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Stand Up For Seaton (SU4S)

Community Action for Seaton's Regeneration Area, 80% owned by Tesco - a floodplain on a World Heritage site bordered by nature reserves, tidal river, the sea and the unspoilt town. SU4S is a state of mind - no members, no structure, no politics. SU4S has objected to 2 planning applications by Tesco, including one for a massive superstore/dot com distribution centre which led to the recent closure on the site of 400 tourist beds with the loss of 150 jobs,a gym and pool - all used by locals.

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Tourism statistics

I have been in correspondence with Malcolm Bell, Chief Executive of South West Tourism about tourism statistics (by the way, I am still awaiting clarification of the "Seaton area" from the authors of the document recently quoted in this blog but have not yet received a reply). Here is what Mr Bell is happy to be quoted as saying:

"tourism statistics on bed stock are famously dated and all to often inaccurate and many more important considerations should be taken into account when making planning decisions than simply making decisions on questionable data" .

I am sure that Mr Bell will be more than happy to confirm that he has said this, since he indicated this to me in the email he sent to me with the above quotation.

2 Comments:

At 3:29 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Confirms what I always knew

 
At 11:41 pm, Blogger archmaster said...

yeah, and all I get is "you've censored my comment" and "censor that one it's horrid" from a place not far from Tesco...about time we had real plans to back reality rather than promises, spin and possibly lies.

 

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