All RDAs across England are closing by March 2012
(see transition and closure section).
With our resources reducing steadily, this page has not been recently updated and the information below may not be current.
If in doubt, please contact us directly.
Destination Management Organisations and Partnerships
DMOs and DMPs focus on the visitor economy for a local area,
such as Bristol or Somerset. They’re either publicly-funded,
membership-funded or both. They support the interests of their
funders by focusing on four broad areas:
- product development
- research and planning
- promotion and awareness, and
- advocacy and community.
We provide an annual fund of £250k which all DMOs and DMPs can
bid for. Successful bids will be used to help projects that support
the Regional Tourism Framework Agreement. Joint tourism promotion
is also encouraged through an annual RDA-funded (£750k) programme,
run with support from South West Tourism.