The county of Denbighshire is part of beautiful North East Wales. It stretches from the popular coastal resorts of Rhyl and Prestatyn in the north, down through the Vale of Clwyd, over the panoramic Horseshoe Pass into the picturesque Dee Valley where nestle the busy tourism town of Llangollen home to the International Music Eisteddfod every year. As you move south from the golden beaches through the historic towns of the Vale of Clwyd- Rhuddlan, St.Asaph, Denbigh and Ruthin- you are sheltered by the hills of the Clwydian Range, an official Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The little town of Corwen is splendidly, situated for walking.

The county is popular with day visitors and increasingly, short break takers because of its accessibility. The coast provides value-for-money family holidays, and the wealth of history, heritage and countryside makes Denbighshire a most attractive tourism destination.
 General Promotion

Following research in 1994/5 by the Wales Tourist Board to determine the needs of customers, rather than using administrative boundaries to define marketing areas, Wales is now divided into 13 official marketing areas. The county of Denbighshire is shared between 2 of these areas:

The coastal strip (Rhyl, Prestatyn and the immediate hinterland) is the - North Wales Coastal Resorts
Rural Denbighshire (the Vale of Clwyd, Ruthin, St Asaph, Denbigh, Corwen, Llangollen and the Dee Valley) are in the North Wales Borderlands, along with the counties of Wrexham and Flintshire.

Both rural Denbighshire and the traditional seaside resorts of Rhyl and Prestatyn are marketed in specific ways tailored to market needs.

We co-operate with other local authorities, the regional tourism group, other agencies and the Wales Tourist Board in a variety of marketing activities including co-ordinated media schedules, attendance at exhibitions, press familiarisation visits and web site build in order to secure as effective a profile as possible for Denbighshire's tourism industry.

For further information or a student information pack about the Tourism Unit and the work that it does please email the link above.