Non-Believer Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 10 minutes ago, english zloty said: Wealthy tourists at that. If they're spending £430 million between them. That's one hell of a lot of Manx Knobs. Maybe this is what will attract them - a "Mediterranean" atmosphere in Castletown.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 1 hour ago, GD4ELI said: 46,000 will include people over to visit family, business etc. However they measure the number it'll not be tourists alone. Do they still count travelling locals in the visitor numbers like they do for the TT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 46 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: Maybe this is what will attract them - a "Mediterranean" atmosphere in Castletown.. Yes, we need this cafe culture outside 1886. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 34 minutes ago, finlo said: Do they still count travelling locals in the visitor numbers like they do for the TT? Most definitely …………… bums on seats and all that. Every number counts when a statistic needs to be massaged, don’t worry this island will soon hit 500k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
english zloty Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 3 hours ago, finlo said: Do they still count travelling locals in the visitor numbers like they do for the TT? I’m sure they even include CS and their consultants travelling backwards and forwards to and from conferences about how to build ‘ambitious’ plans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
english zloty Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 3 hours ago, Non-Believer said: Maybe this is what will attract them - a "Mediterranean" atmosphere in Castletown.. And they can admire the fields of mews housing and a cannabis farm as they’re ferried past on a state of the art diesel (or steam) train (I’ll assume both are exempted from carbon neutrality) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 6 hours ago, GD4ELI said: 46,000 will include people over to visit family, business etc. However they measure the number it'll not be tourists alone. No they changed it to everyone they could possibly count a long while ago - though not returning locals, even they realised it would be a bit too obvious. The trouble is that business travel is in long-term decline (even before the Covid change in working patterns) and the number of people visiting relatives/friends isn't going to change much, such people visit for their own reasons. So if you want to increase visitor numbers, you have to increase the number of tourists. I crunched to numbers a few months ago and I reckon it means they would have to roughly treble the number of tourists outside TT. It's fantasy stuff, but I suppose it's easier to dream up magical plans than work to improve the numbers actually visiting. It does show how amateurish these people are though that they can't even come up with targets that even look plausible. But in the Isle of Man Government, failure is the most reliable way of succeeding. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, english zloty said: I’m sure they even include CS and their consultants travelling backwards and forwards to and from conferences about how to build ‘ambitious’ plans And patient transfers....and pets....and beasts being exported for slaughter...all good headcount... Edited March 2, 2022 by Non-Believer extra bit 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cissolt Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 7 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: And patient transfers....and pets.... Ooo pets is a good one! That will the visitor numbers up. Isn't many hats Rob involved? We can expect lots of words and zero action 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 6 hours ago, Non-Believer said: Maybe this is what will attract them - a "Mediterranean" atmosphere in Castletown.. Get that done thanks. I might pop along, and offer my support. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 "There are bus-swallowing voids under the Douglas Promenade". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asitis Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 58 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: "There are bus-swallowing voids under the Douglas Promenade". As someone else said, they didn't know they had moved and taken up residence under the new Liverpool Terminal ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Ah, pigeons. My mate just sold his favourite homing-pigeon. For the 19th time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, Non-Believer said: "There are bus-swallowing voids under the Douglas Promenade". Nah, that was Laxey!😄 Edited March 3, 2022 by doc.fixit 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 4 hours ago, doc.fixit said: Nah, that was Laxey!😄 that electricity prices are not going up in the next few days ! Rob the peoples prince is working on his hand wringing statement as we speak , just watch this pace waiting for a bad news day ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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