§ Mr. MuddTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the top 20 tourist attractions in Cornwall in numbers visiting or attending; and if he will indicate the numbers, in each instance, for the previous comparable year.
§ Mr. LeeThe English Tourist Board's annual survey of visits to attractions gives the following figures for Cornwall in 1987 and 1988:
Number of visits 1987 1988 Truro Cathedral 250,000 250,000 Mount Edgcumbe Country Park — 200,000 St. Agnes Leisure Park 200,000 200,000 World in Miniature, Goonhavern 195,000 200,000 Dobwall's Theme Park 135,000 190,000 Newquay Zoo 143,482 186,000 St. Michael's Mount 172,975 175,815 Tintagel Castle 135,935 134,386 Tescan Ltd (Tannery) Redruth — 112,000 Cotehele House 79,937 81,456 Trelissick Garden, Nr Truro 69,522 75,244 Pendennis Castle, Falmouth 63,412 70,739 Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station 56,684 63,000 Dairyland, Newquay 60,000 56,940 Tintagel Old Post Office 49,673 55,048 Trerice 53,241 52,250 Callestock Cider Farm, Penhallow 21,544 50,000 Monkey Sanctuary, Looe 53,700 48,000 Padstow Tropical Bird Garden 30,000 43,000 Charlestown Visitor Centre 38,700 40,250
Action Plans completed by ET Training Agents: September 1988 to March 1989 Agreed Action Plans Area Office September 1988 October 1988 November 1988 December 1988 January 1989 February 1989 March 1989 South East Region Berkshire and Oxfordshire 242 798 0 922 514 450 418 Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire 219 294 763 411 429 520 500 Essex 227 550 525 1,051 632 748 989 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 411 487 679 409 717 670 772 Kent 32 610 1,159 488 714 652 596 Surrey 102 223 174 615 190 0 196 Sussex 0 682 900 470 555 652 695 London Region Inner London North 505 1,196 1,545 1,606 1,651 1,799 2,090 Inner London South 510 655 616 539 645 718 736 London East 793 735 805 670 972 1,117 1,092 London North 732 857 935 846 858 970 996 London South 280 320 479 340 423 542 543 London West 591 867 811 676 900 912 952 South West Region Avon 238 361 411 327 453 506 489 Devon and Cornwall 665 692 1,244 795 1,294 615 1,192 Dorset and Somerset 418 478 386 332 342 516 471 Gloucester and Wiltshire 357 546 560 433 390 479 536 West Midlands Region Birmingham and Solihull 935 1,026 1,201 756 1,553 1,685 1,382 Coventry and Warwickshire 378 617 576 322 638 812 748 Dudley and Sandwell 818 769 899 1,021 978 1,059 1,416 Staffordshire 541 906 434 1,145 1,128 929 1,192 The Marches, Hereford/Worcester 0 710 677 954 406 613 1,330 Wolverhampton and Walsall 0 1,055 1,913 308 706 821 754