Sheldon Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 21 minutes ago, Ringy Rose said: those little cartons of "tastes like real milk". If by "real milk" they mean "dog's milk, maybe. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 9 hours ago, Banker said: But 40 years ago was before cheap packages holidays to the sun started, budget airlines,Airbnb, internet etc etc so no competition 40 years ago was 1982. Cheap packages, budget airlines ( Laker etc) have been around since early/mid seventies. Battalions of well paid and pensioned local civil servants are a much more recent development, early noughties onwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 19 hours ago, Banker said: But 40 years ago was before cheap packages holidays to the sun started, budget airlines,Airbnb, internet etc etc so no competition 9 hours ago, Non-Believer said: 40 years ago was 1982. Cheap packages, budget airlines ( Laker etc) have been around since early/mid seventies. Battalions of well paid and pensioned local civil servants are a much more recent development, early noughties onwards. Tourist industry has been on the slide since the 1960’s, which is when package holidays started. Charter flights, bucket seat shops. The last hurrah of the Manx tourist industry was 1979 and Millenium. It was ruined by lack of investment. Hoteliers worked hard all season and then went away for the winter months. More than half the rooms on the prom ( excluding the Sefton, Metropole, Villiers. Palace, Continental ) weren’t en-suite. Half the rooms were in an outlet overlooking a dank brick yard and the bedrooms in the outlet of house next door. Yes, there were grants to instal en-suites. But you can’t do that without losing rooms and that affects occupancy and revenue. Hotels weren’t double glazed and most had no heating. Out of season wasn’t pleasant. The various Tourist Boards did their best with attractions and promotions and themed events. But the industry didn’t invest. There was a move to self catering in the market. Planning refused all applications to convert. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offshoremanxman Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 18 hours ago, Happier diner said: Don't spoil his moment. He wants to blame the civil servants for it. Let's face it they get the blame for everything else so why stop now. I went to Jersey the other week. I don’t see their tourist industry in decline even in October. This Island however has had 40 years to find a strategy that works and has done little of benefit to anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 6 minutes ago, offshoremanxman said: I went to Jersey the other week. I don’t see their tourist industry in decline even in October. This Island however has had 40 years to find a strategy that works and has done little of benefit to anyone. Jersey has always had bigger, better, hotels. Our industry, until recently, was dominated by boarding houses and private hotels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 How is the Premier Inn doing? Is it a success? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: How is the Premier Inn doing? Is it a success? Apparently so. Full most weekends with Manx revellers. Cheaper than a taxi home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nellie Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 20 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: How is the Premier Inn doing? Is it a success? Before the pandemic they were starting to look for potential sites for a second one, but I've not heard more about that recently. They opened a second one in St Helier already. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 34 minutes ago, offshoremanxman said: I went to Jersey the other week. I don’t see their tourist industry in decline even in October. This Island however has had 40 years to find a strategy that works and has done little of benefit to anyone. I think jersey is a different place in many ways. My point though is why do you think it's all down to CSs. It seems to be an obsession 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriT Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 30 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: How is the Premier Inn doing? Is it a success? It seems very busy. Not sure it’s tourists though as the only view is of a multi story carpark. It seems to be largely used by itinerant workers and at weekends locals who stay in town rather than taxi back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offshoremanxman Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 17 minutes ago, Happier diner said: I think jersey is a different place in many ways. My point though is why do you think it's all down to CSs. It seems to be an obsession Ok so we employ a department of tourism and a department of enterprise at the cost of many millions of pounds a year to grow our tourist sector. Why do you think that they are not a large contributor to the total failure of the Manx tourist sector when their entire role and function is to grow our tourist sector? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Johnson Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 What I don't get is why when tourism is just 0.3% of our economy, do we spend so much time talking about it and the gov spending money on it? Flogging a dead horse much 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Buggane Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 17 minutes ago, Boris Johnson said: What I don't get is why when tourism is just 0.3% Flogging a dead horse much Now there's a niche market to think about. The Litz's could be in for a boom era and turn a handsome profit. Farmers could cash in on dead carcass farming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 37 minutes ago, Dirty Buggane said: Farmers could cash in on dead carcass farming Charlie Kerruish was an authority on that, years ago.... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Lamb Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 2 hours ago, Non-Believer said: Charlie Kerruish was an authority on that, years ago.... After Chernobyl he had lambs that cooked themselves 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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