it will be spent overseas - but for a late summer campaign it would be better spent on getting UK residents to visit areas such as Gloucestershire and the Forest ofDean on the basis that overseas residents are less likely to make unplanned trips at short notice.
We shall see - or maybe not even find out - the devil is in the details !
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