How many tourist beds does the Seaton area have?
According to a reliable professional source:
The Holiday Camp has 550 beds (though it uses only about 480 of these).
Seaton, and Axmouth has approximately 180 beds
The rest of the area (Beer, Colyton, Colyford and Branscombe) has approximately 200 beds
SO - the WHOLE area (Seaton, Axmouth, Beer, Colyton, Colyford and Branscombe) has fewer beds than the holiday camp. When the holiday camp closes we will lose some 50-60% of our total tourist beds - overnight.
What will that do to the local economy? Many people say, "Well, nothing, as they stay at the holiday camp half board and don't spend any money with us".
So what do they do for morning coffee, what do they do for lunch, what do they do if they want a change from the holiday camp bar. Where do they buy their souvenirs, where do they buy that bottle of shampoo they forgot, or the snacks they eat during the day if they are peckish? Where do they buy their postcards and sweets, their cigarettes and their sun tan oils?
posted by Fighting for East Devon's future @ 8:39 pm
1 Comments:
in addition to the money spent directly by the tourists in the holiday camp there is also the indirect effect. Is it 140 jobs at the camp? The people employed there are likely to live locally and spend their money here. I don't know where the camp buy in their supplies/ get their laundry done but that may well be money in the local economy too.
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