Tourism stays and spend plummet in East Devon

“East Devon visitor numbers have declined sharply and the nature of tourism is changing.

Overnight stays
2003 800,000
2013 475,000

Spend
2003 £153 million
2013 £98 million

Great Britain Tourism Survey 2014”

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Could this have anything to do with the large swathes of countryside in 2003 now being large swathes of concrete jungle in 2013?