According to The Mersey Partnership - the organization responsible for developing and promoting the Liverpool City Region as an ideal place to invest, live, work and stay - the local visitor economy supports some 41,000 job.
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.
December is always a busy month for the LDSTS management team, but it does at least presents endless opportunities for us to mix business with pleasure...
The two-week Easter break was more hectic than even we had anticipated and our headquarters frequently resembled Churchill's war rooms at the height of WWII...