tourism

Welcome to Plymouth, Britain’s Ocean City!

Twenty volunteers from Plymouth University School of Tourism and Hospitality will play a key part in welcoming visitors to Plymouth in a new pilot scheme.

Plymouth Hosts is due to be launched today (27 November) by Destination Plymouth working in partnership with the City Centre and Waterfront partnership Business Improvement Districts.

They have been selected to welcome...

Double award for City Museum and Art Gallery

Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery is celebrating after receiving two separate tourism wards.

The venue has not only been awarded VisitEngland’s ‘Quality Assured Visitor Attraction’ accreditation for a ninth year, but has also just won a Certificate of Excellence from travel website TripAdvisor.

The Certificate of Excellence is awarded to businesses that make the top 10 per...

The DUKW that didn't take to water

As its Plymouth History Festival this month I thought I would mention a little bit of transport history that didn't happen:

November 2005

A Somerset-based company is launching a new way of sightseeing in Plymouth . Porcellio is to offer visitors tours with a difference aboard its fleet of restored and updated Second World War amphibious vehicles, which can operate on both...

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