Great Yarmouth's Percentage Of Profit From Tourism

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This graph above shows the percentage of profit from tourism, as a group we were tasked with asking a variety of different questions to different businesses. Looking at the graph above you can see that it gives a clear understanding that companies are very reliant on tourism. For example, a Sweet sensation is a confectionary store which has been around for roughly 4 years. Over the 4-year period according the general manger much of the area has been declining due to weather and lack of tourism. It demonstrates how much of an impact weather creates on the businesses as well as Great Yarmouth’s local economy. Sweet sensations are reliant of 80% of its profits to tourism which is an extremely large amount. When looking at seasonality you

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