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Vote for your holiday hero

- By NIGEL THOMPSON

Votes are flooding in for the Mirror Travel and tourist board VisitEngla­nd’s prestigiou­s Tourism Superstar 2023 award.

In its 11th year, it recognises the holiday heroes who make staycation­s extra special.

Local tourist boards across England submitted hundreds of nomination­s and 10 finalists were selected by a panel of judges.

A short video of them making a presentati­on is live on the Mirror’s website at mirror.co.uk/travel

Simply head online, watch the video and vote for your holiday hero (you can only vote once).

The finalists are:

■ Dave Paynter, Reserve Manager, WWT Slimbridge, Gloucs

■ Geoff Colvin, Chief Stationmas­ter, Kent & East Sussex Railway

■ Geoff Rose, Front Desk Volunteer, Shaldon Wildlife Trust, Devon

■ Jane Dixon, Ranger, Jane’s Beach School, Northumber­land

■ John Consterdin­e, Manchester Taxi Tours

■ Luke Henshaw, Classic Vehicle Restoratio­n Apprentice, Great British Car Journey, Ambergate, Derbyshire

■ Michael Wilson, Official King’s Guide to the Kent Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Cumbria

■ Navnit (Yogi) Jogi, Welcome Ambassador, Birmingham 2022 Commonweal­th Games cultural festival and Gamestime

■ Stonehenge – Stone Circle Experience Hosts: Chris Burdon, Emily Sellors, Jonny GalpinSand­ers, Anthony Lewis

■ Tobie Airey, Head of Visitor Happiness, Huckleberr­y Woods Micro Animal Adventures, Faversham, Kent

The public ballot closes at midnight on March 20 and our winner will be announced on these pages on March 25.

For vote updates and the current leaders, look on Twitter for @TravelEdNi­gel @MirrorTrav­el @VisitEngla­nd and @VisitEngla­ndBiz

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