The Grand Pier is rapidly becoming the most popular tourist destination in the South West.
Last week, during February half term, just over 110,000 visitors came to the Grand Pier and while they were there, they ate their way through 11,500 portions of fish and chips and an incredible 35,000 donuts.
When the Grand Pier opened its door in October half-term it received 300,000 visitors in the first week and visitor levels have remained consistently high since then.
Pier owner Kerry Michael said he was surprised by the number of visitors to the Grand Pier, in what was traditionally the closed season.
He said: “As the Grand Pier used to close after October half-term and not re-open until February half-term I had nothing to compare visitor numbers against, but I have been very pleasantly surprised by the huge continuing interest in the attraction.
“From October 23rd to the end of November we had 530,000 people come to the Grand Pier and we recorded 230,000 visitors in December. I think people have got the message that we are a year-round indoor theme park and that a wet day is a reason to come rather than an excuse to stay away”.
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