A growing number of people are using the worldwide web to choose and book their South West holidays, a survey finds.
The survey, by Cornwall Enterprise's VisitCornwall service, reveals that the internet is now the single main source of information for visitors to the Westcountry, being used more frequently than brochures, newspaper ads or any other printed material.
More than 1,000 visitors took part in face-to-face interviews in Bude, Falmouth, Looe, Newquay, St Ives and Truro between July 2006 and June 2007, as part of the official Cornwall Visitor Survey.
First conducted in 1983, the biennial report aims to provide an accurate and up-to-date profile of Cornwall's tourism sector, while highlighting any emerging trends.
This year's results show that as well as using the net for information, 62 per cent of internet users also now…
