"They apply that [perception] for the whole year or for months and wipe out the opportunity or experience of actually coming into the area."
"Where we run our show, you'd need a good snorkel there right now,"he said.
"Check the local areas you want to travel in, talk to the councils and the visitor information centres in those towns."
"It wouldn't be a good event for anyone involved,"he said.
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