Blackpool operators get Illuminations boost

Two of Blackpool’s biggest amusements operators have reiterated how important the resort’s famous Illuminations are for their businesses. The owners of its three piers and Blackpool Pleasure Beach said that seafront lights helped attract tourists beyond the summer, helping to boost revenue. The annual display brings in the region of four million visitors every autumn and is thought to be worth £275m to the local economy. Gaynor Sedgwick, of the Sedgwick family that operates Blackpool’s three piers, said the Illuminations had boosted trade after what had been a relatively average summer. She told The Gazette: “The piers are very [ ] The post Blackpool operators get Illuminations boost appeared first on Coinslot.
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