WINTER 2018 • SPOTLIGHT • 15
VOLUME OF CARAVAN SALES Tourers
Motorhomes
25,334 16,726 7,315
Holiday Homes
23,374 20,538 14,062
This example and ones like it show the current trend with the existing groups targeting expansion through purchasing privately owned holiday parks. It is worth noting that not just the investor backed professional management companies are investing. Pembrokeshire family group Celtic Parks have invested significantly during the last five years with a new health and leisure facility at their Croft Park site and a new development of premium safari tents and lodges at their Noble Court site, which was opened by the Welsh Government Minister for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Lord Elis- Thomas in May 2018.
These improvements are all made possible by a continually evolving product from dynamic and
progressive manufacturers. The quality and variety of caravan and camping accommodation has never been so impressive with safari tents and glamping pods through to two- storey safari lodges.
Long before Ted Bovis, Gladys Pugh and the rest of the eccentric staff of Malpins hit our screens in the 1980s and even before the first Butlins opened its doors in Skegness in 1936, the holiday park has been a cherished part of British society and culture. Times may have changed but with new investment, an improved product and professional management, the holiday park sector has changed with them and will remain a vital part of our domestic tourism industry as well as an excellent platform for alternative investment.
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