Manchester ranks 3rd in places to visit in the UK preceded by Edinburgh, and top spot goes to London, and as was widely followed on another forum the New York times ranked us 26th in the top 52 places to visit in 2015...that`s not bad, CX gave Manchester excellent coverage in their inflight mag when MAN-HKG service started, however I agree Visit Britain needs to market cities like Manchester and surrounding areas e.g the Lake District etc more widely.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...2015.html?_r=3