Visitors to Durham Cathedral this summer can experience a brand new immersive artwork as a canopy of paper doves is suspended in the cathedral's Nave.

Peace Doves, a mass-participation artwork by Peter Walker, has taken centre stage in the Nave of the cathedral yesterday, Friday 26 ...July. The large-scale installation is made up of thousands of individually handmade paper doves which are suspended above the iconic Crossing of the cathedral and is set to music by composer David Harper.

Read more here 👇
https://www.visitcountydurham.org/news/peace-doves-artwork-arrives-in-durham-cathedral/

VisitEngland has published its 2023 Annual Survey of Visits to Visitor Attractions showing that while visits to attractions across England continued to recover last year, they were still significantly down on pre-pandemic levels.
Overall visits to attractions in England were up 11% in 2023 ...compared to 2022 with the rate of growth slower than in the previous two years and with numbers down 28% on 2019.

Find out more and download the survey 👇
https://tinyurl.com/yn96ff75

Our Jobs & Skills section offers advice on how to recruit effectively, what training opportunities are available, along with best practice examples.

Find out more here 👇
https://www.visitcountydurham.org/recruitment-and.../

Supplier Partner Glow Creative is a full-service marketing, PR and design agency committed to delivering engaging marketing solutions online, offline & across social media channels.

Find out how they can produce an imaginative campaign for your business here 👇
...https://tinyurl.com/mvnrw53s

Having your event listed on This is Durham is valuable exposure to thousands of visitors to Durham.

If you have an event or an exhibition that you’d like us to include in our Week Ahead events listing guide you can submit this easily here 👇
https://tinyurl.com/545fznfk

As well as our industry VCD Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook accounts where we share content to support you and your business, we also have a number of visitor facing social media accounts.
These accounts are updated daily with inspiring content for you to share with your visitors.
To stay ...up to date with the latest things to see and do, places to stay and where to eat across the county follow @thisisdurham on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube

Find out more about connecting with our social media here 👇
https://www.visitcountydurham.org/social-media-for-business/

Calling all County Durham tourism businesses, VisitEngland and The AA UK have launched their modernised Quality Assessment schemes, including a new Visitor Ready scheme.

You can learn more about the Visitor Ready scheme and apply here 👇 https://visitorready.com

Businesses can request copies of the 2024 Durham Pocket Guide, free of charge, to make available to their customers.
Copies of the county’s official tourism publication will be distributed throughout the region, playing an important role in inspiring visitors and residents, by providing ...information on things to see and do, and places to eat.

Request your copies by emailing 👇
visitor@thisisdurham.com

The Pocket Guide can also be downloaded here 👉https://www.visitcountydurham.org/official-visitor-guide/

Today's travellers want detailed and factual descriptions of venue accessibility, in the form of an Accessibility Guide, to empower them to make personal choices.
To support this, VisitEngland is providing discounts to tourism businesses to help them provide quality-assured accessibility ...information for customers, including a discount for the smallest businesses to get a Detailed Access Guide for just £1 plus VAT through AccessAble.

Find out how to get your access guide here 👇
https://www.visitbritain.org/business-advice/make-your-business-accessible-and-inclusive/update-accessibility-information