Sunday Mirror

Who’s star of staycation­s?

- BY NIGEL THOMPSON

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Vote for a holiday hero in the 2023 Tourism Superstar award.

This coveted accolade is your chance to celebrate staycation staff who made an extra special effort to provide a memorable holiday or day trip for visitors.

It’s the 11th anniversar­y of the award – run jointly by Mirror Travel and national tourist board VisitEngla­nd. And local tourist boards across England submitted hundreds of nomination­s.

Our panel of judges then whittled them down to a shortlist of 10 for a public vote. They 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

HOW TO JOIN IN

Our finalists will be highlighte­d in a short video on the Mirror website at mirror.co.uk/travel from 9am tomorrow.

Simply watch the video, learn about what each finalist’s fantastic contributi­on to staycation­s is, and vote for your holiday hero (you can only vote once).

The ballot closes at midnight on March 20. For vote updates and the current leaders, look on Twitter for @TravelEdNi­gel, @MirrorTrav­el, @VisitEngla­nd and @ VisitEngla­ndBiz

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