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VisitBritain: Offices

Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in which overseas locations Visit Britain maintained an office in each year since 1997; and how many overseas offices he expects will be in operation in 2009. [238182]

Barbara Follett: The information in the table has been provided by VisitBritain. In addition VisitBritain now also have a representative in Moscow, Russia.

VisitBritain inform us they expect that in 2009 the overseas offices are likely to be the same as those listed for 2008.


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VisitBritain’s overseas office locations 1996-2008
Overseas offices 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Buenos Aires, Argentina (Virtual presence in this market, managed from Brazil)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

—

Sydney, Australia (Virtual presence in New Zealand operated from Australia)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Vienna, Austria (Virtual presence in this market since the office closed in 1986, managed from Germany)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Brussels, Belgium and Luxembourg

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Located in Sao Paulo since 2007) (Virtual presence in Argentina and Mexico operated from Brazil)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Toronto, Canada

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Santiago, Chile

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Beijing, China (Representatives now in Beijing and Shanghai)

—

Yes

Yes

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Prague, Czech Republic (Representative in this market since end of December 2007)

Yes

Yes

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Copenhagen, Denmark

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Dubai

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Helsinki, Finland (British Travel Centre) (Virtual presence in this market, managed from Sweden)

—

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Paris, France

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Frankfurt, Germany

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

—

—

—

—

Berlin, Germany (Virtual presence in Austria and Switzerland operated from Germany)

—

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Pangrati, Greece (Representative in this market since 2005)

Yes

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Hong Kong

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Budapest, Hungary

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Yes

Yes

New Delhi, India (In addition, representatives now in Mumbai and Bangalore)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Dublin, Ireland

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

Tel Aviv, Israel

Yes

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Rome, Italy

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Milan, Italy

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Tokyo, Japan

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Osaka, Japan

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Representative in this market since 2005)

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Mexico (Virtual presence in this market, managed from Brazil)

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Auckland, New Zealand (Virtual presence in this market, managed from Australia)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

—

Oslo, Norway (Representative in this market)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

Warsaw, Poland (Representative in this market since beginning of Jan. 2008)

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Lisbon, Portugal (Presence in this market since the office closed in 1993, and a representative since 2002)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Singapore

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Johannesburg, South Africa (Representative in this market since 2006)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

—

—

Seoul, South Korea (Representative in this market since 2005)

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Madrid, Spain

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Stockholm, Sweden (Virtual presence in Finland operated from Sweden)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Zurich, Switzerland (Virtual presence in this market since 2004, managed from Germany)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

—

—

—

—

Taipei, Taiwan

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Bangkok, Thailand (Representative in this market since 2005)

Yes

Yes

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

New York, USA

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Chicago, USA (Office closed October 2008)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

Los Angeles, USA

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Miami, USA

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

San Francisco, USA

—

Yes

Yes

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Caracas, Venezuela

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Total number of offices

(1)40

(2)42

(3)40

(4)28

(5)28

(6)27

(7)26

26

24

24

23

22

19

(1) List of BTA’s overseas offices from the 1996 Annual Accounts.
(2) List of BTA’s overseas offices from the 1997 Annual Report. BTA also had representation in Athens, Bangalore, Bombay, Calcutta, Cyprus, Istanbul, Karachi and Vienna.
(3) List of BTA’s overseas offices from the 1998 Annual Report. BTA also had representation in Athens, Bangalore, Bombay, Calcutta, Cyprus, Istanbul, Karachi, Vienna and Prague.
(4) List of BTA’s overseas offices from the 1999 Annual Report. BTA was represented jointly with the British Council in the following places: Santiago, Chile; Bogota, Columbia; Mexico City, Mexico; Caracas, Venezuela; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Seoul, South Korea; Taipei, Taiwan; Bangkok, Thailand; Prague, Czech Republic; Budapest, Hungary; Warsaw, Poland; Lisbon, Portugal; and Vienna, Austria.
(5) List of BTA’s overseas offices from the 2000 Annual Report. BTA was represented jointly with the British Council in the following places: Santiago, Chile; Bogota, Columbia; Mexico City, Mexico; Caracas, Venezuela; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Seoul, South Korea; Taipei, Taiwan; Bangkok, Thailand; Prague, Czech Republic; Budapest, Hungary; Warsaw, Poland; Lisbon, Portugal; and Vienna, Austria.
(6) List of BTA’s overseas offices from the 2001 Annual Report.
(7) List of BTA’s overseas offices from the 2002 Annual Report.
Sources:
Various sources have been used for the information from 2003-08.
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