Visit Chichester

About

Chichester District's multi-million pound tourism success story requires careful nurturing to ensure we stay at the top!

In 2009, Visit Chichester became the official Destination Management Partnership assuming
marketing and development responsibilities from the District Council.

That's why we, the company Visit Chichester, take the job of keeping Chichester District to the
forefront among UK Destination so seriously. After all, the stakes are so high and so many
people depend on the tourism industry for their livelihoods and decline would be unthinkable;
• 5,700,000 visitors to the District
• Spend more than £375m
• A staggering 8,200 jobs (not including numerous self-employed jobs) in the District depend on tourism, that means at least 6,000 local households are affected by the performance of our industry.


Visit Chichester is dedicated to improve the District's tourism prospects and has been
quietly laying the foundations for success since 2005.

• Consulting and listening to the affiliated trade bodies and tourism partnerships from across the District.
• Working with national, regional and county organisations to ensure that Chichester receives the share of marketing and support it deserves.
• Negotiating member’s benefits with the District Council, regional tourist board and other organisations and enterprises.
• Spending has increased to more than £150,000 per annum to create long life/slow burn activities that will stand the test of time, including developing the website www.visitchichester.org, £90,000 marketing support and making the successful national Visit Chichester PR Campaign a core activity with journalist/travel visits throughout the year.



The key activities are designed to produce more business for your enterprise
• Annual Holiday Guide and the pocket-sized Visitor Mini Guide.
• National PR Campaign generating £500,000 worth of coverage per annum.
• Training Programme designed to make your business grow.

The brand is Visit Chichester but the benefits are district wide
• Marketing will benefit tourism businesses in Midhurst, Petworth, The Witterings, Selsey, the villages of the South Downs, the Harbour area and the City Our research tells us that visitors think of all of these places as ‘Chichester’ or understand our use of ‘Chichester’.
• In addition, we know that Chichester features in the top 10 of all South East holiday destinations


The key message to all tourism business owners and managers in the District from the Board of Visit Chichester is:
“We don’t take our pre-eminent position for granted. With your support we will continue to ensure that visitor numbers continue to grow all year round – especially high-spending staying visitors – selecting ‘Chichester’ for their holidays, breaks and day visits”.