Be less reliant on Tourism

It is time that Cornwall became less reliant on toursim otherwise we become more vulnerable in circumstances such as Covid. Having c 60% of your economy based on tourism is suicide.

July the 4th will see a Tsunami of visitors ignoring self distancing, bringing Covid to Cornwall, grid locking roads etc. etc.

I realise that current businesses need then but we should plan to rely less on them.

Remember we live here we are not DisneyWorld we are a community and we need proper sustainable industry not just tourists. I think like so many countries I have visisted there should be a tourist tax. This would be added to Hotel bill or nightly fee on campsites. This could go towards building a more sustainable economy for Cornwall.

Wildlife Abundance

During the initial lockdown when the roads and streets were devoid of traffic and humans, wildlife made the most of it and moved about without fear of these two threats. There was a significant reduction of dead animals on the roads! Nature was at its best and it took me back to when I was a child growing up in the 1960's, when there wasn't the amount of traffic we have now and vehicles weren't built to be killing machines at high speed! I live on a busy A road and the lack of traffic was astounding, I actually heard…

Lets praise cyclist

Bicycles are clean quiet and cheap to run. Just for awhile during lock down the roads were quiet and safer than they have ever been for those on two wheels. As traffic has increased the old ways have come back with less consideration and more haste. Cycles don't cause congestion motor transport does that, if you do not want us on the roads then make sure there are cycle lanes everywhere. Cornwall is a hard place to cycle with all its hills, but dedicated cycle lanes will at least keep us safe.If we really want a cleaner and greener Cornwall…