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Peace Doves artwork arrives in Durham Cathedral

26 July 2024 | News

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 today (Friday 26 July). The large-scale installation is made up of thousands […]

Visit County Durham Welcome Familiarisation Trip

26 July 2024 | Industry News

Earlier this month Visit County Durham partnered with Group Leisure and Travel Magazine on a familiarisation visit to the county. The group was made up of 12 group travel organisers and tour operators who spent two nights in Durham experiencing some of the best it has to offer. They enjoyed a tailor-made itinerary featuring activities […]

VCD Blog - Visit County Durham welcome familiarisation trip

26 July 2024 | Visit County Durham

Attractions Survey Results

24 July 2024 | News

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 […]

How's Business

24 July 2024 | News

Please spare 10 minutes of your time to complete our latest How's Business survey. The results are important for us to see what is hapenning across the visitor economy and to analyse where there are themes and issues. the results of the survey help inform our future activity and to see how we can best […]

Detailed Access Guides

24 July 2024 | News

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 […]

A message from Visit County Durham's managing director, Michelle Gorman.

24 July 2024 | News

I am delighted to say that despite quite a few recent rainy days the sun has finally made an appearance and it is beginning to feel like summer. The warmer months are incredibly important to the tourism industry, with amazing places to stay and so much to see and do in Durham let's hope there […]

North East tourism campaign is a hit stateside

23 July 2024 | News

North East tourism campaign is a hit stateside

23 July 2024 | Press Releases

The North East’s incredible icons, exciting adventures and distinctive food and drink have been showcased in the US as part of a campaign in partnership with national tourism agency VisitBritain, aimed at growing inbound visits to the region. Destination management organisation Visit County Durham, Durham County Council’s tourism service, led on the initiative, which saw […]

Kynren claims TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2024

23 July 2024 | News

Kynren – An Epic Tale of England has been recognised in Tripadvisor’s® Travelers’ Choice® Awards for 2024. The 1,000-strong volunteer cast and crew received news of the accolade following a successful preview night ahead of the summer season of shows, which starts on Saturday 27th July. The award honours businesses that consistently earn great reviews, placing them […]

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