Originally Posted by Aviatrix
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With the exception of London and one or two other places the UK isn't really much of an international tourist destination. Our seaside resorts are largely unknown outside the British Isles - you just don't get people coming here from abroad to have beach holidays in Clacton or Cromer or Skegness.....
Without contradicting anything you've said, I think you may have overlooked the English as a Foreign Languge industry which is another part of tourism.
Coastal towns such as Margate, Brighton and Portsmouth are heaving with students from Europe who come for the summer to learn and improve their English.
I've never been to Alderney, but if transport options to get there are easier and cheaper than before, the town might like to consider opening up opportunities for language students. (There's been a
huge problem with language schools operating as visa factories and this year many have been closed - places are extremely limited right now. There's a HUGE demand - especially now). If the town are friendly to students - rather than shunning them - it could do very well as students tend to recommend the experience to friends and family.