Visit Manchester was officially created in January 2008 as a division of Marketing Manchester

Whilst Marketing Manchester has been the tourist board for Greater Manchester since April 2004, it was decided that to encourage more effective stakeholder engagement and to provide clarity to the identity, a division would be created which would house all of the tourist board  functions; tourism development, business tourism, leisure tourism and visitor services.

Visit Manchester is one of the five sub-regional tourist boards in England's Northwest.

Funding partners of Visit Manchester include Northwest Regional Development Agency, Manchester Airport, Manchester City Council, AGMA, GMITA and our membership.