BBC WEATHER PRESENTER NAMES THE CITY TOURIST ATTRACTION SHE ‘LOVES’ AFTER LIVE BROADCAST

A LIVE BBC BROADCAST from a Liverpool tourist attraction during Eurovision has sparked a booking bonanza with a 50% surge in ticket sales.

The Royal Liver Building 360 tour –located at the historic Royal Liver Building –welcomed BBC weather presenter Carol Kirkwood to shoot a live forecast on the morning of the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final.

Before the broadcast, Carol enjoyed the RLB360 tour, which has been open to the public since 2019, tweeting snippets of the tour and the history of the Royal Liver Building to her 250,000 Twitter followers.

During filming, Carol delivered her weather forecast from the 15th floor, which offers views across Liverpool and Birkenhead and as far as Wales and the Blackpool Tower.

RLB360, which has introduced multilingual audio and induction loop hearing aids to create a fully accessible tour, offers access-all-areas to historic hidden secrets of the Liver Building, journeying to dizzying heights for panoramic views across Liverpool from the most iconic viewing point in the city, getting up close and personal with the world-famous Liver Birds.

The addition of the multi-lingual audio tours and induction loop comes at an exciting time for RLB360, after it welcomed Eurovision favourite Sam Ryder ahead of Eurovision.

Ryder, who finished second at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest with Great Britain, took the RLB360 tour before filming a secret performance from the top of the Royal Liver Building which was aired worldwide at the Eurovision final.

Following the BBC weather broadcast, Carol Kirkwood, one of the biggest stars of the channel, who has been with the network for 30 years, said: “I love coming to Liverpool and always find myself back at Royal Liver Building for the weather.

“The views of the city are magnificent from the top of the Liver Building. There is so much history at this attraction too. I love it.”

Chris Devaney, operations Manager at Royal Liver Building 360, added: “For so long, residents of the city region said: ‘You can’t go in the Liver Building. You can look at it, but you can’t go in’.

“So to open in 2019 was fantastic and we have grown ever since.

“It’s quite awe-inspiring in a way because you sometimes forget how important this building is to so many people, and we’ve had visitors from every continent in the world, and overall more than 80 different countries.

“Our tour is fun, informative and personal, and our goal is the same each day: to deliver amazing visitor experiences in a friendly and interactive way that highlights the iconic Royal Liver Building and Liverpool City Region.

“It is a must-do family attraction for the upcoming summer holidays!”