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BRITISH DESTINATIONS: BACTA Convention 28 November 2013

‘Championing British Destinations’. BRITISH DESTINATIONS: BACTA Convention 28 November 2013. www.britishdestinations.net. ‘Championing British Destinations’. BRITISH DESTINATIONS Who are we: formerly BRA, BRADA now British Destination and Peter Hampson The Chief (and only!) Executive Officer.

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BRITISH DESTINATIONS: BACTA Convention 28 November 2013

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  1. ‘Championing British Destinations’ BRITISH DESTINATIONS:BACTA Convention 28 November 2013 www.britishdestinations.net

  2. ‘Championing British Destinations’ BRITISH DESTINATIONSWho are we:formerly BRA, BRADA now British Destinationand Peter HampsonThe Chief (and only!) Executive Officer. www.britishdestinations.net

  3. ‘Championing British Destinations’ BRITISH DESTINATIONSHow we support destinations : Trade association for destination management interests. Lobbying, best practice sharing, representation, etc. etc. c70 member organisations - 100 plus destinations, coastal and inland. Principally but not exclusively public - public/private sector partnerships orientated. Multidiscipline/cross cutting - generalists in all matters tourism and tourism related. I.e. a jack of all trades (master of none?). www.britishdestinations.net

  4. BRITISH DESTINATIONS:Our relationship with BACTA?and Our UK coastal interest? ‘Championing British Destinations’ www.britishdestinations.net

  5. ‘Championing British Destinations’ Domestic Tourism - GB Tourism Statistics 24.4 million trips, 98.1m nights and £5.2bn spend at the seaside. www.britishdestinations.net

  6. ‘Championing British Destinations’ Holiday trips (millions) The seaside accounts for 30% of all holiday trips. www.britishdestinations.net

  7. Holiday nights (millions) ‘Championing British Destinations’ The seaside still accounts for 38% of all holiday nights with a much smaller percentage of short trips v long (27% v 44%) than other destination types. www.britishdestinations.net

  8. ‘Championing British Destinations’ Staying Holiday Expenditure (£millions) The seaside accounts for 31% of all UK holiday expenditure. www.britishdestinations.net

  9. ‘Championing British Destinations’ Day visits (Millions) (additional to staying holidays) The seaside accounts for just 9.1% of all day visits for all purposes. But 32% of day visits to the seaside are 6 plus hours. And combined seaside day trips generate £4.7bn a year. www.britishdestinations.net

  10. ‘Championing British Destinations’ BRITISH DESTINATIONS:Brilliant but……. www.britishdestinations.net

  11. ‘Championing British Destinations’ BRITISH DESTINATIONS:“Lies, damn lies and statistic”plus Popular, ingrained perception and misconceptions. www.britishdestinations.net

  12. ‘Championing British Destinations’ 1998/9 British Resorts Association. www.britishdestinations.net

  13. ‘Championing British Destinations’ 2003 Sheffield Hallam University Seaside Economy Report. www.britishdestinations.net

  14. ‘Championing British Destinations’ 2006 - 2007 CLG Select Committee Coastal Towns Inquiry . www.britishdestinations.net

  15. ‘Championing British Destinations’ 2010 Sheffield Hallam University Seaside Tourism Report. www.britishdestinations.net

  16. Table 16: Employment in selected industries, 2008 no. of jobs: Higher education 489,000 Computer software 463,000 Insurance & pension companies 338,000 Telecommunications224,000 SEASIDE TOURISM 210,000 Motor industry 165,000 Publishing 154,000 Aerospace 110,000 Advertising 100,000 Air transport 99,000 Radio and television 78,000 Railways 61,000 Pharmaceuticals 50,000 Steel industry 40,000 Fishing 14,000 Coalmining 7,000 (Seaside tourism figures are for England and Wales; other figures are for GB Source: Authors' estimates based on ABI) ‘Championing British Destinations’ www.britishdestinations.net

  17. ‘Championing British Destinations’ BACTA/BRITISH DESTINATIONS/Welsh Government2013 Report using:1. 2011 census data (not 2001 as in 2010)2. 2012/13 UK economic data (not pre 2008 as in 2010)3. Again down to c121 individual resort town - small, medium and large, plus greater resort area and others4. Including new breakdowns by key sectors within tourism. www.britishdestinations.net

  18. ‘Championing British Destinations’ • One small quote taken from the research brief for the new study: “The new breakdown of tourism employment by sector in each resort might be expected to cover 6-10 individual sectors such as retail, hotels, restaurants, holiday parks, transport, and (of special interest to BACTA) amusement arcades”. A study which is due to be published early in the New Year, when the real work for all of us here todays begins……… www.britishdestinations.net

  19. ‘Championing British Destinations’ BRITISH DESTINATIONS:Our relationship with BACTA?Hopefully you will agree: A new beginning rather than the end of both my presentation and the refreshed and mutually beneficial new working relationship between us. Q & As? www.britishdestinations.net

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