Bronte Country Tourism's Web site is proving a huge hit.

Thousands of people from all over the world are accessing the site to learn first hand about the area's tourism potential.

Latest figures show that the site, launched at a British Travel Trade Fair in April, is being visited 900 times a day by people from nearly 40 different countries.

Jon Swales, from marketing consultant Netstep Corporate Communications, says: "These figures illustrate just how easily the site is found by those interested in Bronte country, while the number of repeat visits indicates how useful the site is considered."

For one Bronte Country Tourism member in particular, the Web site is paying major dividends. Double Deck Travel, which organises tours of Yorkshire in a bus fitted out as a mobile hotel, featured on the BBC's Holiday programme after being spotted on the BCT site. Since the TV programme was screened, Double Deck has received over 300 enquiries.

The site now also features in the prestigious BBC Online Web Guide, where it is one of only 17 listings in the Regions of Britain section.

Each listed site has to undergo a rigorous assessment by specialists, and they praised the BCT pages for the navigation system and virtual tour features.

BCT manager Carolyn Spencer says: "The increasing success of our site can only help boost visitor numbers to Bronte country. Our initial confidence that the site will soon become one of the key resources on the Internet for the UK and global travel industry is well founded."

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