Costs and visitors of tourism websites

Jordan Hatch made this Freedom of Information request to South Ribble Borough Council

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From: Jordan Hatch

11 July 2010

Dear South Ribble Borough Council,

Please could you provide me with the following information under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000:

The number of visits, development costs, and hosting/infrastructure
costs per website in 2009 for each website used to promote the
area, including but not limited to http://www.VisitLeyland.co.uk,
http://www.visitsouthribble.gov.uk and
http://www.gosouthribble.com/.

Yours faithfully,

Jordan Hatch

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12 July 2010

Sent request to South Ribble Borough Council again.

From: Shingleston, Pamela
South Ribble Borough Council

13 July 2010

Dear Jordan Hatch,

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your information request. We will
endeavour to respond as soon as possible and at the latest within 20
working days of receipt. In the unlikely event that this is not
possible, we will write to explain why and provide an anticipated
completion date.

If you have any queries please contact John Healey, ICT Manager, on
01772 625222 or by e-mail to [email address]

Yours sincerely,

Pam Shingleston
Technical Support Analyst
South Ribble Borough Council

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From: Econdevt
South Ribble Borough Council

23 July 2010

Dear Mr Hatch

Thank you for your Freedom of Information Act enquiry. I am pleased to
provide you with the following information:

Request:

"The number of visits, development costs, and hosting/infrastructure costs
per website in 2009 for each website used to promote the area, including
but not limited to

[1]www.visitleyland.co.uk
[2]www.visitsouthribble.gov.uk
[3]www.gosouthribble.com"

Information

2009
Number of visits Development Costs Hosting/
Infrastructure Costs
Visitleyland - launched May 2009
2,695 unique visitors £7,200 including destination management
system integration (NB:£3,250 of costs externally funded) Domain
name = £9.99

Hosting & software licences = £1,350 (April-December)
Visitsouthribble
4,195 unique visitors £0.00 Domain name = £74.99
Hosting = £0.00
Gosouthribble
415 unique visitors £0.00 Domain name = £19.99
Hosting = £0.00
I hope this information is useful.

Yours sincerely

Jennifer Clough
Economic Development Team Leader
Tel: 01772 625567

Look at Leyland [4]www.visitleyland.co.uk
Enjoy South Ribble [5]www.visitsouthribble.gov.uk
Locate in South Ribble [6]www.gosouthribble.com

Regeneration & Economic Development
South Ribble Borough Council,
Civic Centre, West Paddock,
Leyland PR25 1DH

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Jordan Hatch left an annotation (23 July 2010)

Strange, it seems that the second and third websites they posted didn't cost anything to host...

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