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Arsenal receives tourism ’Oscar’

Hardly Arsenal football club will gain a lot of football trophies this season, but it has already received a tourism ’Oscar’. Its home arena Emirates Stadium was chosen best business tourist venue in the Enjoy England Awards for Excellence organized by Visit Britain.

Another award (the bed and breakfast of the year award) went to the Salty Monk in Sidmouth, Devon.

Other awards included:

:: Small hotel of the year - The Devonshire Arms, Skipton, North Yorkshire

:: Caravan park of the year - Poston Mill Park, Hereford

:: Taste of England award - Fifteen Cornwall, Watergate Bay, Cornwall

:: Small visitor attraction - The Roald Dahl Museum, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire

:: Large hotel - Chewton Glen, New Milton, Hampshire

:: Self-catering holiday - The Mill Granary, Lower Teesdale, Co Durham, and Stone Cottage, Deepdale, Ullswater, Cumbria

:: Best tourism experience - Sunderland International Airshow

:: Large visitor attraction - Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire, and Victoria and Albert Museum, London

:: Sustainable tourism - Strattons Hotel, Swaffham, Norfolk, and The Cottage Lodge, Brockenhurst, Hampshire