Alex Paul Visit East Anglia What is VEA? A Company Limited by Guarantee Non profit making Objective is to promote Tourism in East Anglia Funded by 10 leading players in Norfolk & Suffolk with 100,000 Supported and recognised by the New Anglia LEP, Visit England and both County Councils Value Total value of tourism to Suffolk economy = 1.75bn Total employment = over 36,000 jobs Approx 2,000 tourism businesses Domestic holiday nights = 4.8 million Overseas Visitor Nights = 1.7 million Total day trip visits = 24.7 million Reason to Visit Wide range of cultural, historical, leisure pursuits, sporting facilities, natural countryside, beaches and quality food and drink, festivals and events Easily accessible by road, rail, air and sea Has the warmest and driest climate in the UK Toursim Activity Primary marketing brand - Visit Suffolk Ongoing web platfform inc social media over 40k unique visitors every quarter Direct marketing to regional and national databases 500k with VisitEngland PR Suffolk based stories to national / local media Spring campaigns Visit Suffolk digital campaigns launching in March 2103 National campaigns with VisitEngland rural and coastal themes for 2013 Regional Campaigns with Greater Anglia Local tourism groups Bury, Ipswich, Suffolk Coast, Newmarket Tourism Conference Thurs 27 th Sept at DanceEast Get involved! Contact Amanda Bond