Shropshire Tourism news

Shropshire tourism chiefs in vegan restaurants call

Bosses at Shropshire Tourism have been left bamboozled after a search for a vegan restaurant in the county proved fruitless.

Push to raise Shrewsbury tourism spend by 50pc

Council chiefs want the amount visitors spend in Shrewsbury town centre to increase by £73 million by 2015, it was revealed today.

Olympic torch in Much Wenlock – just what the doctor ordered

The man who thought up the Olympics would have been amazed. Dr William Penney Brookes could not have imaged that his idea for a community sporting event would have led to the creation of the Olympic Games.

Shrewsbury draws in younger tourists

Visitors to Shrewsbury are getting younger, with their average age falling by about 20 years in just over a decade, new research showed today.

Shropshire tourism funding budget slashed in half

An organisation which promotes tourism in Shropshire has seen its annual funding slashed by more than half. Shropshire Tourism has been told by Shropshire Council that its funding for 2011/12 will drop by 54 per cent.