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I agree that places must be open to be able to trade and the more places that are open, the better for the tourist/visitor - and the business iself of course.
If all the sites had paid employees, then that would be relatively easy to open throughout the winter, but the small historic sites and attractions: Dover Transport Musuem, Crabble Corn Mill, Roman Painted House (not sure about Samphire Hoe, it may be manned by WCCP who are volunteers) are operated by volunteers.
If Group Travel was organised for Dover - to make it a destination, rather than a "to-it-and-through-it" place, they could all open in the winter, but even after trying many different ways to encourage Group Travel - and these are coach loads of people coming to Dover and our historic sites and attractions - with money to spend, I can't convince those in charge, that this should be looked at seriously.
At one time a few years ago, I contacted all the Hotels in the District about Group Travel and they all agreed to come on board (apart from the Churchill and the Bell Hotel - they felt it was beneath them); I even designed and had printed passes for the coaches, so the drivers didn't have to pay to park in the (DDC-owned) coach-parks - and still it wasn't taken up properly.
There must be something about me that people don't like - maybe it's my enthusiasm for Dover and as they say in many circles "apathy rules in the higher circles" - it certainly has done till now.
Maybe it's that things have to be done at a much higher level than the one I am talking about, but it needs working from the ground floor up, not top down.
I could write a tourism strategy for Dover; in fact I started one for Dover - the Town not the District and was advised strongly to stop it, it'd be a waste of time. It could be incorporated in to this Town Centre Plan of Action I've been charged to write.
I did send it to the Town Clerk, Mike Webb, but that was 2/3 years ago, so it is still lying dormant somewhere.
Roger