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.