VisitBritain is the tourist board of the United Kingdom.^[1]

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. In the Webby Awards it has been on Official Honoree in the 10th ^[2] and 12th ^[3] Webby Awards in the Tourism Category. In 2008 it was also awarded the Travelmole Best Tourist Board Website award ^[4]

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.

Contents 1 Britain on View 2 See also 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Britain on View

Britain on View is the official image library of VisitBritain. It is 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.

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• VisitBritain official website
• Britainonview official website
• Official Visitor site for the East of England

[edit] References

v • d • e Department for Culture, Media and Sport of the United Kingdom Headquarters: 2–4 Cockspur Street Ministers Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport · Minister of State for Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism · Parliamentary Under Secretaries of State (three) Executive agencies Royal Parks Agency Statutory corporations Channel Four Television Corporation · Historic Royal Palaces · Horserace Totalisator Board Public broadcasting authorities British Broadcasting Corporation · S4C · Welsh Fourth Channel Authority   Non-departmental public bodies Executive Arts Council of England · Big Lottery Fund · British Film Institute · British Library · British Museum · Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment · English Sports Council · Football Licensing Authority · Geffrye Museum · English Heritage · Historic Royal Palaces · Horniman Museum · Horserace Betting Levy Board · Imperial War Museum · Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester · Museums, Libraries and Archives Council · National Gallery · National Heritage Memorial Fund · National Lottery Commission · National Maritime Museum · National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside · National Museum of Science and Industry · National Portrait Gallery · Natural History Museum · Olympic Delivery Authority · Olympic Lottery Distributor · Registrar of Public Lending Right · Royal Armouries Museum · Sir John Soane's Museum · Sport England · Tate · UK Film Council · UK Sport · Victoria and Albert Museum · VisitBritain · Wallace Collection Advisory Advisory Committee on Historic Wreck Sites · Advisory Committee on National Historic Ships · Advisory Committee on the Government Art Collection · Advisory Council on Libraries · English Marketing Advisory Board · Legal Deposit Advisory Panel · Public Lending Right Advisory Committee · Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest · Spoliation Advisory Panel · Theatres Trust · Treasure Valuation Committee Tribunal Horserace Betting Levy Tribunal

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