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Kevin
I started a Tourism Strategy for Dover some time ago, but when I was dismissed from Dover Chamber of Commerce in March 2010 I didn't continue with it, so it is half completed on my laptop.
I had also started a Plan of Action for Dover Town, that too, incomplete, is still on my laptop.
I know what should be done to turn Dover into a tourism destination, instead of the "to-it-and-through-it" Town it is now; the "stakeholders" know this, but are completely unmoved by it; they have a list of my projects and initiatives to help move the Town forward and support the businesses, but no one is interested.
I have banged my head on the proverbial brick-wall for many years and worked on my own with the Dover Loyalty Scheme - for two years and it was successful as far as it could have been without any official support, but it was costing me too much money, so I closed it. Many businesses have now started their own Loyalty Scheme, so the idea is a good one.
I also produced (off my own back) the Discover Dover leaflet (30,000 in 2009 - and they all went); very popular and successful and at the time put on board the P & O Ferries and in outlets in Calais, as well as on the new LD Lines ferries that ran for a couple of years between Dover and Boulogne.
This was done, not for profit, but to help the historic sites and attractions here and the businesses.
There are many good ideas from individuals, but as individuals, they cannot be successful, they need a body of support behind them - I know from bitter experience.
Roger