A huge thank you to Invisible Cities and everyone else who has donated trains in memory of our Railway Heritage tour guide Gemma. These trains will be donated to York Explore Toy Library next week.

Tourism strategies now routinely reference improving residents' quality of life alongside attracting visitors. But how do we measure success? We’ve piloted a ‘Designing Capability Indicators’ research project in partnership with the Policy Co-op outsideinfluence.co.uk/what-…

Sadly, our Invisible York tour guide Gemma Dean died in May. There is a remembrance service being held at Carecent on Friday 3rd July at 1pm. If you’re unable to attend, then there’s also a memorial train planter upstairs at Spark, which you’re free to visit anytime.

This week, our wonderful tour guide Vicki who has led ‘The Story of Guy Fawkes’ tour since 2019, has retired. Unfortunately, she was too ill to make it down to Invisible Cities Roadshow in York to mark the occasion, so we wish her a speedy recovery and a long and happy retirement

Over the past two years, we’ve worked alongside a number of academic and community partners to explore how local residents experience York's visitor economy and how they believe tourism can better support the city's long-term wellbeing. outsideinfluence.co.uk/resid…

It was great to host the first Invisible Cities 10th Anniversary Roadshow today in York. The project supports people affected by homelessness to become walking tour guides, and now operates tours in ten cities across the UK, 10 Years - 10 Cities.

How do we study wealth and poverty? That’s the question being explored at this free York Festival of Ideas event on Friday 12 June 2026. Natasha Almond, one of the Directors of Good Organisation will be part of the panel. yorkfestivalofideas.com/2026…

We are deeply saddened to share the news that of our wonderful ‘Invisible York’ tour guide Gemma Dean has died. Gemma was involved in the project since its inception, and brought passion and warmth to her much-loved railway heritage tour. She will be greatly missed.

A significant milestone last week with the launch of Community Tourism UK. This network has been developing since conversations began our conference in York last summer. You can read the declaration at communitytourism.uk

We’re really excited to be taking part in the SCOTO Knowledge Exchange while shaping the future of Community Led Tourism across the UK. Find out more and book via scoto.co.uk/networking-event…

Can tourism challenge a rise in racism?  This piece explores how the visitor economy can build trust in an age of division. outsideinfluence.co.uk/touri…

A huge thank you to everyone who came along to the ‘Tourism: Our Voice’ conference yesterday. It was great to see so many people from across the country sharing bold and inspiring ideas on how we can make the visitor economy more inclusive and equitable.

Join us on 3rd July 2025 at York Creative Centre for the UK's first nationwide conference dedicated to transforming the visitor economy into a force for social good. Get your tickets via goodorganisation.co.uk/event…

Currently in Greenland, supporting these guys to establish a new tourism social enterprise led by people affected by homelessness in Nuuk.

We’ll be speaking at the University of York School of Architecture on 20 March 2025 as part of a collaborative research workshop with the Centre for Architecture, Urbanism, and Global Heritage. eventbrite.co.uk/e/collabora…

We’re excited to be working on a NERC-funded project, exploring heritage opportunities for those experiencing homelessness in Greenland. The project is in partnership with University of York, Ilisimatusarfik’s Centre for Arctic Welfare in Nuuk and will be led by the participants

We’re running an Open Forum Meeting to help shape York’s proposed tourism levy. It will explore how some of that revenue can directly benefit residents’ through community groups or local initiatives. Join us on 22/1/25 6 - 7pm at Priory Street Centre, York, YO1 6ET