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A record number of visits from China to Britain were recorded in the nine months to September 2019, according to new official figures from the British tourist authority.

The prestigious award of UK City of Culture for 2021 has been awarded to Coventry. The city beat off competition from Sunderland, Swansea, Stoke and Paisley. Coventry will take over from the current City of Culture, Hull where the next winner was announced.

In the aftermath of the referendum to leave the European Union it is predicted there will be a major boost to UK tourism in the coming year. This is due in no small way thanks to the value of the pound dropping almost twenty percent against the US dollar and by around fifteen percent against the euro.

Once again the celebration of the river Thames which is known as The Totally Thames Festival, will take place throughout the month of September, 2016. The annual celebration of one of England's most famous rivers takes the form of arts festivals, regattas, river races and community events to name a few.

If you were asked to name famous Golf Courses in the UK, Gleneagles could be a name that springs to mind, but would you think of the Pennines as having a golf course? Probably not but that is all about to change because my dear golfing companions The Pennines Golf Trail has come into being to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Pennine Way.

Many Chinese people already live in various parts of the UK, with London and Manchester having their own Chinatown areas, students enjoy the education system the UK has to offer and of course we British enjoy our Chinese takeaways so what has actually changed.

Surfing used to be the preserve of the coastal resorts of Devon and Cornwall, but no more. No competition has come from an unsuspecting locale of the British Isles, Wales to be precise. Boundary of Snowdonia National Park to be exact.

Last year showed the greatest ever number of tourists visiting the United Kingdom, official figures have recently revealed. There was an increase of 6.5 per cent in the numbers of visitors to many of the country's most popular attractions and this pushed the total number of tourists to over 123 million for the first time.