1910 foundation of the
British Travel and Holidays Association
(BTHA)
1969 The Development of Tourism Act
created the official bodies
of the British, English, Scottish
and Wales Tourist Boards.
The Tourism act
did not include Northern Ireland.
While the UK (United Kingdom)
is a souvereign country
including
England, Scotland, Wales
and Northern Ireland
Britain only refers to the Island
that only includes England,
Scotland and Wales
The organisation was later
renamed British Tourist Authority (BTA).
1997 The British Tourist Autority
registered the VisitBritain.com domain
during the early years
of the internet.
It was not necessary
to aquire the domain
from an avant-garde Domain Investor.
Unlike many other tourist boards
VisitBritain never needed
to update or modernize
it's
Brand name.
The domains
VisitBritain.com
VisitScotland.com
VisitWales.com
were registered from the beginning.
Only Visit England.com,
already registered,
was missing
2003
Visit England.com
was aquired
via the broker agency
DomainSystems.com
2003 The London Tourist Board
inspired by Visit Britain
aquires the domain Visit London.com
Britain, England
and London
are now using the same
domain format
ending with .com
not .co.uk
VisitBritain
along with US and Scandinavian
Tourist Boards
is one of the trendsetters
contributing to turn
the domain formet Visit+destination.com
into an international standard.
Visit Domains
and Tourist Boards
in neighbouring countries
Britain has borders with 2 countries
Check out Tourist Information in these countries
