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Is the 'desire' for stately homes increasing and are they of any benefit to UK tourism?
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Emma Kennedy Year: 2003/2004 Semester One - Leisure, Events & Cultural Management 8th December 2003 Contents Introduction 3 Why 'Stately Homes'? 4 Stately Homes: The Attraction 5 Stately Homes: The Problem 7 Stately Homes: The Solution 8 Stately Homes: A Home Today 11 Stately Homes: The Conclusion 13 Introduction: During 2002 approximately 8.6 million visits were made to Northern Ireland's Visitor Attractions. When comparing with previous years, this represents a year-on year increase of approximately nine percent. Excellent. However, when we break the data down into each individual category, it is noticed that despite totalling 24% of attractions in number, historic properties accounted for only seven percent of market share of visits - that is 580,502 visitors. What the author intends on doing through this paper is to examine the nation's growing admiration/contempt for stately homes. (www.nitb.com/ResearchStatistics/VisitorAttractions_report2002.PDF) Why 'Stately Homes'? Marion Blockley (1997) writes, "The Stately Homes of England, to quote Noel Coward, were a tangible product of the society that created them and its prevailing culture. The distribution of...
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