New activities, marketing updates, industry insights and business opportunities from Visit North Yorkshire.
Maximising on event opportunities
North Yorkshire has a packed calendar of events that take place throughout the year. From internationally renowned festivals focused on literature, live music and art to foodie events celebrating local produce to...
Visit North Yorkshire joins first North Yorkshire Business Week
Tourism is set to be a focus of the first North Yorkshire Business Week this June. The week, which runs from 16 to 20 June celebrates the county’s diverse and innovative businesses with a week filled with opportunities for...
Time To Get Away Campaign – Autumn/Winter 2024/25
As the summer holidays drew to a close at the end of August 2024, we launched our ‘Time to Get Away’ campaign which ran throughout the autumn and winter season. This campaign was designed to promote North Yorkshire as a...
North Yorkshire Notes from our Head of Tourism
One month in - Reflections from across North Yorkshire It’s been a full and encouraging first month as Head of Visit North Yorkshire — and I’m more certain than ever that this is a place where tourism truly matters. The...
New Visit North Yorkshire Website
The new Visit North Yorkshire website has now gone live replacing our interim website and each of our legacy websites. The site has launched with a selection of features, and new functionality will be added over the coming...
Drop In and See Us
Drop-In Sessions and Networking Opportunities Visit North Yorkshire is hosting a series of networking events and drop-in sessions throughout the year. These events will allow tourism businesses to meet the Visit North...
New Head of Tourism for Visit North Yorkshire
Tony Watson joins North Yorkshire Council as Head of Tourism at the end of March 2025 to head up the Visit North Yorkshire team
Whitby Restaurant Week debuts with great success
Whitby Restaurant Week provided the opportunity for restaurants across Whitby to attract new customers to their business
Upcoming North Yorkshire Literature Exchange Events
North Yorkshire accommodation providers are invited to attend two upcoming literature exchange events at Newby Hall, Ripon and Eden Camp Modern History Museum, Malton.
Sustainability Spotlight: SEA LIFE Scarborough
Visitors to the popular SEA LIFE Scarborough will notice something slightly different about the iconic white pyramid roof which now has 147 newly installed solar panels.
Taking North Yorkshire to The Netherlands
This January 2025 saw the Visit North Yorkshire team attend the Vakantiebeurs Conference in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Visit North Yorkshire’s first Christmas campaign
2024 saw the launch of our first festive marketing campaign, ‘Christmas in North Yorkshire’ running from September to December 2024
Twenty-Four great things we did in 2024
2024 was certainly a busy year for Visit North Yorkshire. Over the last 12-months we have achieved some great things, delivered successful projects and campaigns and hit significant milestones in the development of the new...
Successful first campaign as Visit North Yorkshire
We have recently completed our first county-wide destination marketing campaign, ‘Find Your Escape’ Running from Spring to October 2024, the objective of the campaign was to raise the profile of North Yorkshire as a ‘rural...
Visit North Yorkshire celebrates official launch
On Monday 21 October, we officially launched as Visit North Yorkshire, the new destination management and marketing organisation, which is part of North Yorkshire Council. Although work has already been delivered using this...