No matter how gloomy the economic outlook may be for 2012, certain sectors of the British tourism industry show every sign of being in robust good health.
We can finally reveal that our long awaited "brand new service" has been launched for the autumn/winter of 2009/10: LDS Tourism is now offering to build effective social media marketing campaigns for existing clients and other businesses.
'Silly Season' has officially begun. For the last few weeks everyone at LDS Tourism has been working flat-out accepting deliveries of leaflets, servicing holders, talking with clients and generally making preparations for Valentine's Day and the half-term break. Next up: Mothering Sunday and Easter!
LDS Tourism Services are extremely excited about 2010 - not least because they are now working with several new partner companies in other parts of the UK.
Where has January gone? Soon it will be 'silly season' (the frenzied run up to Easter) for LDS Tourism Services and we will be dashing from one TIP to another, distributing all the last minute brochures and leaflets.
"HOLIDAY parks and hotels are preparing for a record-breaking summer as tourists boycott foreign breaks in favour of UK destinations", according to the Daily Post.
Although small firms employ over fifty-eight per cent of the private sector workforce and contribute more than 50% of the UK turnover, the expansion of large national and international companies into every corner of British industry is heavily responsible for the demise of local trade.
VisitEngland's annual Visitor Attraction Survey has revealed that England's tourist attractions rose by 2% in 2008 - with the most significant rise around Liverpool, the 2008 European Capital of Culture.