New research suggests that arts audiences in the UK are declining, despite record levels of public funding, writes BBC News Online. The report, The UK Cultural Sector: Profile and Policy Issues, published by the UK Policy Studies Institute, revealed that public support for the cultural sector...
Research conducted as part of the Travel Activities and Motivation Survey (TAMS), commissioned by the Canadian Tourism Commission, Tourism Ontario and various other tourism partners, reveals that cultural activities and entertainments remain high on the motivations of Canadian and US travellers....
Britain's biggest cinema operator, Odeon, has been looking into the pattern of who sits where when watching a film. British psychologist, Donna Dawson, identified four clear types of person who inhabit the British cinema and the findings will be used by Odeon to pilot on-line seat choice for...
The X-Tour, a Vancouver-based entertainment and tour company (Canada), has announced plans to offer personally guided tours of Pendrell Suites, an apartment hotel located in Vancouver, Canada, reports the Canadian Tourism Exchange.
A poll by Whatsonstage.com has found that 59% of UK theatre-goers are irritated by mobile phones interrupting the show reports ananova.com. Furthermore, 92% of theatre-goers say they often find other members of the audience inconsiderate, and 84% say the standard of behaviour has worsened in the...
A paper presented to the Royal Geographical Society's annual conference at the Queen's University in Belfast (UK) on Thursday January 4 2002, shows how Birmingham, in the English Midlands, has successfully transformed itself into a centre for tourism and leisure, reports guardianunlimited.
leisure-uk.co.uk reports that Saturday October 6th 2001 is the day when The Potteries' (UK) newest attraction, the Gladstone Pottery Museum's eagerly-awaited tribute to the toilet,
globalmuseum.org reports that a new museum which opened on 16 February 2001 and dedicated to footwear is hoping to raise the profile of the shoemaking city of Marikina, Metropolitan Manila, Philippines, to tourists.
Australia is pushing itself back into the tourism market with a new concerted advertising campaign in the United States. Minister for Small Business and Tourism, Joe Hockey, launched three campaigns, the first since the events of 11 September, to promote Australia as a holiday destination, using...
Australia is considering the introduction of laws to protect people,