VisitBritain

VisitBritain

VisitBritain is the tourist board of the United Kingdom [http://www.visitbritain.com/en/destinations/northern-ireland/index.aspx VisitBritain - Northern Ireland] - Northern Ireland section of the VisitBritain website] . VisitBritain was created in April 2003 to market the UK to the rest of the world and to promote and develop its visitor economy. It was formed out of a merger between the British Tourist Authority and the English Tourism Council, and is a Non-Departmental Public Body responsible to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

In 2005 it was voted the world's leading Tourist and Convention Bureau in the World Travel Awards and its websites have been voted the world's leading tourism authority website for three years running, from 2003.Fact|date=February 2007 The suite of websites has approximately 50 different sites for various countries and languages, all managed using the SDL Tridion Content Management System.

VisitBritain is a founding partner of ENAT, the European Network for Accessible Tourism, an international organization, based in Europe, set up in 2006 to promote accessible tourism.

Britain On View

Britain on View is the official image library of VisitBritain. It's an online searchable image database containing over 50,000 high quality stock photographs, all available to download directly from the website.

300 free stock images are available for the Travel Trade to use, and images are free for the Travel Trade Press.

See also

* Enjoy England
* Northern Ireland Tourist Board
* VisitScotland
* Visit Wales

External links

* [http://www.visitbritain.com VisitBritain official website]
* [http://www.britainonview.com Britainonview official website ]

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