Marketing Cheshire have worked with Avanti West Coast to encourage more visits to Chester by train and achieved more than a threefold return on investment. Destination marketing is one of the most direct levers we have for attracting visitors and growing the local visitor economy, and Chester’s national destination marketing campaign with Avanti West Coast is a clear example of it working in practice. Delivered by Marketing Cheshire with support from Destination Chester throu

Works to improve access to Chester Rows – Bridge Street West and Watergate Street South have now completed. This includes a new ramp with improved surfacing and handrails to make it safer for people in wheelchairs and built out pavement areas with lowered kerbs and signage to support way-finding to the level access route via Weaver Street.

The Reserve at Chester Zoo – a spectacular safari-style lodge resort – has now opened its doors to guests, offering one of the UK’s most...

In excess of £2m worth of improvements to the customer facilities at Chester station have been delivered to date by Transport for Wales....

Destination Chester is working on a new tourism plan that recognises the significance of visitors. Its starting point is that tourism is...

National and local public funding for tourism development and marketing has reduced significantly in recent years so we are exploring new...

We have been working with the county tourism body, Marketing Cheshire, to raise awareness of the city’s fantastic events through a new...

There are gaps in Chester’s event calendar, particularly for additional events of the scale that will draw visitors so we have...

We want to make sure that our recommendations and actions will bring the most benefit so are improving the quality and timeliness of data...