Tourism and Leisure Organisations

 

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Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) Go

ALVA members represent some of Britain’s biggest and best known attractions. Their website lists visitor numbers for many of these attractions, showing year on year changes.

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The Arts Council Go

The Arts Council is the national development agency for the arts, supporting a range of artistic activities. Their research covers aspects such as audiences for the arts, how people value the arts, and future innovations such as digital opportunities for the arts.

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British Retail Consortium (BRC) Go

The BRC represents a whole range of retailers. Their website provides key facts and figures about trends in retailing across the various different retail sectors, as well as links to other providers of retail data.

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Business Visits and Events Partnership Go

This website provides further links to a range of research reports relevant to the business visits and events sector.

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Caterersearch Go

The trends and data section of the caterersearch website provides links to external sources of market data about hotels, catering and tourism.

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English Heritage Go

English Heritage exists to protect and promote England's historic environment. Their programme of research covers economic impact measurement, participation and visiting patterns, and employment in the heritage sector.

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Museums, Libraries and Archives (MLA) Go

The MLA promotes best practice in museums, libraries and archives. It provide sector statistics (eg. visitor numbers), as well as publishing research which has been carried out to inform the development of its programmes and for evaluation purposes.

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National Parks Go

The National Parks website includes results visitor from surveys, conducted to better understand who visits national parks and the activities they undertake.

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Natural England Go

Natural England is the government’s advisor on the natural environment. Alongside scientific research, they investigate patterns of engagement with the natural environment, and activities undertaken in this context.

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People 1st Go

People 1st is the sector skills council for hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism. On their website they offer  a wide range of sector-specific research and case studies to help businesses plan their recruitment, retention and training.

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Sport England Go

Sport England aim to grow and sustain the numbers of people taking part in sport and to improve talent development. They carry out research to understand who does (or doesn’t) participate in sport, and reasons for this, as well as measuring participant satisfaction.

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Forestry Commission Go

The Forestry Commission is the largest land manager in Britain and the biggest provider of outdoor recreation. The Commission undertakes and commissions economic research and appraisals and also compiles statistical information covering various aspects of forestry, including recreation trends.

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Business Visits & Events Partnership Go

The Business Visits & Events Partnership aims to support a competitive, high quality and more profitable business visits and events sector in Britain. On their website they have a range of news & publications relating to the Business Tourism sector, as well as links to other research.