Heart of Devon sees increase in visitor numbers over summer months

Tourism businesses in the Heart of Devon area have seen an increase in visitor numbers over the summer months. The newly branded Heart of Devon tourism partnership attributes this to a targeted and focused national marketing campaign promoting the Heart of Devon area and an online campaign that has seen a leap of 129% visitors to the website. Check out: www.heartofdevon.com. Despite the recession and other areas of the South West experiencing a decline in visitor numbers (South West Tourism ‘How’s Business Survey August 2010), tourism providers in East Devon, Exeter, Mid Devon and parts of