WORCESTER City Council will promote the Faithful City at a prestigious tourism and travel show being held later this month.

Representatives from the authority will be exhibiting at the British Tourism and Travel Show, joined by Worcester Re-enactors to help showcase the city’s significant role in the Civil War as well as staff from Worcester Cathedral, the Worcester Tourist Information Centre and Worcester Museum and Art Gallery.

It will be the first time the authority has exhibited at the NEC show, considered one of the UK’s largest annual event for the tourism industry, which is being held on March 21 and 22.

The show features more than 250 leading visitor attractions, venues, destinations, hotels and transport providers, and annually attracts more than 2,600 people including some of the UK and Ireland’s biggest domestic tour operators, coach operators, travel organisers and agents.

Councillor Lucy Hodgson, chairman of the place and economic development sub committee at Worcester City Council, said: “We’re attending to showcase the impressive range of attractions which Worcester can offer to tourists.

“Boosting our local economy by encouraging more people to visit Worcester is real priority for the city council."

Helen Mole, economic development officer at Worcester City Council, added: "Our team will be meeting lots of domestic travel industry professionals including tour operators, group travel organisers, travel agents and coach companies.

"They’ll be able to answer questions about the city, promote attractions and encourage people to add Worcester to their itineraries as part of their tours of the UK.”

The exhibition ties in with Worcester City Council taking over the running of the Tourist Information Centre, when the existing contract with the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce expires on March 31.