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Do you have a press query?

We can help!
 
We can tell you more about:
 
... what CoaST is...
 
...and about our ambassador businesses in sustainable tourism practice...
 
...and about what people say about CoaST...
 
...and about migrant workers...
 
...and our micro visitor-facing site..
 
...and about our Visitor Charter, now being used as a template up and down the country...
 
We can give you facts about visitor demand for sustainable, ethical and green holidays; did you know...
 
 - 84% of visitors would choose an attraction/ accommodation that was part of a green accreditation scheme over one that was not  (ETC, 2002)
 
 - 68% of visitors would do so even if the prices of the green accredited businesses were slightly higher (ETC, 2002)
 
 - 72% of visitors would be influenced by a green tourism award  (Devon CC, 2005)
 
 - 74% of visitors said it was important to stay in accommodation with an environmental award (IOS, 2005)
 
 -  ...and The recent Co-op / New Economics Foundation (NEF)/Future Foundation report on ethical purchasing found: “Consumer spending on ethical products grew for the sixth year running in 2005 to reach £29.8bn…(that’s more than beer and cigarettes, for the first time!)
 
And if you want to find out more, have a browse across the website; and if you want even more, or want to dig further, contact us on 01872 562 057 or 
contact CoaST Director, Manda Brookman, on 07789 987 998.
 
CoaST: an independent body and a social enterprise, based in a refurbished barn in Cornwall. Four women and one man, who variously encourage, inform, network, research, lobby, measure, persuade, object, question, bend ears, break boundaries and never knowingly give up.

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