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Welcome to Education

Welcome to MERSEYWISE - the student webguide for tourism and regeneration in Merseyside. Merseyside is a fascinating place with a unique and varied history. This site is intended for school, college, undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers and tutors, who want ...

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History of Liverpool: The history of Liverpool reveals one of the most extraordinary instances of how a place can grow from obscurity to become an international commercial city. Liverpool progressed from an insignificant fishing village to become one of the most important cities ...
TMP Documents: Click on the links below to download some of The Mersey Partnership's key publications: Tourism Strategy: A Vision & Strategy for Tourism for 2015 (Summary) A Vision & Strategy for Tourism for 2015 (Full Report) Destination Plans Destination Management ...

About Merseywise

Whatever aspect of tourism you are studying, Merseywise can help you. If you are a teacher looking for an interesting tourism project for your class, try the teachers and lecturers section. If you have any queries about tourism statistics, the ...


Introduction: What do Liverpool & Merseyside mean to you? Home to international events and festivals? Home to the some of the best galleries and museums outside London? Home to world famous football and rugby teams? The birthplace of the Beatles? A ...
About The Mersey Partnership: About The Mersey Partnership Established in 1993, The Mersey Partnership (TMP) is at the heart of the regeneration of Merseyside, acting as the catalyst for economic development and pressing home its advantages as a location for investment, tourism and conference ...
About Merseyside: The Liverpool City Region : A Key Leisure and Tourism Destination Welcome to Merseyside! Merseyside (the city-region of Liverpool) is home to 1.5 million people and is part of the North West region of England. Merseyside stretches from the River ...
Tourism in Merseyside: The Liverpool City Region : A World Class Destination Liverpool is known throughout the world as the 'home of the Beatles' and famous for its two Premiership football clubs Everton and FA Cup winners Liverpool. In fact, many more tourists ...
Researching Merseyside: The Mersey Partnership carries out a great deal of research into Merseyside's tourism industry each year. Our research looks to: Identify the value of tourism to our economy, The number of people who visit us, Where they come from, Why ...

GCSE & Advanced Education

Welcome to the GCSE and Advanced Education section of the TMP Education website. This part of the site is intended for students and tutors at GCSE and Advanced level. The GCSE and Advanced Education section is split into areas based ...


Investigating Leisure & Tourism: Leisure and Tourism is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. Merseyside too has shared in this growth, with developments over recent years having brought more and more visitors to the city region. New hotels are being built ...
Marketing Leisure, Tourism & Hospitality on Merseyside: The marketing of the leisure, tourism and hospitality industry in Merseyside varies between the many diverse companies that contribute to it. In the left-hand column are a selection of case studies that have been written in conjunction with organisations in ...
Tourism Development: This section discusses and directs you to information regarding the development of Merseyside as a destination. The city of Liverpool as an international port has had a long history of attracting tourists for a great variety of reasons, in more ...
Careers in Leisure, Tourism & Hospitality on Merseyside: Careers in Leisure, Tourism and Hospitality on Merseyside As you will have realised, the scale and scope of Merseyside's tourism industry offers many opportunities for employment. If you want to gain further information about making leisure, tourism or hospitality a ...

Higher Education

Welcome to the Higher Education section of MERSEYWISE . This part of the site is intended for undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers, and tutors. The Higher Education section is split into sub-sections covering common course topics. It provides access to ...


Introducing Tourism on Merseyside: This section of the site is based upon a common component of higher education modules concerned with tourism - definitions of tourism and the tourism industry. The section provides examples, statistics and strategies from Merseyside to illustrate definitions of tourism, ...
Operation of Merseyside's Tourism Industry: The 'destination amalgam' of Merseyside (Cooper et al.1998: 103) consists of a wide range of organisations which all contribute to the operation of tourism at the destination. These are discussed in this section of the website, but you may also ...
Place Marketing & Image: Merseyside represents an interesting case study of both the practice of place marketing, and the significance of place image to a region. Whilst Merseyside's external image has often been seen as a problem (in the context of attracting inward investment, ...
Tourism, Heritage & Culture: This section of the website contains information and links relating to culture and heritage, including the European Capital of Culture 2008. In more general terms, Merseyside illustrates the role of culture and heritage in shaping a region and facilitating urban ...
Economic Development & Urban Regeneration: Merseyside provides an interesting case study of a post-industrial city, urban regeneration, and the role of tourism and culture in economic development. According to Urry (1995), Liverpool was perhaps the world's first post-industrial city. Whilst the Merseyside economy is still ...

Teachers

PLANNING A FIELD TRIP? Merseyside is an ideal location for a short educational visit or a field trip, whatever the level of study. The story of Liverpool's rise to become a globally important trading base, and it's restructuring to become ...


Educational Visits: The Mersey Partnership, with its website visitliverpool.com can help teachers and lecturers plan a quality educational visit or field trip, with an exciting package of attractions, activities, accommodation, guided tours, and even expert tours and presentations. This section is designed ...
Walking Tour of Liverpool: A walking tour of Liverpool had been produced by The School of Social Science at Liverpool John Moores University. The tour relates to themes such as the history of Liverpool, urban regeneration, tourism development, and 'city living'. The 'Educational Visits' ...
Skills for Life in the Capital of Culture: Liverpool Community College had developed a package of resources and materials in conjunction with the Culture Company to deliver education and training for the '08Welcome' and Capital of Culture. The college is running "Skills for Life in the Capital of ...

Common Questions

How many visitors come to Liverpool/Merseyside each year? < click here > Where do Liverpool's visitors come from? < click here > How many people visit Merseyside's attractions? < click here > How many people visit Merseyside's events & festivals? ...

Research Documents

The Vision and Strategy for Tourism to 2015 < click here > Merseyside Visitors Survey 2005 < click here > Merseyside Economic Review 2006 < click here > Digest of Merseyside Tourism October 2006 < click here > Destination Management ...