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WESTERN MORNING NEWS FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8 2013 3
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Cornwall Tourism Awards 2013
A cheerful
team are
always eager
to help with
advice on a
wide range of
subjects at
Bodmin’s
Visitor
Information
Centre
ENVIRONMENTAL &
WILDLIFE ATTRACTION
Sponsored by Cornwall Association of
Tourist Attractions www.cata.co.uk
Gold Award
Wooda Farm Holiday Park, Poughill
www.wooda.co.uk
Sponsored by Sue Bradbury PR
www.suebradburypr.com
Gold Award
Wild Futures Monkey Sanctuary, Looe
www.monkeysanctuary.org
Set in beautiful woodland overlooking the picturesque Cornish coast,
The Monkey Sanctuary has been offering a safe home for life to monkeys
in need since 1964.
Much more than just monkeys,
they offer a great day out for the
whole family, and you can rest assured that 100% of all income from
visitors goes to support charitable
work protecting primates and habitats worldwide.
Judges’ Comments
“A really enjoyable day….made so by
the excellent customer service”
Commended
National Lobster Hatchery, Padstow
www.nationallobsterhatchery.co.uk
“Doing undoubtedly excellent work in
the field of lobster protection and conservation”
HOLIDAY PARK
OF THE YEAR
TOURIST INFORMATION SERVICE
Sponsored by Services for Tourism
www.services4tourism.co.uk
Joint Gold Award
Bodmin Visitor Information Centre
www.bodminlive.com
The cheerful team of knowledgeable
staff at the award-winning Visitor
Information Centre can provide help
and advice on a wide range of
subjects. They can help you book a
place to stay, find your way about,
book your tickets, suggest walking
routes and more. They also offer
public internet access and Wifi and
sell clotted cream by post.
Judges’ Comments
“Their innovative approach to developing services for visitors hasn’t
needed expensive hi tech equipment,
rather it has been grounded in the
expertise and knowledge of the team
and some simple but effective
ideas.”
Joint Gold Award
Fal River Visitor Information Centre
www.falmouth.co.uk
Fal River Visitor Centre, located on
the Prince of Wales Pier in Falmouth, is a great resource for people
visiting, and planning to visit Falmouth and the surrounding area. It
has a fantastic sales area stocked
with books,
souvenirs.
maps,
guides
and
Judges’ Comments
“An extremely effective centre serving
the visitors to Falmouth and the
surrounding area. They have a high
quality website and are fully exploiting social media sites.”
Bronze Award
Launceston Tourist Information Centre
www.visitlaunceston.co.uk
“It appears to happily fulfil its roles
as information centre for visitors
coming to Launceston as well as a
community hub for those from in and
around Launceston.”
A high quality holiday park overlooking Bude Bay with stunning
views looking down the coastline of
North Cornwall, and the lush, rolling
countryside inland. A family run and
owned holiday park guaranteeing excellent facilities for camping, luxury
static caravans for hire, and friendly
customer service.
Judges’ Comments
“Facilities were spotless and the
amount on offer (for example archery)
was impressive!”
Silver Award
Perran Sands Holiday Park, Perranporth
www.haven.com/parks/cornwall/perransands
“Welcome host on arrival - Excellent.
Very helpful!”
Bronze Award
Padstow Touring Park, Padstow
www.padstowtouringpark.co.uk
“A park which is clearly on the up.”