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Guidelines for presenting claims in the tourism sector














                        7.4 What if you have poor records                will need to estimate what this was and
                        or no evidence?                                  how much less it was than normal. This
                                                                         will enable you to estimate your economic
                                In some circumstances small lifestyle
                              businesses may have little evidence to     loss. Please tell a representative of the 1992
                              show their normal revenue or income        Fund/shipowner’s insurer if you are having
                              levels. If you are in this situation, you may   difficulties and your situation will be treated
                              still make a claim, by providing whatever   sympathetically. Assemble whatever limited
                              information you can. The first task will be to   evidence you can to support your claim.
                              prove that you were providing a service to   Don’t try to ‘make up’ records as these
                              tourists and leisure visitors. Photographs,   will be detected and your claim may as a
                              external signage or past correspondence    consequence be rejected. Providing fake
                              with clients may assist you to do this. You   documents in support of a compensation
                              will then need to demonstrate that the     claim is fraudulent and you may be     21
                              business generated some revenue and you    prosecuted under your domestic legislation.
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