Meanwhile, Locog says some 5.1 million spectators have watched the Games at its venues sofar, including more than one million visitors to the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London.
Spokesman Mark Di-Toro goes sofar as to say that Blackpool is among the top 40 or 50 locations for foreign visitors but admits that "it's not that well known abroad as yet - there's been a lot of regeneration and it's an area we do promote but mainly for domestic tourists".