Cornwall Tourism Awards 2016/17

By Pentewan Sands on the November 09th, 2016 in

We're delighted to announce that Heligan Caravan and Camping was awarded Bronze for best Campsite in Cornwall at last night's annual tourism awards.

The prestigious awards ceremony was held at The Headland Hotel where businesses from Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly have been celebrating record wins in this year’s Cornwall Tourism Awards.
Now in their 15th year, the awards saw an increase to 195 entries entering 25 different categories. The awards celebration was enhanced by anentertaining presentation from lyricist and cricket enthusiast Sir Tim Rice who shared anecdotes from his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Elton John.

Awards organizer Robin Barker introduced the evening saying: “It always amazes me that this industry continues to innovate and excel. When I was first involved in tourism in Cornwall back in the early 90s, most leading businesses had never heard of ‘sustainable tourism’, it was the era when many were still arguing against the need for en-suite facilities, and the internet was described in a report by a tourism IT expert as having a “rather limited market segment”. “That was in 1997 … and now look at us! The excellence and innovation shown by the winners is literally stupendous.”