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Smallest town has 'fabulous' day celebrating Pride bbc.com/news/articles/cneerz…

Manningtree has 'fabulous' day celebrating Pride

About 1,000 people turn out to celebrate Pride, with comedy, drag story time and inclusive sport.

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Tourist venues stay positive, despite gloomy survey bbc.com/news/articles/c5113w…

Tourist venues in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex stay positive

Attractions are "energised" and "encouraged", despite a survey saying the industry is "feeling fatigued".

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Hunt abolishes furnished holiday lettings regime bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-polit… via @BBCNews
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Suffolk market town named among most underrated in the UK eadt.co.uk/news/24131213.bur…

Suffolk market town named among most underrated in the UK

Bury St Edmunds in west Suffolk has been included in a list of the most underrated UK towns by travel site World Atlas.

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Destination Research retweeted
David Edwards@ScattClouds12 Dec 2023
Latest stats from ONS show that in the three months to November vacancies in sectors closely aligned to tourism remained 33,000 higher than was the case for the equivalent three months back in 2019.
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David Edwards@ScattClouds17 Oct 2023
Time for our monthly look at trends in the number of vacancies in sectors closely aligned with tourism, which saw little change between August and September, and remain 33,000 higher than had been the case at this point of the year back in 2019.
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Tourism Geographies@TourismJournal9 Sep 2023
🚩 80% of travellers visit just 10% of the world's tourism destinations. #overtourism #TourismGeographies @ClaudioMilano10 @MarinaNovelli73 nationalgeographic.com/trave…

Is overtourism a problem?

With visitor numbers around the world increasing towards pre-pandemic levels, the issue of overtourism is once again rearing its head.

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A record 9.7 million Brits planning a holiday at home this August Bank Holiday, bringing a £2.7 billion economic boost. | VisitBritain shar.es/afLhDI via @VisitBritain
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VisitLiverpool@VisitLiverpool14 Jun 2023
All You Need Is Love ❤️ When 600 guitarists come together in Liverpool’s @SGHLpool you know it’s going to be good! 🎸🙌
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Thousands attend Manningtree festival about climate crisis. bbc.com/news/uk-england-esse…

Thousands attend Manningtree festival about climate crisis

Organisers hope to inspire people to make small changes to their lifestyles to help save the planet.

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Six beaches in Norfolk awarded Blue Flag status for 2022 edp24.co.uk/things-to-do/206…

Six beaches in Norfolk awarded Blue Flag status for 2022

Six beaches in north Norfolk have kept their Blue Flag status for another year.

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Listed: All the Essex beaches awarded a Blue Flag of excellence this year gazette-news.co.uk/news/2014…

Listed: All the Essex beaches awarded a Blue Flag of excellence this year

THERE is never a shortage of stunning beaches when it comes to Essex.

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Delight in Suffolk seaside towns as beaches receive prestigious Blue Flag status eadt.co.uk/news/23526081.del…

Delight in Suffolk seaside towns as beaches receive prestigious Blue Flag status

Felixstowe and Southwold beaches retaining their prestigious Blue Flag status this year will boost tourism in the area, East Suffolk Council has said.

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15 Local Visitor Economy Partnerships announced. visitbritain.org/visitenglan…
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More than half of UK consumers have cut back on discretional spending since the start of the year. theguardian.com/business/202…

Half of all UK consumers have cut non-essential spending

KPMG study shows scale of household spending cutbacks, with eating out hit particularly hard

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Short-term rentals make London apartment block ‘as busy as the Ritz’. thetimes.co.uk/article/short…
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Plans for rail pass for UK staycationers axed over cost concerns. Disappointing news. theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…

Plans for rail pass for UK staycationers axed over cost concerns

Exclusive: extensive consultations since idea was proposed 18 months ago have found it would not be commercially viable

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