The Tourism Alliance – the trade association for the UK tourism industry – welcomes today’s announcement that the Transport Secretary is minded to approve Gatwick’s northern runway plan and has urged her to make a final decision as quickly as [...]
In response to today's [29th January 2025] speech by the Chancellor, Richard Toomer, Executive Director of the Tourism Alliance, said: “Ensuring we have good air connections is vital for the UK visitor economy. As an island nation, and as the [...]
The Government has just announced that it is going to be increasing the cost of an ETA 60% for eligible non-visa nationals coming to the UK. The Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) is a new permission to travel that will be [...]
The Tourism Alliance has responded warmly to the announcement of a new Government's ambition to grow inbound tourism to the UK to 50m people by 2023, up from 38m in 2023. The Minister made this announcement in his keynote speech at [...]
At this year’s Annual General Meeting of the Tourism Alliance, the umbrella trade association for the UK’s tourism industry, Emma McClarkin OBE was appointed as its new Chair. Emma is the Chief Executive of the British Beer and Pub Association [...]
The Tourism Alliance has responded with dismay at the proposal by the Conservative Party to put visa fees up by 25% which was reported in the Telegraph today. This proposed 25% increase would be on top of the 15% increase we saw [...]
Little in Budget to support the tourism sector The Tourism Alliance has responded to the Chancellor's Spring Budget. Richard Toomer, the Tourism Alliance Executive Director, said "In broad terms sadly there was nothing in this Budget to help address the [...]
New Tourism Alliance report spotlights high tax rate on tourists in UK UK taxes tourists higher than 11 of the 12 destinations reviewed The Tourism Alliance is today publishing a new report: "Taxing Tourists: The UK vs Competitor Destinations." Today, [...]
UKinbound, The Tourism Alliance and English UK, are calling on the Chancellor to reverse the Government’s recent announcement to ‘significantly increase’ visa application fees as part of the new public sector pay deal. They have stated that this decision will [...]
The Tourism Alliance is today publishing the results of a survey of 145 business who plan and organise school group travel. Collectively these companies brought 728,000 school children to the UK in 2019. The survey finds that while trips school [...]
