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Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt today set out plans for new county boundary signs that will showcase the region鈥檚 best features. 皇冠体育app plans are part of the Government鈥檚 on-going strategy to boost the country鈥檚 tourism industry on the back of the 2012 Games.

Six counties - Cornwall, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Devon, Norfolk and North Yorkshire - are to spearhead the move in a 拢2million pilot scheme run by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Department for Transport (DfT).

皇冠体育app pilots will replace the current signs on key routes at county boundaries with ones that are colourful and striking, and could include full colour photographs of the region.聽皇冠体育app new signs will be installed in pilot areas by next Spring.

Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt said:

鈥溁使谔逵齛pp current signs greeting visitors as they travel around are dull, often boring and do little to entice tourists.聽We need to update them to something that is both attractive and better at selling what it great about our tourist destinations.

鈥溁使谔逵齛pp move is part of a drive by the Government to maximise the tourism benefits of hosting the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.聽We are investing 拢127m, the biggest-ever national and international marketing campaign that the country has ever seen - welcoming over 4.6 m extra international tourists over the next three years, and encouraging millions more domestic holidaymakers to rediscover the delights of the Staycation.

鈥溁使谔逵齛pp new signs will give a fresher and more welcoming feel to England鈥檚 regions. Counties will be able to highlight the things that make them special, whether it鈥檚 cultural or heritage attractions, or an activity that is special to the area.鈥�

皇冠体育app new signs will be designed to meet the needs of road users and will be specially authorised by the Secretary of State for Transport.聽聽

Further ahead, the Government wants to improve traditional tourist brown signs - to ensure that the process for allocating them is more consistent and transparent, focuses on genuine tourist attractions rather than on local services, and supports the growth agenda.

A review of the existing guidelines is currently being undertaken.

Notes to Editors

皇冠体育app new 鈥楪REAT鈥� campaign provides a co-ordinated approach for promoting the UK around the world. It focuses on everything the UK has to offer as a place to visit, study, work, invest and do business.

VisitBritain is already running a 拢100 million four year match-funded marketing campaign, working with commercial partners such as British Airways, Easy Jet, American Express, STA, Virgin Atlantic and Hilton Hotels to offer GREAT deals to international consumers.聽In addition to this VisitBritain have launched a 拢25 million image campaign - their biggest ever - that will be focused on 14 key economic powerhouse cities of the world where the highest concentration of the target audiences of high spending urban professional are located. It is anticipated that an audience of 90m people will be reached with this high impact outdoor advertising as well as print, TV, cinema and online (Countries are: Australia, Brazil, China USA, France, Germany, Japan, India, and Canada.聽 Cities are: Tokyo, Shanghai, Beijing, Los Angeles, New York, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paolo, New Delhi, Mumbai, Paris, Toronto, Berlin, Sydney, Melbourne.

This new investment, together with the existing 拢100 million campaign, means that over a 4 year period inbound tourism to the UK should deliver 4.6 million visitors spending 拢2.3 billion and helping create almost 60,000 new job opportunities.

皇冠体育app tourism sector already contributes 拢115 billion each year to the UK economy and has the potential to be one of the fastest growing sectors in the years ahead.聽International tourism contributes around 拢18 billion and is our third largest earner of foreign exchange.聽皇冠体育app 拢25m image campaign has been rolled out in 14 cities in 9 countries and is highly impactful - we estimate nearly 90 million people will see our ads more than 5 times in these cities.

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