Anyone else noticing that recent “10 best …” or “20 best …” things such as hotels, beaches, restaurants etc which appear in newspapers or on sites such as Tripadvisor often now include Cornwall (sometimes several times) but rarely Devon and even much more rarely East Devon?

Could it have something to do with the fact that Devon’s tourism budget is £45,000 per year and Cornwall’s is £300,000 per year (and Yorkshire’ £3,000,000 per year)?

Travel journalists are lured to tourist attractions, etc by positive publicity and free trips and which lead to word-of-mouth recommendations.

Alas, not in Devon and certainly not East Devon.

But, fear not, just before the district council elections our Tourism Champion is scheduled to speak at a meeting! No, we will not tell you who our so far silent Tourism Champion is – if you ars in the tourism trade in East Devon and don’t know who it is, you should be asking yourself why and also why that person has the designation.

And what a difference just a little of the minimum £750,000 spent on relocation (since we must include the cost of Information Commissioner v EDDC in Exeter Magistrates Court has cost so far as we know) could have made to our ranking in the tourism world.

See also:
https://eastdevonwatch.org/2015/01/13/tourism-on-the-cheap-in-devon/