by Arash Hekmat
New management at the Queen Elizabeth Caravan Park in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, will lead to a tourism boom for the town of Stonehaven.
That is according to Frank Budd, of the Stonehaven Town Partnership (STP), who has welcomed the Caravan Club taking over the running of the caravan park.
According to the Mearns Leader, he said that the move will create a bright future for tourism in the region, thanks to the pull that the national caravan body has with its hundreds of thousands of members and other holidaymakers right across Britain.
The council announced its intention to stop running the site itself at the start of the year and there was a danger that it could had been sold off if no one had stepped in to run it.
However, Mr Budd explained: “Things took a turn for the better when tourism expert Elma McMenemy spoke to the Caravan Club and now they have agreed to take the site over.
He suggested that this is a “fantastic opportunity” for Stonehaven, particularly as the organisation intends to transform the infrastructure at Queen Elizabeth Caravan Park through the investment of £1.7 million in facilities including an all-weather pitch.
The STP member, who is chair of the Business Association Tourism sub-group, told the news provider: “The Caravan Club bring with them 380,000 members and a fantastic marketing organisation. They took over a site at Forfar two years ago and bookings soared and I am sure the same thing will happen at Stonehaven.”
“Stonehaven is in a stunning situation and I am sure the site will be packed bringing a lot of business to Stonehaven.”
At present, the caravan park has 55 seasonal and 39 touring pitches and with electricity, and a further 20 tent and touring pitches without. It also has on-site recycling facilities, fitted toilet facilities and a laundry with hot water.
Dogs are welcome on site and there are shower and dish washing facilities with free hot water.
To get an idea of the kind of improvements that could end up taking place at Stonehaven, click here to read our review of the Caravan Club’s Lochside park at Forfar
