Visit North Yorkshire

Work with us in 2025 🙌 It has been a jam-packed year of marketing campaigns and activity for Visit North Yorkshire with lots more planned for next year. In 2024, we have delivered 3️⃣ campaigns covering everything from our gardens and beautiful outdoor spaces, off-peak travel and of course Christmas! We've shouted about all of the great family-friendly experiences across the county and filled the Yorkshire Life Calendar with glorious images of North Yorkshire. Attended events from the Great Yorkshire Show, Autumn Flower Show to World Travel Market and The Meetings Show and distributed our first North Yorkshire Visitor Guide. If you are a visitor-facing business based in North Yorkshire and you'd like to find out more about how you can be involved, you can find more details on our marketing opportunities here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dvCkUtxV

This year marked our first countywide Christmas campaign, targeting key audiences: Country Loving Traditionalists, Free and Easy Mini-Breakers, and Aspirational Family Fun. Our aim was to highlight North Yorkshire as the perfect choice for a Christmas break with a wide range of festive markets, memorable days out and unique events to enjoy, and we're delighted to share some of our key results. Thank you to all our partners who took part 🎅

With Christmas just around the corner 🎅 and the end of the year approaching 🎇 we have been reflecting on a busy 2024. ✅ The approval of the new 10-year Destination Management Plan (DMP) ✅ The official launch of Visit North Yorkshire ✅ The delivery of our first county-wide marketing campaigns ✅ The release of our first North Yorkshire STEAM report ✅ Attendance at a number of trade and consumer shows ✅ Plus lots of activity to raise the profile of our magnificent county Over the last 12-months we have achieved some great things, delivered successful projects and campaigns and hit significant milestones in the development of the new destination management and marketing organisation. We've rounded up just 2️⃣4️⃣ great things that have been achieved in 2024. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e-teapmY

Are you a local business in North Yorkshire or York? If you haven't completed our Make It York & North Yorkshire LVEP Business Survey, we'd love to hear your thoughts. Your feedback is crucial for supporting the local economy and boosting the tourism sector📊 https://lnkd.in/e4TWH9mM

Over the past few weeks, we've had the pleasure of working with Manto Films and Mark Harrison to capture the magic of North Yorkshire for our 2025 Christmas campaign 📸 From exploring local Christmas markets and magnificent stately homes to meeting the Big Man himself and venturing underground to Santa's Grotto, we've experienced some of the best festive attractions North Yorkshire has to offer. A huge thank you to Richmond Market, Castle Howard Estate Ltd, and Ingleborough Cave for their incredible hospitality.

Today is the final day to have your say ❗ 👇 Fill in the survey here: https://lnkd.in/eNJZmj5b

If you're a local business in North Yorkshire or York, we want to hear from you! Your insights are vital for the Make It York & North Yorkshire LVEP Business Survey. Your feedback plays a crucial role in supporting the local economy and enhancing the tourism sector, and it takes just 5 minutes to complete 📊 https://lnkd.in/e4TWH9mM

Are you a tourism business based on the Yorkshire Coast? 🏖️ We need your responses to a visitor economy business survey being undertaken by the National Coastal Tourism Academy || England's Coast (NCTA). Complete the survey here: https://lnkd.in/eNJZmj5b The questions focus on performance over 2024, the impact of the recent budget, future bookings and challenges . All recorded data will be anonymised and the results used by the NCTA to lobby for further support. ❗ There is just under one week left to complete the survey. Deadline: 12th December.

It was great to see so many winners from North Yorkshire at the Yorkshire Post Tourism Awards 2024 earlier this week. - The Inn South Stainley, Harrogate won the Dog Friendly Business Award. - Grantley Hall won an award for Large Hotel of the Year - The Drovers Arms Restaurant & Country Pub - Skipwith, Nr York won the Outstanding Customer Service Award - Beck Hall Malham won the award for Sustainable Tourism - Baytree B and B also got a highly commended mention for B & B and Guesthouse of the Year Congratulations to all our award-winning businesses!

Have you completed our survey yet? If you're a local business in North Yorkshire or York, we'd love to hear what you think as part of the Make It York & North Yorkshire LVEP Business Survey. Your feedback is crucial for supporting the local economy and boosting the tourism sector📊 Take part: https://lnkd.in/e4TWH9mM