The Dorchester Tourism Partnership was formed in 2020 by Dorchester Town Council. The partnership works deliver the Dorchester Heritage Tourism Strategy and reports to the Dorchester Joint Heritage Committee.

The partnership works together on different projects to promote Dorchester as a place to visit and develops new tourism opportunities too, especially ones that celebrate our amazing local heritage. 

Restaurants, museums, attractions, hotels, landowners, tour guides, local media, BID, Chamber of Commerce, council officers, Councillors and more are all represented on the Dorchester Tourism partnership to ensure that the work is industry led and in touch with the situation on the ground in Dorchester.

The Dorchester Tourism Partnership meet every three months. The current chair is Kirsty Schmidt from The Kings Arms. Previous Chairs include Directors of Dorset Museum & Art Gallery and Shire Hall Museum.

Partners work together to plan and deliver campaigns and projects that help to ensure that tourists feel welcomed when they arrive in Dorchester, have access to information they require and have an enjoyable experience here. The campaigns and projects also work to attract more visitors to Dorchester and raise the profile of our wonderful historic town.

Discover Dorchester is the official tourism website for Dorchester created by the Dorchester Tourism Partnership.

If you would like to find out more about the Dorchester Tourism Partnership please do email the Tourism Development Officer, Matilda Manley at m.manley@dorchester-tc.gov.uk or visit the town's tourism website Discover Dorchester.